CUSTOM AWARENESS RIBBON MAGNET AND PHOTO DOG TAG FUNDRAISER FOR JULIA ADAMS
$12 price includes $5 donation to the family

“Official Julia Adams fundraiser - Approved by Amy (Julia's mom)". (https://www.juliaadamscancerfund.org/)

Julia passed peacefully on March 15, 2020, with her family near her.

The original fundraiser magnet of Warrior Julia is still available, as is a memorial magnet with a photo during treatment that includes her dates. Also available is an aluminum photo dog tag with both photos. The magnets and dog tag each include a $5 donation to the family, who will continue to have financial needs. Through March 15, your generosity with the original magnet amounted to $800 donated to the family.

*The magnet with her photo during treatment says rare childhood bone cancer, as opposed to brain cancer. Julia had a chordoma, a tumor along the spine, and hers was in her brain. Both bone and brain cancer are correct.

Below is their original story.


Amy's father, Brad, passed away on 11/8/18 after a short but fierce battle with metastatic melanoma. He was initially diagnosed 3 years ago, the melanoma was removed and all of his regular checkups suggested he was cancer free - even at the checkup the very same month of his stage 4 diagnosis.

The cancer was discovered to have metastasized when a mass was found on his brain this past April. He was a generous, caring, and humble man. Brad passed peacefully at the VA Hospice on Thursday, November 8th; he was 64 years old.

A few days before his passing, Amy had taken her 23 month old daughter Julia to the ER with a persistent stiff neck. They found a mass on her brain!

The very day after Brad lost his fight to cancer, Amy and her husband received the devastating news that Julia has an extremely rare and deadly form of childhood brain cancer.

I can't even imagine the grief they are going through. There are so few ways we can help a family facing these overwhelming circumstances. One thing we can do is allow them to focus on their time left with Julia, and not whether or not they'll end up losing their home. That's the purpose of this campaign.

About the finances: Amy and Brad owned a local IT company. The company was just the two of them for many years. Brad did all the computer support, and Amy managed all of the details, they were a good team. Amy's savings and security was in this business.

When Brad's first brain tumor was found six months ago, he immediately had brain surgery (he went on to have 4 surgeries over the following two months). Needless to say, he was unable to effectively work, though he continued to try - even using his laptop right from his hospital bed hours after surgery.

Every penny they managed to save in the business, went to supporting Brad's living expenses over the next 6 months while he was unable to work. At the time of his passing, Amy is left with no business and no additional funds to draw from. (Amy has found part-time employment with another local IT company, and this company has been graciously supporting many of Brad's previous clients.)

Julia's heartbreaking diagnosis couldn't have come at a worse time, financially. The doctors said Amy and her husband Reed will likely be spending the majority of their time in the hospital over the next year, dealing with the actual treatment and then all of the medical emergencies that realistically come out of having no immune system. After six months of intense chemo, they're looking at possible radiation, although doctors want to avoid radiation in a child so young, followed by another six months of less-intense chemo.

Both Amy and her husband have employers who are sympathetic to their situation and will hold their positions while they are caring for their daughter.

I am creating this campaign to help with all of the expenses that goes along with caring for a child with cancer, and to make sure that Julia can keep her house so she has a home to go home to. There will be a long list of medical bills, driving expenses, food, babysitting care for Amy and Reed’s youngest son, Gabriel, the mortgage payments and utilities.

Amy and Reed are good, deserving people. I can't believe they are facing this. No one should be forced to lose a parent and a child, in the same year, to the same disease.

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Ways to help Julia:

GIVE whatever you can. No donation is too small.
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EMAIL this page to your family and friends - gofundme.com/JuliasFightAgainstCancer
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Please continue to lend all your strength, love, and prayers to this family. Little Julia is facing a massive uphill battle against incredible odds... all their efforts needs to be focused on BEATING THIS and being able to see their daughter turn 3


$5 profits from the sale of the magnets will be donated to the family.