Tuesday, June 14, 2011

3rd Annual Rock Chalk Roundball Classic: Preserving "Baby Jay" Souter's Legacy

“PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSE help,” the Facebook message started. “Jayden, a little 5 year old girl, has been dealt an unfair hand.”

It was the message at the top of a page - BATTLING CANCER - PLEASE HELP THIS 5 YEAR OLD – created by the non-profit Unique Stars Cancer Group, and it told in instantly heartbreaking fashion the summarized story of Jayden “Baby Jay” Souter, who suffered from Wilms’ Tumor – a form of kidney cancer that targets children.

Help for Jayden, the page said, was needed in the form of mail (“She LOVES to get mail,” it said.) – cards filled with stickers and bracelets and dollars.  Anything to make her smile and know she was loved.  The information, which included her Lawrence, Kan., address, marked the event to begin at 9:30 p.m. on April 24 and run through the week.