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Weʼve raised £2,352 to Get Melissa Pegg home 50p CHALLENGE
- Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Funded on Sunday, 11th June 2017
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Melissa IS HOME!!!!
I am updating this fundraising page with a challenge. Although Melissa is now home recovering in her own home, her and her family have been left with a huge medical bill over three times the £5000 target.
The challenge is to reach the target by asking for donations of 50p. Over six thousand people have viewed the page, if we all share and donate 50p we will smash the target and help Melissa and her family.
A huge thank you goes out to all who have already donated :)
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Melissa Pegg has suffered a fractured/broken hip as a result of a road accident whilst on holiday in Zante with her partner, who broke an arm which needs to be operated on. He was deemed fit to fly by a doctor and so got his return flight to the UK to have is operation at home. Had he stayed in Zante he may have been there for weeks before being able to fly so he had to make the heart breaking decision to leave Melissa to return to be treated.
Melissa however is not fit to fly on a passenger plane as she has to remain led flat on a bed. Medical staff in Zante have advised she will most defiantly need an operation and so could be out there for months before she is fit to fly home.
As you can imagine this is a horrendous ordeal, the language barrier is very tough, the cost of parents staying with her are tremendous, not to mention the standard of care and all other implications.
We doing everything in our power to get Melissa home so she can get the treatment and support she needs here in the UK. As mentioned Melissa is not able to fly on a commercial airliner, she would need a specially adapted plane which will accommodate her on a stretcher. This comes at a huge cost (not covered by insurance) we have set a target of £5000 to get things started, the totally will come to several times that but we are sure that we will meet the financial demands and get Melissa home.
Please share the post and tell your friends and family
50P CHALLENGE!!!!!!!!!
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- 7 years ago
gareth silk
7 years agoI have spoken to Melissa and we have agrred to leave this page open for the full duration as many people have said they would like to help but have not been able to just yet. As I said the overall cost of getting Melissa home will take some time to repay, so please if you feel you would like to help please do. Please can you re share this post so as everyone who has helped get to see it and knows that Melissa is home. THANKYOU EVERYONE
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- 7 years ago
gareth silk
7 years agoMELISSA IS HOME!!!!! I am so happy to be writting this update as I am able to tell you that Melissa is back on home soil. Thanks to all the help and support of family, friends and medical staff Melissa was able to fly back to the UK yesterday. She is now in a hospital much closer to home where she can be more comfortable and get the treatment she needs. There is still a long way to go for her to make a complete recovery and the cost of getting Melissa home will take some time to repay.
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- 7 years ago
gareth silk
7 years agoInto day three now and all i can say is wow, what an amazing response. Over £2000 of donations so far and steadly rising. I have spoken to Melissa and know she is very greatful for all the help and support that she has received so far and is hopeful to be home soon. Lets keep this going and turn hope into reality. Please keep re sharing and remember every pennie helps
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121
Abigail Bruce
May 17, 2017
Gosh, I hope you make a speedy recovery. Sending lots of get well soon wishes. X
£10.00
Hana Poupard
May 16, 2017
Belgrave FC
May 15, 2017
From all at Belgrave x
£125.00
sean williams
May 15, 2017
That's great news mate 😊
£10.00
Jade Wilson
May 15, 2017
Hope you get home soon Mel x
£10.00
Anonymous
May 14, 2017
£10.00
Ross Bond
May 14, 2017
£10.00
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