Big Dave’s Big Gift is a charity that I heard about through Janna. She is a fellow Etsian, jewelry designer and a lovely, kind person. She is working with David’s family to create a beautiful line of Cancer Awareness jewelry of which all proceeds will be donated to the David Turner Lymphoma Foundation. Janna contacted me to see if I might be able to help out with hand stamping some sterling silver charms with the words ‘faith’, ‘hope’ and ‘love’. I was delighted and honored that she asked me to be involved and I have since been a mad stamping woman!

Once Janna has worked her magic and created her lovely jewelry I’ll be sure to let you know. She does have a few available right now which can be found here.

Here is David’s Story

David Christopher Turner was diagnosed with Stage IV lymphoma in 2008. He originally created the David Turner Lymphoma Foundation to raise money for a stem cell transplant. Unfortunately his body had not responded to chemo therapy well enough for him to receive the transplant.

If he couldn’t receive one, David partnered with the American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org) to form a program in his honor to raise enough money for people to receive stem cell transplants on behalf of the American Cancer Society and the David Turner Lymphoma Foundation. He worked non-stop to set up the foundation and implement his fundraising ideas until the very last day. At just 26 years of age, David passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2009. His mom, Suzanne Turner, will continue David’s vision. Cancer-themed items, including my jewelry, will be available at http://bigdavesbiggift.org/ soon. In the mean time, please visit the website to learn more about the organization’s mission and share David’s story.