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Fundraising for FIFE SANDS (Forth Bridge Walk)

Kerry Black is raising money for Sands
In memory of Baby Billy Black
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Sands is the charity speaking up about pregnancy and baby loss, saving babies’ lives and supporting bereaved families. Together, we are saving babies’ lives and improving maternity safety and bereavement care through research, training and campaigning.

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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;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&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. &nbsp;And with every penny donated...</strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>We sadly lost Billy on 29.10.10, he was very much planned and would be the icing on the cake, our family complete.. Things went wrong and Billy lost his fight for life on earth....we were overwhelmed by midwives in the aftercare section especially an earth angel called Christine, who does charity work for Sands, we were blessed to have our time with Billy in the snowdrop room in forthpark, and helped if at all possible (dont know whare the strength comes from) to cope with our grief..Anyway cut a long story short-There is NO aftercare from the NHS it is all a charity run by SANDS who specialise in dealing with loosing our babies, the clothes that were in the drawers to put on Billy, his first Teddy, His rememberance Box, his candles, the organising of collating his footprints and handprints-this is all down to SANDS, and me and stevie are happy to give something back to this charity in memory Our Angel who is on the next journey just waiting, and will be waiting with a big proud smile on his face-for his mummy and daddy... &nbsp; Please Please help us like we were helped as if it werent for the generosity of ourselves and others whare would the aftercare be???? &nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Right, My Biggest Fear is Water, and Heights..... so now in memory of Billy-I am going to make him very very proud of his mummy, by walking over and back, along with others, and may Ipoint out-Anyone is welcome to Join Us...</strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>This event will Happen Sunday 20th March 2011, at 11.11am &nbsp; (there is a reason behind the time-11.11 is the bridge between earth and heaven,Billy'sfuneral was on the 11th November 2010 which I am sure is the day he travelled to heaven) &nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>And finally, we thank you with every beat of our hearts, we smile through our pain every day.... &nbsp; See you at the Bridge :):)</strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Kerry and Stevie (Billys Mummy and Daddy) x</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">IN THE UK- 17 BABIES ARE STILLBORN OR DIE SHORTLY AFTER THEY WERE BORN EVERYDAY</span></strong></p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,725.00
+ £364.13 Gift Aid
Online
£1,725.00
Offline
£0.00

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