In August 2007 our beautiful baby boy, Fraser, unfortunately contracted meningococcal scepticaemia. It was a shock to everyone. We all know about it, but its something that never happens to you.
Fraser woke up in the middle of the night with the dreaded rash we so often hear about. After being rushed to hospital and with the disease progressing rapidly time was not on our side. Luckily for us Fraser was a true wee fighter and there was no way he was going anywhere. After coming off his ventilator within 24 hours he started to respond very well to treatment. He spent one week in intensive care and two weeks in total in hospital and a further week at home in plaster. His recovery has been amazing and more than we could ever have prayed for. The future looks bright for Fraser and he is thriving every day. We hope more children who have been hit by this horrendous illness can follow in his foot steps.
There are 3000 people diagnosed with the disease each year and can affect anyone at any age but the tragedy is that those most at risk are babies, children and young adults all on the threshold of life - with one in ten people dying. Hopefully we will be able to raise more awareness and more money to help the Meningitis Research Foundation to avoid these terrible tragedies.
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So please donate now!
Many thanks for your support.
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Raised so far: £4,170.74
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Fraser's Gran bought 5 raffle tickets and I (Sara) forgot to enter them in the draw, ooops! At least they will still get the money :-) Donation by Fraser's Gran on 13/01/11 |
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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Family from a funeral we were at asked us to donate to a charity of choice. From Jim & Dorothy Donation by Jim & Dorothy Lyon on 13/01/11 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Gareth & Nonie on 17/06/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Millar Motors, Kilsyth Donation by Millar Motors on 04/05/08 |
£100.00 |
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Getting above £4000! Donation by David MacIntosh on 27/03/08 |
£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid |
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Thanks everyone! Donation by Race Sponsors and Donations on 27/03/08 |
£92.50 |
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Donation by Pop & Granny Jackie on 27/03/08 |
£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid |
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More donations from Race Night Donation by Donations on 14/03/08 |
£72.50 |
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From sale of kindly donated adobe elements photoshop Donation by ADOBE on 14/03/08 |
£142.19 |
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All for a great cause Donation by Kelly Jones (Avis) on 10/03/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Funds raised from sale of donated electric guitar. Donation by Drives and Controls on 07/03/08 |
£28.50 |
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More cash collected from fabulous race night Donation by Race Night Funds and Donations on 07/03/08 |
£62.50 |
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Thank you to everyone who attended our Race Night - hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! x Donation by Race Night Funds and Donations on 04/03/08 |
£1,945.14 |
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Hope everything goes well on Saturday! Donation by Tom & Julia Clark on 28/02/08 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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Funds raised from quiz night Donation by Portman Travel, East Kilbride on 27/02/08 |
£5.00 |
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Dress Down Day Fund Donation by Portman Travel, East Kilbride on 25/02/08 |
£100.00 |
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Quiz Night Ticket Sales Donation by Portman Travel, East Kilbride on 25/02/08 |
£10.50 |
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I'm Joanne's friend. Hope all goes well on Saturday. Donation by Gurjit Dhillon on 25/02/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Can't make saturday..hope all goes well Donation by Claire, David, Sophie and Mark on 25/02/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Funds raised from quiz night Donation by Portman Travel, East Kilbride on 23/02/08 |
£23.25 |
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Donation by Jim and Frances MacIntosh on 17/02/08 |
£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Alison and Scott Raby on 04/02/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Kay Brown on 03/02/08 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Sorry we can't make your evening. Donation by Fiona and Steve Jones on 01/02/08 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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Keep up the good work. It's such a worthy cause. Donation by alan&fiona russell on 25/01/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £4,126.74 |
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| Offline donations: | £44.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £4,170.74 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £423.64 |
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