I love a good cause. And here’s one that is a privilege to report upon. Croft Additive Manufacturing has leaped on board to join in the campaign to help to help raise money for nine-year-old Jake Rose, who suffers from a rare form of very severe epilepsy. The aim of the campaign is to raise enough money for Jake to move from Madrid’s children’s hospital to the Rainbow Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., where he would gain access to state-of-the-art equipment and leading neurology experts.
Jakehas complex partial epilepsy in the frontal lobe of his brain. The condition is caused by a congenital abnormality known as cortical dysplasiaand results in severe multipleseizures.This type of epilepsy is highly drug resistant and hard to treat. Diagnosed when he was only two years old, the first half a decade afterwards were what Jake’s mother,Debbie, describes as ‘a few short stays in hospital for medication adjustments but nothing major.’ Then two years ago, just before his seventh birthday everything changed. Jake started to have lots of seizures, which built up to a terrifying 150-200 per day.Debbie, from Lowton, Wigan, has lead a vigorous fundraising campaign to ensure that all the measures that can be done to help her son are taken.
To play their own small part in the inspiration campaign to help, Croft Additive Manufacturing used 3D metal printing to create two hundred supermarket trolley tokens. The coins, which feature a smiley face and the simple slogan ‘For Jake,’ were sold at a special event as part of fundraising by Jake’s family. To date, this tragic case has galvanised considerable public support, and Jake’s gofundme campiagn has raised 56,597€ of the 120,000€ target.
Mark Burns, director at Croft Additive Manufacturing said: “Jake is an incredibly brave young man and we wanted to do what we could to help him and his family. By producing these special coins, we’re hoping to raise awareness of epilepsy and contribute towards the campaign to get Jake the specialist treatment he needs.”
If you’d like to get involved in helping Jake please visit this link to the online fundraising campaign.
