Buy a cupcake to make little cancer patient’s dream come true
Raffle tickets are also sold at R50 a ticket for Monya's beach dream
FONSO’S Bakery on Monument Road will be selling cupcakes on Saturday to support a three-year-old cancer patient’s dream to go to the sea.
Little Monya van Wyk of Van Riebeeck Park was diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in May. She is receiving intense chemotherapy through a tunneled catheter which goes through her chest directly into her heart.
As part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the Cupcakes 4 Kids with Cancer initiative, Fonso’s decided to start its own initiative, Cupcakes for Monya, to raise money for her beach dream.
“My daughter told me about Monya’s story which she saw on Facebook and decided to help them by starting this project,” said Charles Fonso, owner of Fonso’s Bakery.
The bakery will sell chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with buttercream icing at R6.50 a cupcake and all proceeds will go towards Monya’s fund.
“Every time Monya watches television and sees the beach, she says that one day she wants to go there. We just want to thank Fonso’s and Talana Lopes for helping us make this a dream come true for her,” said Monya’s mother, Adel.
Adel had to quit her job shortly after Monya was diagnosed to take care of her 24 hours. They now struggle with only one income and all the financial costs that go with her treatment.
“Throughout this journey, Monya has taken everything so well and still keeps fighting through all the nausea, body pains and hair loss. There are so many children with cancer and we want to create awareness out there to donate blood and most importantly, blood platelets, as well as bone marrow through the Sunflower Fund. These elements are life or death for a leukemia patient,” Adel added.
Talana Lopes from Mommas over Matters are also selling raffle tickets at R50 a ticket to go towards Monya’s beach dream. Some great prizes are up for grabs such as two gym contracts at BodyFlo valid for two years, a salon voucher to the value of R800 at Serhairnity, a R700 voucher for framing or printing at The Artist and much more. For more information, email talana@mommasovermatters.co.za.
Adel also urges parents and non-parents to read up on the signs of leukemia for early prevention.
For more information or donations, visit her Facebook page, Vir Monya or contact Adel on 082-809-9840.
