A concert and celebrity workout on Wednesday have raised thousands of dollars for the family of Chloe Chappel, who’s fighting for her life for the second time in her three-and-a-half years.
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The Chappels have been given the frightening news their daughter has a 50/50 chance of surviving her fight with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Mum Shelley being from Tamworth, locals have been raising money to help keep the family afloat and reduce some of their financial stress.
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A celebrity workout at Knockout Personal Training gym in the morning attracted performers including Adam Eckersley, Dan Murphy and Sally-Anne Whitten, and raised $350.
And the Chloe Chappel Benefit Concert at South Tamworth bowlo raised $6000 with the help of entertainers Adam Harvey, Becci Nethery, Angus Gill and The Long and Short Of It.
Personal trainer Sam Barnett said about 25 to 30 people took part in her high-intensity interval training, subjecting themselves to “a heap of bodyweight exercises” including push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, squats and lunges.
Anthony Walmsley, Jimmy Craz, David ‘Stixy’ Adams and Sarah Byrnes were also among them.
“We only raised $350, but I’ve got a couple of other people who have messaged me saying they’d like to catch up and donate,” Miss Barnett said.
“It all helps, though – hopefully it helps them with something.”
Miss Barnett went to school with Mrs Chappel, who she said was showing “unbelievable” strength during her daughter’s treatment.
Chloe’s great-aunt Denise Callaghan said the concert had been “absolutely amazing”, with a crowd of about 120 people there to enjoy the music and support the auction and raffle.
“It was an emotional night; we had photos of Chloe up there and what she’s been through. It was very, very emotional,” she said.
Mrs Chappel said Chloe had been “hammered with chemo” and was now suffering from mouth ulcers that made her unwilling to eat.
“She hasn't been wanting to eat for the last four days or so, [so] we are looking at getting her a nasal gastric tube so the stress of getting food into her is taken away,” she said.
“We have a long way to go and it’s actually quite heartbreaking to see her have to go through this once again … We have been told there’s a 50/50 chance of her walking out of the hospital alive, so we are hanging on to the ‘glass is half full’ side of that and just trying to remain positive.”
Chloe’s gofundme account is: http://gofundme.com/vak6e36e
Carolyn Millet
Based at The Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth, and Namoi Valley Independent, Gunnedah. Covering general news and features on community, council, arts, business, health, education, entertainment and rural matters.
Based at The Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth, and Namoi Valley Independent, Gunnedah. Covering general news and features on community, council, arts, business, health, education, entertainment and rural matters.
