Wes Crooke Scholarship/Endownment - Specialist Without Borders

Wes Crooke was a warm and loving soul, with a unique perspective of the world. His cheeky, quirky behaviour and abstract words used in completely unrelated contexts made him a joyfully contagious person to be around. Popular and very loved.

His strength and determination along with his natural irreverence, by chance led him to be the Number one Australian Springboard Diver several years running, for his age group. Overall winning countless competitions. His competitive nature was second to his sense of fun and community. Those meeting him later in life would never realize just how good he was, as he was also incredibly modest.

Wes travelled extensively around the world and always showed great understanding, acceptance, interest and empathy to those living in third world countries. For Wes, beauty was not superficial, but found more in the depth of the eyes, the life story and the weathering of the face.

Wes’s determination was evident in his fight with brain cancer. His first battle lasting two years and second 11 months. True to his spirit he continued to take chances and enjoy life as much as he could. He never once said “why me?” His fierce determination and focus never allowed anyone else to place their pity on him. Rather he would comment loudly ‘Aren’t we lucky’.

Wes fathered two beautiful boys Liam and Finn with his partner. They were two and three years old when he passed away. It is for his boys who struggle to understand why dad can’t come home, that we hope to continue his legacy with the Wes Crooke Scholarship/ Endowment.

Kate Drummond, who had been Wes’s most respected Neurosurgeon and a volunteer with Specialist Without Boarders, highlighted in a newspaper article in the Herald Sun, that it is a first world privilege to be able to prolong life. Most people in third world countries don’t even have basic medical support let alone access to treatment for Cancer. We would like to therefore support the volunteers within the SWB team in making change to the world, in line with the Millennium Development Goals

“Our vision is to reduce the negative impact of poverty, poor healthcare and inadequate service delivery, especially as it relates to pediatric and maternity care.” SWB

We also hope to raise awareness about brain cancer, its symptoms, its challenges, its complexities and changing nature. To bring to light the massive support and understanding needed for those fighting it and for those caring for others. We hope to support other families dealing with the unknown, the fear, the changes and the enormity of this journey. Particularly those with young families such as ours.

So how can you help?

Our first campaign is to raise $5k for 20 doctors to be educated.
To honour the journey that Wes walked we would like to encourage you to join our team to run or walk in the Melbourne Marathon. We don't care if you hop, skip, jump, dance, roller skate or three legged race to the finish line! It is about feeling good and doing good with your friends! Elect the km’s you wish to run and we will collectively fundraise for Specialist without boarders.

Share this link to your friends and ask them to pledge money for you to finish this race.
Lets work together to continue to keep Wes’s generosity alive and celebrate how lucky we really are.
Fundraising Drive will begin in September!

Register at:

http://melbournemarathon.com.au/

Go to: Register Now – click on the list of distances.

Click on: Click Here To Register

Select - which distance you want
(Note: There is a 3km walk and 5.7km run/ meander option!!)

Click off on the terms and conditions tick - Next button

Register your details

2015 Team Avents – Choose a Team
Select - Wes Crooke Scholarship/Endowment SWB

Password: RNTWELKY

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Thanks again for getting on board it will be a great feel good day and good karma all round.


Thanks for making a difference!