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Grandson Declared Cancer-Free After Arizona Grandma’s Minecraft Channel Helps Fund Care

Donations plus YouTube revenue topped $42,000 on GoFundMe, with the family directing proceeds to bills insurance did not cover.

Overview

  • Eighty-one-year-old Sue Jacquot learned Minecraft during hospital visits with her grandson, Jack Self, and launched the GrammaCrackers YouTube channel to support his treatment.
  • The channel went viral, approaching 200,000 subscribers, and its first video surpassed half a million views.
  • Each upload links to Jack’s GoFundMe, which recent reports put at more than $42,000 in donations in addition to YouTube earnings.
  • Jacquot and her family say the funds have been applied to chemotherapy and other medical costs not fully covered by insurance.
  • Local station ABC15 reported Jack’s update that he is cancer-free and feeling great.