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Events/News

Oct 1 thru Nov 14th -  Combined Federal Campaign open enrollment. JMCCF CFC Number: 73488.

Oct 4 -  Over $700 was raised as part of the Phillip Lefrancois Memorial Race at International City Raceway MX Park.   Thanks to all who participated in this fantastic event.  More details will be posted when made available.

Oct 21 - Shorter College and Rome Optimist Club are teaming up for a “Tackling Childhood Cancer” awareness day. The event will take place as part of a Shorter Hawks Football Game [More...]

Oct. 25 - 2nd Annaul Ride For the Cause, Lyons, GA, sponsored by Vidalia Chapter, Citizens of GA Power, Vidalia Chapter. [more information and application...]

Oct. 25 - Health Fair, Sacred Heart Catholic School, Warner Robins, 10AM - 5PM.

Oct. 30 - DDC Dress Down Day, Bohemia, NY.

Nov. 17 - JMCCF will present a program at the Rome Noon Optimist Club in Rome, GA.

 

Charlotte, NC, September 23, 2008 - 5-year-old Chaise Donaldson is a huge NASCAR fan and  misses a NASCAR race.... if #48 is driving.  Thanks to the Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Jimmie Johnson Foundation, Chaise Donaldson finally got his “wish” granted of meeting his hero. 

Chasie, his brother Gavin, and mother Dixie all travelled to Charotte goes to have lunch with Mr. Johnson and tour his garage and Hendrix Motorsports.

L-R Gavin Donaldson, Chaise Donaldson and Jimmie Johnson

LaGrange, GA, September 18-20 - 14-year-old Cody McDuffie is an avid fisherman who uses the sport as a way of coping with the physical and emotional ups and downs of leukemia. One of his dreams has been to go on a professional fishing trip. Thanks to the International CIty Optimist Club, American Bass Anglers and the Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation, Cody went fishing with Pro Bass Fisherman Rick Tilson..

Cody and his father Billie took the trip to LaGrange for a three-day event that included a dinner, two days on the lake, and an honorary membership of the American Bass Anglers.

L-R Cody McDuffie, Rick Tilson.

 “Joanna Tag”  Information

The “Joanna” Tag

in 126 of 159 counties and counting

[click here to see which counties have none]

 

 We are so proud of this beautiful tag that features precious Joanna’s shilhouette!

The tags are now available to  Georgia motorists.  Sales from the tag fund the mission of the Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation.  The tag has started appearing on vehicles all over the state after a two-year legislative and registration  period.   A unique feature of the tag is the silhouette of Joanna Rae McAfee with outstretched arms.

 

FAQ: What does it cost?

There are two costs, above and beyond what you’d normally pay: 

1) A specialty tag manufacturing fee of $25 (one time, already paid if a tag was reserved) 

2) A specialty tag renewal fee of $25 (paid annually, up front, due when tag is received)

FAQ: Why does the DMV site indicate it cost $70 to get a tag?

Neither the DMV website nor the clerks at the tag office break out the costs so that it is easy to distinguish between what you pay now and what you will pay once you get a “Joanna” Tag. 

Without a specialty tag, there is a $20 sticker fee that everyone pays.  The $70 includes the current $20 sticker fee, a $25 Manufacturing Fee, and a $25 Specialty Tag Annual Renewal Fee (paid up front in the renewal cycle). 

The DMV also states that the Annual Renewal Fee is $45. The fee includes the current $20 sticker fee and the $25 Specialty Tag Annual Renewal Fee.

As earlier stated, once the Manufacturing Fee is paid, there is cost is only $25 above and beyond what you would normally pay each year.

FAQ: How can I get one?

Visit your local tag office or complete the Vehicle Registration Renewal Form sent to you by your local tag office.  [Click here for instructions]

 

 Joanna Rae McAfee

Joanna lived in Tampa, FL and Warner Robins, GA with her parents Jeff & Misty McAfee and older brother, Paul. She was 3 1/2 years old when she was diagnosed with Stage IV Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of pediatric cancer. She spent  half of her life undergoing one excruciating cancer treatment after another without complaint, while deeply touching many lives with her sweet spirit, amazing determination and childlike faith.   On December 22, 2005, our sweet Joanna took her last breath and left this Earth and her suffering behind.  What a beautiful, wonderful child our world was blessed with for six years!    [more of Joanna’s Story...]

Though the updates have become less frequent, we still maintain Joanna’s Caringbridge site with journal entries kept during her courageous fight, guest book entries from many special people, and more pictures.  We will forever love talking and writing about Joanna.  She could be such a little entertaining character one moment, then a mature precious child, wise beyond her years, the next. She was one of the best parts of our lives and forever will be. 

Your prayers are very much appreciated, as we try to smile & continue through our days as we promised Joanna we would. We have found that few things help us more than being together and pouring our hearts into this foundation. We are sincerely grateful for your support.

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Pictured (l-r) are Jasmine Dean, Coach Richt, LaStacia Lowther, Frankie Surine and Skyler Welford.

2007 JMCCF Financial Report

 Gross receipts for the JMCCF were $103,785 in 2007. Annual percentage of administrative and fundraising costs were only 6.8%. [view 2007 Financial Report...

  2007 Grant Recipients

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation, we are so proud to announce that $40,000 in research grants were awarded in 2007.  

An $8000 grant was awarded to Pediatric Cancer Foundation in support of  The Sunshine Project”, an innovative and collaborative effort designed to fast-track new treatment options.  The The Sunshine Project” will initially target sarcomas in hopes of making clinical trials available to pediatric sarcoma patients [more...]

A $32000 grant was awarded to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in support of The Role Of Fusion Oncoproteins And Collaborating Events In Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma” [more...]