Kate's Adventure Fund is raising money to help young adult Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers in the region to have adventures and meet challenges in their often short lives.
We have been inspired to do this because of our daughter - Kate Hennessy. Kate was a wonderful, inspiring and adventurous young woman. She also suffered with Cystic Fibrosis - a condition that ate away at her lungs. By the age of 18 she had become very ill, enduring weeks of painful treatment, and spending most of her life in hospital. The decision was made to place her on the transplant list. She spent most of the following year in a hospital bed, reading about the exploits of her friends on Facebook, and dreaming about her own bucket list, should she receive a transplant.
A year later, on August 17th 2012, Kate finally got her chance. In the following 4 years, despite numerous health complications, Kate ticked off many things from her bucket list - she traveled extensively - France, Ireland, Bali, Italy,Thailand, Japan, Australia and South Korea (many times backpacking on her own). She fell in love - not once, but twice, worked part-time as a teaching assistant in a special school (her dream job), went to loads of festivals, parties, and lived life to the max - bungy jumping, white water rafting, skydiving to name but a few. We were incredibly proud of all she achieved. However, she was well aware that she was only able to make the best of this gift of life that she had been given because her parents were able to help her financially.
Sadly, in September 2016, the dream ended. Kate picked up a very resistant infection, and was unable to fight it off. She passed away in Harefield Hospital on 16.9.16.
We used to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Harefield Hospital Charity. However, in memory of her, and all the wonderful things she achieved, we are now starting Kate's Adventure Fund. We know she would have approved, and we hope you give generously.