Today’s brief is an extra special one that I hope everyone in the community will take part in. River is on a journey to inspire others through football. Him and the family have been in Manchester for 5 weeks and been able to visit City, United and Oldham. But what if the OMBLES could help River visit the world of football with posters featuring River as the hero in kits, badges, stadiums or even scoring goals in famous moments.
We’d love to see your creativity on this one and enter as many times as you can. Headlines relating to River’s story and his mission to spread the love of football would be brilliant too!!
“I saw River’s story on Friday after seeing a video in which he asked Jack Grealish to send a video message to his friend Macauley. He was in a Man United shirt, with a City player and he actually supports Wolves! I loved that his story is all about the love of football and I felt inspired so I spoke to River’s dad via DM to see how One Minute Brief can support his journey. This weekend, River was guest of honour at Oldham Athletic as the family are in their 5th week in Manchester with River receiving treatment at Christie’s Hospital.
I think the OMBLES can help celebrate River as the hero he is, bring to life his footballing mission and put a smile on his face as he continues his battle.”
One Minute Brief of the Day:
Create posters to bring to life #RiversJourney to inspire others through football.
Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs & @RiverTheChamp with the hashtag #RiversJourney
River’s Story:
This is River, earlier this year River had a poorly eye, his mom, called the doctors who treated it as blepharitis, a bacterial infection and was told to just bathe it. Days passed and still no improvement, his mom asked to see a doctor but was refused as they were only doing telephone appointments, but asked to send in a photo of Rivers eye.
The doctor then prescribed antibiotic drops, but still no improvement, in the end Rivers mom took him to the hospital who thought it may be hayfever and sent him home with hayfever drops to take for a week, Rivers eye seemed to be getting worse so he was taken back to the hospital only to be told that there was a lump that could be cancerous so an MRI and biopsies were needed.
River went home to celebrate his 7th birthday with all his family & friends because the next day he was in surgery having biopsies taken. Waiting for the results was very difficult for Rivers family and friends as they were all praying for good news. Unfortunately River has been diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancerous tumour and has currently started an intense course of chemotherapy for the next 12 months, after this River will have to have radiation which could either potentially take partial sight or full sight of his eye.
You can donate here to help with the financial strain of daily hospital visits, parking fees and to enable us to buy things that would bring a smile to Rivers face and hopefully make memories for him that will outeigh the trauma of chemo, radiation and endless hospital visits, which result in River missing out on so much of his young life.
Here are some photos of River with football players. Feel free to use any of the pics within your entries!!
