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Vicki Welch is raising money for First Touch

Participants: Vicki Welch, Richard Holmes

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Boxing Day Dip · 26 December 2009

First Touch supports sick and premature babies cared for at St George’s neonatal unit in SW London. We fund state-of-the-art equipment and specialist staff training which are outside of the scope of NHS budgets, as well as a range of initiatives to support families during their stay on the unit.

Story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

My brother, Richard, decided he was going to take part in the boxing day dip this year. This is when a group of nutters (usually still drunk from christmas) congregate at Dover Beach on boxing day to take a swim in the sea. Its never appealed to me before, but i've decided to take part this year and hopefully raise some cash for a charity very close to my heart.

My son Adam was born on 22nd October 2008 and spent the first 2 months of his life at St Georges Neo-natal unit. It was the happiest and saddest time of my life having given birth to a gorgeous little boy, but who was so poorly. I'll never forget any of the staff on the unit, their skill and determination saved our little boys life, and their kindness and smiles kept us from going insane.

If we could raise some money to help the unit carry on their excellent work then freezing my butt off on boxing day will be worth it. Feel free to come along and support or laugh at us on boxing day morning too.

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£1,861.00
+ £458.33 Gift Aid
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