EWC Sponsored Walk for Holly's Hearts
John Tierney & I are organising a Sponsored walk from our company's Head office to one of our Construction Projects in Preston on the 30th of June 2023 to raise money for Holly's Hearts.
The walk is approximately 6 miles long and will take around 2 hours to walk.
Holly's Hearts is a Registered Charity set up by our good friend and colleague Mark Prince & his wife Jenny in memory of their courageous Daughter Holly who sadly passed away in April 2022 from cancer.
The Charity gives children with cancer gifts and/or experiences to help them through their cancer treatment and to create heartwarming memories with their families.
Personally seeing the strength and motivation from Mark to continue his beautiful daughter's memory by helping other families in similar situations whilst also going through an unimaginably tough time has been so inspiring. This has made me want to contribute in any way possible.
Any donations (small or large) to this special cause will make a massive difference and bring a smile to a family going through cancer. So please donate.
Here is a little bit about Holly's story:
Holly was always small in size compared to other children her age and eventually through genetic sequencing she was diagnosed with an extremely rare condition called Bloom Syndrome in March 2020. One of the complications of this condition is that it put her at a very high risk of developing cancer and usually at a younger age than the general population. Just 3 months later a tumour was found in kidney and it was a high-risk Wilm’s tumour.
After undergoing surgery and 7 months of chemotherapy Holly had clear scans and rang the end of treatment bell in June 2021. Unfortunately, she relapsed in September 2021 having more surgery and daily proton beam therapy. Again it was thought the new treatment had worked but a routine check-up in December 2021 showed that she relapsed again this time to the lungs and there were multiple tumours. She and the family never gave up hope and she started chemo over the Christmas period. After having an initial response to this new treatment it then changed and the disease progressed. She became very poorly in March and fought right until the end. She passed away on 8th April 2022.
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Organizer
Mike Costello
Organizer
Hollys Hearts
Beneficiary