Stephen Sutton wrote: ‘One week ago I posted a thumbs-up farewell photo that went viral. I genuinely imagined I was a goner, but a single week on I’m nevertheless here!’
A terminally ill teenager has now raised a lot more than £3m for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Stephen Sutton, 19, originally aimed to raise £10,000 for the charity following getting diagnosed with bowel cancer 3 many years in the past.
Creating from his hospital bed right now – after a final-minute fundraising gig organised by the comedian Jason Manford – Sutton thanked individuals who had helped reach the milestone.
Posting a trademark thumbs-up image, Sutton wrote: “One week in the past I posted a thumbs-up farewell photograph that went viral. As talked about, at that level I genuinely thought I was a goner, but 1 week on I’m nonetheless here!
“To celebrate even now getting here after this crazy week, to celebrate this superb journey known as life, and to celebrate being component of raising over £3m for Teenage Cancer Believe in, here is a enormous thumbs-up from me!”
Sutton has won several admirers for his constructive mindset and determination, attracting the assistance of celebrities, musicians and sports stars, garnering far more than 100,000 online donations to his lead to.
Manford, who met Sutton at a charity gig two years in the past, visited the teenager at Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham on Thursday before Sunday night’s gig in the very same city. He said he was touched due to the fact Sutton, in spite of getting sick in bed, was “talking about putting the fun into fundraising”.
Sutton, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, set up a “bucket checklist” final 12 months of issues to obtain before he died – including raising £10,000 for the trust.
He has previously smashed through that target and the sums, along with the degree of goodwill and help, are continuing to expand.
Final week he released a ten-minute YouTube video known as When Lifestyle Provides You Cancer, featuring interviews with his mum, his schoolteachers and his best buddy. In it he uses the payoff line that “cancer sucks but existence is fantastic”.
Celebrities such as Stephen Fry and Russell Brand have backed Sutton’s fundraising efforts, and the music mogul Simon Cowell has pledged to make a “considerable donation”.
The band Coldplay plus the actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Simon Pegg and footballer Ben Foster have posed for photos holding indications to motivate men and women to donate, posted on Twitter with the hashtag thumbsupforstephen.
To donate, check out www.justgiving.com/Stephen-Sutton-TCT.
Stephen Sutton cancer fund hits £3m
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