Will you help lift this little boy’s spirits by sending him a Halloween card?

Back in February seven-year-old Brock Hardwick was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a high-grade cancer in his brain and spine.

He’d been taken to hospital after feeling unwell for two weeks, when an MRI test showed multiple tumours in Brock’s brain and spine.

Brock had to undergo brain surgery to remove one of the larger tumours, but unfortunately they came back. He’s now spending his days at Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital as part of the Maine Children’s Cancer Program.


That’s not something any seven-year-old should be going through.

One thing is lifting Brock’s spirits while he receives treatment: The knowledge that Halloween is almost here.



Brock loves Halloween. He plans to dress up as Hulk this year.

So to keep him going, his family came up with a plan – Brocktober, a month-long Halloween celebration just for Brock.

As part of that, Brock’s parents put a call-out on Facebook, asking people to send over Halloween cards with funny messages for Brock to read.

He’s now received nearly 1,000 cards from strangers around the world, along with sweets, toys, Halloween decorations, and drawings.

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‘It’s definitely very exciting and he’s happy,’ Brock’s mum, Brittney Horton, told ABC News. ‘You can tell he hasn’t been the greatest but it’s lifted him for sure.’

‘I didn’t think it was going to be this many. I was expecting maybe a couple hundred, definitely not this.

‘It’s made him smile a whole lot more.’

If you’d like to send Brock a card, you can get in touch with his mum on the Team Brock Facebook. You can also donate towards his treatment through YouCaring.

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