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The Link Magazine • April 2001 17
Cut for CALM Snap students respond

Toothill teenager Steven Lambeth was so moved when he learned In April 1991 children at Toothill School were taken on a myste ry trip
that his sister Gemma was likely to loose her hair as a result of into the countryside near Swindon and told to see what they could
radiotherapy that he had his shaved off to raise £300 for Swindon discover on a hillside covered in low trees and bushes.
children's cancer charity CALM. Soon they were finding old ru- took four A levels; she will study
Greendown pupil Gemma, 16, have glandular fever," said mum ins and other clues to the fact that Biology at Bath University in Sep-
was diagnosed with acute lym- Jackie, who left her job as a Link the village of Snap once stood there. tember. She still lives in Toothill
phoblastic leukemia on 19 January Centre receptionist in November It was the beginning of a four and is currently on a gap year
after feeling unwell for two weeks. to become a nurselink coordinator month project which took over which allowed her to spend three
Within 24 hours she was receiving with Marie Curie cancer care. "I their school lives and drew in every months in Australia last Autumn,
chemotherapy treatment and had suppose I have more understand- aspect of the curriculum. which included a visit to the Syd-
a course of radiotherapy at Ox- ing of the situation, but having Last month former ney Olympics.
ford's John Radcliffe Hospital in your own child diagnosed with Toothill school Ben, who lives in
early March, to be followed by cancer makes it no easier to bear. teacher Brian Wroughton, took a
more chemotherapy. In between The treatment will last for two Gardner appealed travel and tourism
Gemma will have weekly lumbar years, but there is a good chance of for pupils who course at Swindon Col-
punctures and fortnightly bone recovery because Gemma was di- worked on the Snap lege and is now a
marrow transplants. agnosed early." project exactly ten trainee at Thomas
"It came as a complete shock to Staff at PMH put the family in years ago to contact Cook in the West Swin-
all of us; we thought Gemma might touch with CALM and chairman The Link. Two who don Centre.
w Don Macarthur was did are Michelle If you were in the
quickly on hand to ex- Hopkins and Ben Snap class, Brian
plain the support mem- Marshall, right. Gardner would like to
bers could provide. Both went onto hear from you. Con-
Steven said he wanted The Ridgeway tact The Link: see page
to do something to help School. Michelle 4.
Gemma and decided to
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