The Space Mouse
Friday, November 18, 2005 - L. Mostow
On Friday November 11, 2005 a big truck came to visit Rhema Christian School's parking lot and all the students. It's what was in the truck that was important. It was Tom Hanks' Space Mouse.

To celebrate Disney's 75 anniversary, they took different actors and asked them what they would like their mouse to be. Well Tom Hanks had talked to James Birrel who was a boy fighting Neroblastoma cancer and James had really liked the movie Apollo 13 and was really interested in space. So Tom Hanks
said that his buddy James was really into space, so he wanted a space mouse. Now when James died they made a fund called The James Birrel Fund which goes toward neroblatoma cancer research and Tom Hanks donated his Space Mouse to the fund and the fund auctioned it off.

A drug store bought it and sent it to sick kids' hospital for a permanent viewing, but first it was exhibited at the home depot in Peterborough and Chapters. The Birrels are currently a part of Rhema and their kids
attend.

For more information about James there is a book called, "You can't let cancer ruin your day" available at Emmaus Christian book store.