Little Nora Jean’s Fighting Machine

The latest edition to the Henry Poor Lumber delivery fleet, “Nora Jean’s Fighting Machine.”

With the recent addition to Henry Poor Lumber’s delivery fleet of a new Freightliner flatbed moffett truck, we wanted to honor a very special person who has shown us all what toughness and resilience look like.

So we christened our new delivery truck “Nora Jean’s Fighting Machine”.

An Extraordinarily Difficult Time

Jim Andrew’s granddaughter, Nora Jean Dane, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer at the age of 3.  Her treatment required extensive brain surgery, chemotherapy and proton radiation treatments that lasted over a year.  From a future that promised little hope to being declared cancer free in 2019, little Nora Jean demonstrated the resilience and heart that got her, and her family, through an extraordinarily difficult time.

Raising Awareness of Childhood Cancer

Little Nora Jean test driving part of the new delivery truck named in her honor.

Did you know that each year, the parents of approximately 15,700 children in the United States will hear the words “your child has cancer”.  This diagnosis can devastate a family.

Because of the personal experience the Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express family has been through with Nora Jean, they are committed to raising the awareness of the impact of childhood cancer on the lives of many young people and their families.

 Childhood Cancer Facts

• 43 children per day are expected to be diagnosed with cancer. That is 1 in every 333 children in the United States.
• Cancer is the number one cause of death by disease among children.
• The average cost of a stay in a hospital for a child with cancer is $40,000.
• Only 4% of the billions of dollars that are annually spent on cancer research and treatments are directed towards treating childhood cancer.
• Since 1980, fewer than 10 drugs have been developed for use in children with cancer, as compared with the hundreds of drugs that have been created exclusively for adults.
• More than 95% of childhood cancer survivors will have a significant health-related issue by the time they are 45 years of age. These health-related issues are side-effects of either cancer or more commonly, the result of its treatment.

Joining the Fight

In honor of little Nora Jean, Henry Poor Lumber will donate 20 cents for every mile the Nora Jean Fighting Machine logs in 2020 to the Morgan Adams Foundation.

The Morgan Adams Foundation funds kids’ cancer research. They raise awareness of, and educate our communities about the need for pediatric and young adult specific cancer treatments.

Working with leading researchers and physicians, the Morgan Adams Foundation funds new and innovative ideas that will improve cancer treatment effectiveness, overall outcomes, survival rates and quality of life while minimizing the devastating side effects current treatments have on children.

To learn more about and how to support this organization go to the Morgan Adams Foundation.

At this special time of year everyone at Henry Poor Lumber, Flooring Express and HP Wood Packaging would like to extend season’s greetings to all our customers, vendors and friends in our community.

As the year draws to a close we are thankful for all we have been given and especially for the ongoing support we have received from so many this past year.

It is comforting at this time of the year to be close to friends and family. We hope that you are able to share the holidays with those who are dearest to you. Our thoughts and prayers are with those far from home, especially our troops serving us in distant lands.

It is with these thoughts and a strong faith that all of us in the Henry Poor Lumber and Flooring Express family wish you and your family a blessed Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

Jim, Jay and Tom Andrew