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Iʼve raised £8,295 to Make a dream come true, help us send Jemma, who is terminally ill; and her little family, to see Santa Claus in magical Rovaniemi, Lapland.
- OMAGH
- Funded on Friday, 29th October 2021
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Story
In August 2016, when Jemma was 17 weeks pregnant with her first baby (Sadie), she had stage 1 ovarian cancer removed surgically.
On the 9th January 2021 and at 35 weeks pregnant with her third little baby, Jemma‘s heartbreak continued when she found a lump.
Then on 25th January 2021, baby Betty was delivered by C-Section and the growth was removed for Biopsy. The next day, a CT scan showed a tumour in Jemma's left lung as well as three tumours on her pelvic bones.
On the 9th February 2021, Jemma was diagnosised with Advanced Stage 4 Incurable Ovarian Cancer and on 10th May 2021 Jemma was given the devastating news that she has less than a year to live.
We had only met Jemma on a few occassions before her recent cancer diagnosis, but her infectious smile, warm personality and determination in life, really shone through. Wonderful qualities in a wonderful person.
We see that determination even more so in her now, and we desperately wanted to do something to help.
Over the years, we have helped so many families travel to Lapland, this year we want to help Jemma and her family make some special everlasting memories On an all expenses paid, once in a lifetime magical trip to see Santa Claus in his hometown in Finnish Lapland.
Please help us by donating a little or a lot if you can. No matter how small or how big, every donation will help make Jemma’s dream come to fruition and send Jemma and her little family on a trip of a lifetime.
Andrew, Lynne, Lily-Belle & Matilda
xxx
The funds will be used for:
Flights Belfast-London-Rovaniemi
Hotel at Gatwick
3 nights accomodation at Santa Claus Holiday Village
Winter activities including meeting Santa Claus, husky sled ride, reindeer sleigh ride, northern lights tour, snowman world, elf farm visit and more.
Clothing
Spending money for food
Pcr tests if required
Jemma is organising her own travel insurance.
If Jemma and her family are not able to proceed with the trip, the trip may be given to another deserving family (chosen by Jemma) or raffled and the funds placed into an account for Jemma and Clive's children, Sadie, Louis and Betty.
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- 3 years ago
Andrew & Lynne Callaghan
3 years agoWE’VE DONE IT…with your kind generosity, and with your own fundraising efforts, we have hit 100% of target and a little more….AMAZING. Jemma, Clive, Sadie, Louis and baby Betty will get to visit Santa Claus in Lapland in January 2022. We will be keeping the page active until December to try and raise as much as we can, so please continue to share the link with your friends, family and colleagues. THANK YOU ALL SO, SO MUCH…overwhelmed! Love and blessings Andrew & Lynne x
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- 3 years ago
Andrew & Lynne Callaghan
3 years agoA HUGE thank you to each and every one of you for your kind donation, every pound, whether it’s £1, or £20, or £1000, pushes us closer to fulfilling this fundraiser. We are just £173 away from hitting a milestone of £3000…please share our fundraiser with your friends, family, colleagues, sports clubs and social media pages, the more awareness of our little campaign, the more donations we receive. Let’s make this trip happen for Jemma, Clive and their little ones, Sadie, Louis and baby Betty. Blessings Andrew, Lynne, Lily-Belle & Matilda x
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Anonymous
Sep 21, 2021
HEATHER ARNOTT
Sep 13, 2021
£10.00
Sami
Sep 12, 2021
£10.00
Mary Mac Rory
Sep 11, 2021
What a great cause 👏
£20.00
Bejeweled at Soul
Sep 10, 2021
Such a pleasure to be able to help Jemma in some way, a small token of how Jemma and her family has touched the hearts of our Bejeweled Community ❤ sending love and massive hugs Bejeweled At Soul St
£1,805.00
Anonymous
Sep 10, 2021
£10.00
Kenny
Sep 10, 2021
I’ll keep my fingers crossed all goes well, you make the target and have the trip of a lifetime
£10.00
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Andrew & Lynne Callaghan
OMAGH
We are family travel writers from Omagh, Northern Ireland. Every year we help families looking to book a dream trip to Lapland . This year, we are doing all that we can to help Jemma and her precious little family get to Lapland to make some everlasting special memories ❤️