Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset
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Hello all. There has been something re this on the Ex-Shrimpers part of SZ but I have been given the ok to air this here to hopefully give it a bit more publicity.
I know that there are lots of worthy causes out there and SZ'oners have always been generous (and some will have contributed to this appeal already) but if you are able to help I know it would be so gratefully received by Jakub and his family who I have again been in touch with this morning.
This is the message I have just put out on SUEPA Facebook etc:
Our former player and SUEPA member Jakub Sokolik has been in touch asking for our help in an appeal to help fund treatment for his young two year old son (Jakub Junior) who has acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (a fast developing blood cancer).
Jakub was with us on loan from Liverpool back in 2014 and loved Roots Hall so much that he came back twice more, the last time in 2016 on loan from Yeovil. He subsequently played for Plymouth and Torquay.
Jakub is now back home in his native Czech with his girlfriend Nicola and Jakub Junior. It has been a few months since young Jakub was diagnosed, and he has been undergoing a targeted therapy which uses drugs to attack specific cells. It has been working, but he needs another course of treatment and this treatment costs.
Jakub is doing everything he can to raise money for the treatment, but it is hard. His girlfriend Nicola is eight months pregnant with their second child (a girl, due next month) and is staying in hospital to be with their son. Jakub has retrained as a barber and now has two jobs working all the hours he can, visiting his family every day – some days are good, others not, and the treatment is needed as soon as possible.
So far Jakub’s appeal on GoFundme has raised just over half of the £6,000 target needed and we would dearly love to give his family a big Christmas boost by getting him all the way to that figure. Some of you will have seen the appeal elsewhere on social media already, but if not and you can spare a few pounds to help we know it would be really appreciated.
Thank you.
The link to the appeal is here: Jakub Junior
I know that there are lots of worthy causes out there and SZ'oners have always been generous (and some will have contributed to this appeal already) but if you are able to help I know it would be so gratefully received by Jakub and his family who I have again been in touch with this morning.
This is the message I have just put out on SUEPA Facebook etc:
Our former player and SUEPA member Jakub Sokolik has been in touch asking for our help in an appeal to help fund treatment for his young two year old son (Jakub Junior) who has acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (a fast developing blood cancer).
Jakub was with us on loan from Liverpool back in 2014 and loved Roots Hall so much that he came back twice more, the last time in 2016 on loan from Yeovil. He subsequently played for Plymouth and Torquay.
Jakub is now back home in his native Czech with his girlfriend Nicola and Jakub Junior. It has been a few months since young Jakub was diagnosed, and he has been undergoing a targeted therapy which uses drugs to attack specific cells. It has been working, but he needs another course of treatment and this treatment costs.
Jakub is doing everything he can to raise money for the treatment, but it is hard. His girlfriend Nicola is eight months pregnant with their second child (a girl, due next month) and is staying in hospital to be with their son. Jakub has retrained as a barber and now has two jobs working all the hours he can, visiting his family every day – some days are good, others not, and the treatment is needed as soon as possible.
So far Jakub’s appeal on GoFundme has raised just over half of the £6,000 target needed and we would dearly love to give his family a big Christmas boost by getting him all the way to that figure. Some of you will have seen the appeal elsewhere on social media already, but if not and you can spare a few pounds to help we know it would be really appreciated.
Thank you.
The link to the appeal is here: Jakub Junior
