The Rainbow of Islastones - This May Bring Tears to Your Eyes

This Rainbow was created for the 2020 Big Charity Rock Hunt in Baginton, England. It is a family treasure hunt event raising money for The Islastones Foundation. Thanks to Covid the event was delayed until April 17th 2022
The stones bear the names of children who have suffered from childhood cancer. Devastatingly, only a handful of the children whose names are on the stones are still with us today.
These are the names on the stones, and the age of the child at their time of diagnosis, or their passing. The letters are an abbreviation of the many types of cancer that can affect young people.
The rainbow was created as a tribute to the children who have been taken from their families, and as a symbol of hope for those precious few that are recovering, or receiving treatment, or are now in remission. Many people find the rainbow very moving. It is our hope that it moves those who see it to get involved in awareness and fundraising efforts to help combat these awful diseases.
There are more details about the Islastones foundation on our website www.thebigcharityrockhunt.com or on www.islastones.com or find out how you can get involved in stone painting and raising awareness by joining the Islastones Facebook Group.
Thank you for your support X
ERMS = Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
ALL = Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
DIPG = Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
RB = Retinoblastoma
WT = Wilm's Tumour Nephroblastoma
OOS = Osteoblastic Osteosarcoma
AML = Acute Myeloid Leukemia
ARMS = Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
ATRT = Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumour
NHL = Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
NB = Neuroblastoma
HB = Hepatoblastoma
MB = Medulloblastoma
HL = Hodgkins Lymphoma
EWS = Ewing's Sarcoma
MM = Malignant Melanoma
PPT = Pineal Parenchymal Tumour
MRT = Malignant Rhabdoid Tumour
GCT = Germ Cell Tumour
PNET = Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumour
COS = Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma
PA = Pilocytic Astrocytoma
LCH = Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
EP = Ependymoma
NPC = Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
PB = Pancreatoblastoma
With Thanks to Angus Olsen of I Draw Childhod Cancer for his explanatory poster