Story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. On the 30th March 2011 our little girl, Poppy, was born at North Tees Hospital. She developed very low blood sugars and was finding feeding really hard work. She also needed a course of antibiotics due to a risk of infection. This led to Poppy needing to stay in the Neonatal Unit for the first few days of her life.<a href="http://www.neonatalunitfundraiser.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/31032011041.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-15" title="31032011041" src="http://www.neonatalunitfundraiser.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/31032011041-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300"></a> During this time, we realised this is such a important part of the hospital and if it had not been for the unit Poppy may not be with us today. Bearing all of this in mind we were thinking what can we do to say thank you. We have been into the ward and thanked the staff for all of their hard work and took in some knitted hats from Poppy’s grandma. But this still did not seem enough. So I decided that in March 2012 I will take the challenge and backpack the 109 miles of the Cleveland Way. Starting in Helmsley and ending in Filey. To raise funds and also awareness of this very important unit. You can follow the build up of this event at http://www.neonatalunitfundraiser.com/ Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now.