IN MEMORY OF STUART HUGHES (1958-2009).
Stuart became ill in April 2009 and was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in June 2009. He was given just 5 years to live. But his health deteriorated rapidly and he died on the 9th of August 2009, aged just 50.
Stuart was a loving, family man who would do anything for anybody. He was a "gentle giant" and is greatly missed by his family and everyone who had the privilege of knowing him. He left the world a better place for having been here.
On the day of his funeral, a few of us came up with the idea of running the Great North Run in his memory and Robert, Paula & Graham completed this on the 19th September 2010. We raised almost £1000 for MNDA.
Since then, Robert & Paula and their company (caraudiosupermarket.com) have donated all profits from their radio decoding service to the West Yorkshire branch of MNDA. Most radio codes are only 99p and this has raised an astonishing £3500 so far and continues to raise around £250 a month.
Following on from last year's Great North Run, Robert, Paula, Kelsey & Megan will be volunteering at the finish line at this year's Great North Run (Sun 18th Sept 2011) and welcoming all of the MNDA runners back and directing them to the MNDA charity tent for a well earned cuppa.
Robert & Paula are planning to participate in next year's Great North Run, so we will keep you informed. Fancy running it with us? Let us know.
Thank you to everyone for your donations. It means a lot to us and Stuart's family.
