Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Local mother fears scam over her son’s battle with leukemia – CKNW News Talk 980

Local mother fears scam over her son's battle with leukemia

Coquitlam RCMP are investigating just what appears to be a heartless scam.

We have actually informed you concerning 6 year aged Joshua Weekes, that joins BC Children’s Hospital completing his 3rd round of chemotherapy while he suffers from an aggressive type of leukemia, and joins desperate demand of a bone marrow transplant to live.

While Joshua’s mother Lea Weekes and her family seek a donor, Weekes tells Global News she fears somebody has actually taken conveniences of their situation.

“on the subject of Might the 7th, my husband’s cousin and her mom were grocery shopping in Coquitlam at the Superstore, and they came across a table established along with Joshua’s face plastered on the subject of posters in front of the store… asking when it come to money.”

Weekes says she visited the save to seek advice from the woman at the table, that stated her name was Kathleen and functions when it come to Canadian Blood Services.

But David Patterson along with Canadian Blood Solutions confirmed along with Global News that the woman does not work, or volunteer, when it come to their organization.

“We do not solicit funds from any type of individuals, so you will certainly never ever notice an authorized individual from Canadian Blood Solutions at a mall soliciting funds, outside a grocery store. You won’t notice that.”

“Kathleen” carried out email transfer Weekes $8fifty and informed her she’d just ever been to one store, yet Weekes says that does not appear to be the entire story, saying she found out there possessed been 4 occasions, featuring the one at the grocery store.

Weekes says she hopes the people will certainly still donate their bone marrow to discover a fulfill when it come to Joshua, and that something Can easily be carried out in order that this doesn’t happen again.

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