By HAYDEN DONNELL - North Shore Times | Tuesday, 14 October 2008
TUI SONG: Tui McLeod sang to raise money for the Child Cancer Foundation.
Child cancer donors have been drawn to open their wallets by a North Shore songbird.Birkdale six-year-old Tui McLeod was diagnosed with a large tumour on her brain stem in May 2007 after waking up paralysed on her right side.
Surgery and long-running chemotherapy did not stop her giving her all to raise cash for the Child Cancer Foundation this month.
She sang her favourite tunes from Phantom of the Opera and interviewed celebrities at the foundation’s Cash Cube for Kids event.
Mum Deborah Lennon says cancer has not taken away Tui’s love of life or desire to be in the spotlight.
She wants to become an ambassador for the Child Cancer Foundation and she raises money for the foundation because it helped and supported her through her cancer journey.
"They’ve helped relieve the financial burdens and the emotional stress. It has just taken that pressure off," says Ms Lennon.
"There’s so many families out there that need support, they need this money."
A group of AUT students designed the Cash Cube for Kids event, which raised about $3500 for child cancer. They designed a brightly coloured cube to which people were encouraged to stick their donations.
Student Melanie Michels of Torbay says: "It was really rewarding interacting with the kids and raising money for such a good cause. It was also amazing to see how generous Aucklanders really are."
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