Hello everyone, I’ve had a slight poorly little week over
here but now I’m back and off training again.
As most of you may know, [and if you don’t I’m about to tell
you, ] I’m a children’s nurse who works on a local intensive care unit, i.e. I look
after some very sick children and try and help make them better again. However there are sad and hard times but I also
get to see some amazing things and the most powerful thing in the world, a
child smile again! And this is why I got involved with the chosen charity.
Child fight provides once in a life time holiday’s for
children with life limiting or life threatening conditions. [In other words these
children are all poorly or disabled in some way.] Every other year they run a structured
trip to Florida, visiting all the major theme parks and providing a little
magic to these children’s lives, what make them special is that they also take
the whole close family. Making a perfect
family holiday making amazing memories for everyone. Something which may not be
possible for them to achieve without the support of this charity. Whilst there,
the holiday is organised for them from the minute we arrive at the airport to
the second we get back to the uk, no one has to worry about anything and there
is medical support by the doctors and nurses who all volunteer and are
constantly on call. And the most
important bit of the holiday? Well to see the children smile knowing everything
they’ve been though, after all nothing matters in Florida!
Childflight also provides Santa flights every year for
children to experience there first time flight and meet Santa as well as
proving medical flights for children where treatment cannot be found in the uk.
So why run? Well I started doing a sponsored run in 2013 to
raise funds and the running bug kicked in big style. So thought I would keep it
up and get fit at the same time. So far since May 2013 when I started it’s been
hard work but slowly managing to pick up pace etc. Looking at ways that are a
bit novel to go with my running but we will see.
So far I have raised around £600 pounds for child flight
from august to Dec in 2013, and I am already at 10% of my target for this
challenge. Every penny means the world to both me and this charity but
especially the children so if you can, please donate or support in any way you can.
Thankyou
helen xx
p.s... just something to make you smile as well!
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