A BANNER carrying the message of Newquay toddler Joe Way has
travelled over 150,000 km around the world
The banner of Joe Way – described by many in the medical profession as a
"miracle boy" after surviving a host of life threatening conditions
before he passed away in May 2008 – has been taken by friends, well wishers and
people who have come across Joe’s story on the web.
Matt Way explained “after Joe died we wanted to celebrate
his life and tell his story to inspire people with a small team of five of us
his story has been read all over the world, his facebook group has over 2500
people and the banner which was a way for people to help get the web address to
new people.
Joe's website has inspired people from all over the world to raise over £57,000
for the Precious Lives Appeal since June 2008. And another annual event the Joe Way paddle for
life raised £7,000 for 13 charities’s and will be the main event every year to celebrate
Joe’s life and is open to any charity.
The banner with the paddle logo which has come back from India is spending Christmas 2009 in Bali and Australia. The
banner with the Precious Lives logo on is on its way to Austria.