I wanted to do something worthy of the remembrance of my Dad. I’ll share more about him over the next few months. I know Dad would approve, because he had such a big heart.

So I chose to do a few months of Fundraising for Love your Sister. Sam Johnson’s sister, to be exact, but also all the sisters and brothers everywhere who have cancer, or whose families have lost them to cancer.

Such joy in this picture! This was Sam completing one of his fundraising missions.

Samuel Johnson’s story since his sister’s terminal diagnosis is incredible, raw and epic. He broke the world record for longest distance travelled on one wheel. He put on the Big Heart Project which raised a very twinkly $2.55M. He won a Gold Logie for his portrayal of Molly Meldrum, held the mirrorball trophy aloft in Dancing with the Stars and was awarded the Victorian Australian of the Year in 2018.

For those of you who may not know Sam,

“In the 2000s Samuel Johnson rose to fame as an actor and in 2013 he captured the nation’s heart when his sister Connie’s terminal cancer diagnoses prompted him to unicycle around Australia to raise funds and awareness for medical research.

Love Your Sister is Australia’s hardest-working cancer vanquishing charity, and since its inception in 2012 has raised nearly $20M for medical research. Founded by Gold Logie-winning actor and Victorian Australian of the Year 2018, Samuel Johnson OAM, Love Your Sister is a million-strong village of everyday Aussies committed to vanquishing cancer with hard science and the best new technologies.

Love Your Sister supports Precision Medicine for ALL cancer patients, whatever the cancer, regardless of location, age, income, or status. “We strive for the right treatment for every cancer patient, first time, every time. We proudly pass on 100% of every donation received to scientific research.”

I follow Sam’s community – read all his posts, and the touching comments on them, but with the passing of my Dad the time to be a keyboard supporter has passed, time to put in a fundraising effort for the community that has been building.

I am not a huge business – but the truth is all authors and artists are businesses and life, well life is about community building. Every little bit adds up!

Sometimes the smallest donations can have the biggest heart, the most epic story, and from “little things, big things grow.”

I think that’s what attracted my to Sam and his sisters Mission so much.

So here’s for Love your Sister – Three months, all the sales of Magic Fish Dreaming will be devoted to vanquishing cancer! I have to subtract the postage (if only I had a contact at Australia post or a couriers), but the rest, will be put towards your quest.

Thanks Love Your Sister, for accepting my offer, and here’s to hoping with your help I can make this goal, with the help of my community of readers and fellow children’s authors. And maybe also the help of Dad wherever he is right now!

For all orders of Magic Fish Dreaming head here and to donate directly if you want to support this, but do not want the book head to Love Your Sister, and the goal I have set there.