Sophie's Fundraiser

Sophie Stephenson is an amazing, beautiful and resilient 3 year old girl who has a rare form of childhood cancer, Stage 4 Neuroblastoma, that has attacked her central nervous system. After completing 18 months of gruelling treatment, the cancer returned in late-2020 with Sophie’s best chance of survival now lying through treatment only offered overseas. The Stephenson family will relocate to Barcelona at the end of February to give Sophie every chance of overcoming this enormous battle. One of our Elected Members knew that her family was looking for a venue to host a fundraising event to raise money towards the $300,000 that the treatment and associated activities is going to cost.

Council’s Community Connections Team organised for the amazing fundraising event to be held at the Glenunga Hub.

Key players from the Adelaide United Soccer Team donated their time to help make the day a massive success. Sophie almost couldn’t make it due to the side effects from a recent chemo treatment. Thankfully she felt strong enough to be part of the day!

More than $5,000 was raised and Sophie and family fly out on 28 February to Barcelona for treatment.

Images from the day can be found here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y4Kma0ut8OXNtmd8g7I9vtYMdJQfr5JE