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Dragonflies Charity
I'm Doing a number of fundraisers for Neonatal Unit because They perform special care for special babies
In memory of: Alfie Jack
£1,653.60 raised of £2,500.00 target
51 donations
My Target:
£2,500.00
£1,653.60 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/DragonfliesCharity
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Sarah Ford's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text EJMP62 £10
to 70070
My story
Introduction
Our names are Jack and Sarah we are planning to raise as much money as possible for the Derby Neonatal Unit. As a lot of our close friends and family are aware, 2010 wasn't our best year.
Our Joy
Our story starts in December 2009 when we were overjoyed to find out we were pregnant and were due to have a baby in August 2010. We had a miscarriage the year prior to this so as you can imagine the first 12 weeks were very nerve racking.
Here we go again!
At around 11 weeks I had some bleeding and thought the worst was happening again. We went straight to hospital to have a scan and found everything was fine with baby, we couldn't have been happier and thought it would be plain sailing from here. But it wasn't.
Heartache
When I got to 15 weeks pregnant my waters broke and we were told to expect the worst. We were told baby could be born any day now as waters breaking are usually followed by delivery, but days turned into weeks and we managed to stay pregnant, but as my waters didn't refill the chances of baby surviving were very slim as the amniotic fluid is vital for babies lungs to develop. We had read and heard good and bad stories of women whose waters had broken so early (but none as early as 15 weeks) and the doctors seemed pessimistic to say the least. We were advised at every visit to the hospital to terminate as the chances weren't good. We couldn't do that as we wanted to do everything we could for our little baby and never wanted to think 'what if'. We shocked all the doctors and managed to stay pregnant till 29 weeks.
The Labour
On the 22nd of May 2010 I was very poorly and went into labour. At 3.05am on the 23rd of May Alfie Jack was born only weighing 3lb 5oz and lived for 37hours. In some ways we found it easier than if we had have terminated and not given him a chance because at least we got to meet our son. Despite the excellent care and support from the neonatal unit, nothing could have been done to help him survive as his lungs just weren't developed enough to function properly.
We would like to raise as much money as we can to try and help other people in our situation in memory of our gorgeous son. We will be doing several events to raise money - the first of which will be a 15 mile walk on the 26th May 2012.
Although our story is very sad the unfortunate circumstances are that we aren't alone as many people have sad baby stories and hopefully with all contributions going to the derby neonatal unit we can do our best to improve the survival rate amongst these poorly babies.
Our silver lining is that we have since gone on to have a gorgeous healthy baby boy so we now feel it is time to help others.
Please donate as much as you wish by texting EJMP62 followed by your donation amount (including '£' sign) to 70070
After consultation with the founder of the neonatal unit charity we have since discovered that the unit is in need of quite a few very important things, so hopefully with your help we can really make a difference, below is a list of what the money will be used towards:
- Laryngoscope x 2 at £180 each
- Heated Cots x 3 or 4 at £500 each
- Highflow Oxygen Pressure at £2,250
- Cooling Blanket at £7000
My gallery 2
My updates 10
Would like to thank Rolls - Royce for an offline donation of £200 - this has been paid directly into the neonatal units account
Me and Sarah are doing the 30,000 step challenge in Tattershall on Saturday! Any last minute donations or sponsors would be much appreciated! At the mo we have over 500 pounds.
2 years ago today son love you xxx
Wow! We have gone past our second target thanks to some generous donations thank you all so much
Trying our hardest to get some great prizes for our raffle in June time, pestering big and small companies for prizes is suprisingly fun some have proven to be very charitable. Hopefully we should have some real good ones by the time of the draw
My charity
Neonatal Unit
Charity Registration No. 516864
The Friends of the Baby Unit was established 35 years ago to raise money for equipment for use in the intensive care of preterm and sick newborn babies being cared for on the Neonatal unit at The Royal Derby Hospital. The money raised over that time is now one million pounds.
Donations 51
Good luck with all of your fundraising xx
Donation by Kerri Bird on 01/11/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Thankyou to everyone who sponsored us to do our 30,000 step challenge.
Donation by Sarah Ford on 23/08/12
£422.60
+ £105.65 Gift Aid
money raised from raffle
Donation by christopher ford on 04/07/12
£168.00
+ £42.00 Gift Aid
donation from the lemon challenge at the new zealands arms
Donation by christopher ford on 02/07/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
From Customer & Field Services Staff at Severn Trent Water Derby
Donation by Barbara Harvey on 01/07/12
£323.00
Very kindly donated by Nicki Macmillan, thankyou so much! Love Sarah, Jack and George x
Donation by Nicki Macmillan on 23/06/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
collection from christening guests at the new zealand arms 10/6/12
Donation by christopher ford on 10/06/12
£36.00
+ £9.00 Gift Aid
Good luck guys, hope you smash your target in memory of your beautiful little boy xxx
Donation by Rebecca Hagues on 10/05/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Hope you manage to reach your target, what a great cause to raise money for. Lots of love Navada & Dan (no 52)
Donation by Navada Goodsir on 30/04/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
I heard your story from a friend, i think it is great what you are doing, i hope you can get as much as you can x
Donation by Lorraine North on 20/04/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
More than happy to help x
Donation by Julie Packwood on 19/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 14/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 11/04/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 10/04/12
£10.00
Hope this helps smash the next target! Love to you all! M R + B xxx
Donation by Matt Slater on 08/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
..love always from Helen & tim x x x
Donation by Helen Stephenson on 08/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 08/04/12
£10.00
Hope this helps another wee soul. Well done for having the courage to carry on. Good luck. Lots of love, Jenie, Kev and Roban. No 84 xxx
Donation by jenie aithie on 06/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 06/04/12
£10.00
Beautiful Alfie Jack you will always be missed all my love Hayley xxxx
Donation by Hayley Gaskin on 06/04/12
£4.00
+ £1.00 Gift Aid
Sorry to hear about your loss :-( Good luck in achieving your target. All the best MJ
Donation by Mark James on 06/04/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Thinking of u little dude, u had great parents who are doing great things! Love Ian, Dani + Kara
Donation by Ian Shaw on 05/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Sleep tight son x
Donation by Jack Berridge on 05/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Love Gav, Em, Milli & Livi (No. 50) x
Donation by Emma Upton on 04/04/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Alfie Jack - playing with the angels xXx
Donation by Tracey Rogers on 04/04/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,382.60
- Offline donations£200.00
- Text donations£71.00
- Total raised£1,653.60
- Gift Aid£268.40
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