The rodeo that Jean E book has been going to since she was a child is now serving to her, in a round-about method.
When the Abilene resident was recognized with most cancers in 2019, she acquired assist from the Elsie Brooks Memorial Most cancers Fund of Dickinson County.
The fund, created in 1991, supplies monetary help to any Dickinson County resident who’s present process most cancers remedy.
The Wild Invoice Hickok Rodeo has partnered with the fund since 2008, by means of its Robust Sufficient to Put on Pink marketing campaign, asking followers to put on pink for one night time of rodeo.
E book, a trainer, retired after 35 years within the occupation. She spent most of her profession within the Abilene and Chapman faculties.
Two years after retiring in 2017, she was recognized with colon most cancers.
After six months of remedy, together with twelve chemotherapy periods, she was freed from most cancers for 2 years.
Then docs discovered spots in her lungs in 2022, and she or he’s been doing chemotherapy remedies since then.
The most cancers is gradual rising, she has been advised, and she or he will likely be taking chemo remedies the remainder of her life.
“It wasn’t one thing on my radar for my retirement, however because it’s right here, we take care of it, go about life, and revel in it.”
The Elsie Brooks Most cancers Fund has offered monetary assist for E book in making the common journeys to the physician in Manhattan.
Rising up in Dickinson County, E book attended the rodeo as a teenager. Her mother was a 4-H chief, and she or he and her siblings had been concerned with the honest and went to the rodeo.
When she married Glenn, they continued that custom. They used to go to all 4 nights of rodeo, however now it’s only a couple exhibits.
“We wouldn’t miss it,” she mentioned.
She and Glenn have a daughter, Sarah Stalder, and a son, Michael Ade, six granddaughters, and only a few months in the past, had been blessed with just a little great-granddaughter.
Understanding she has most cancers is daunting, however E book isn’t discouraged.
“You already know who wins the battle ultimately,” she mentioned. “No matter God has deliberate is simply positive.”
She is grateful for the Elsie Brooks Memorial Most cancers Fund.
“It’s actually a present to the group, to have a corporation that is ready to attain out and contact folks. They reached out to me, and that meant rather a lot. I admire the fund and its contribution to the county.”
The Abilene rodeo hosts its annual Robust Sufficient to Put on Pink night time on the rodeo on Thursday, August 1, partnering with the Elsie Brooks Fund to boost cash by means of voluntary donations. Up to now sixteen years, the rodeo has raised over $45,000 for the fund.
The Elsie Brooks Fund has assisted its purchasers over 1,700 occasions because it started.
Rodeo tickets can be found on-line at WildBillHickokRodeo.com, at West’s Nation Mart, and different space retailers, and on the gate.
Advance tickets are $12 for adults and $15 on the gate. Kids’s tickets are $8 for teenagers ages 4-10.
For extra data, go to the web site or the rodeo’s Fb web page.
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Photograph: Jean E book along with her granddaughter Ava. The retired trainer has benefitted from the Elsie Brooks Memorial Most cancers Fund of Dickinson County. Courtesy photograph.
