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Approaching our target
Well, as you know, we set ourselves a target of raising £40,000 – which was to cover the initial up-front payments and costs of transport and accommodation for our month’s stay in Missouri.
Never in our wildest dreams would we have believed we’d be (at nearly £38k) on the home straight before the end of February – and whilst this includes ticket sales from the Songs for Immy concert, it doesn’t include any of the other money which Roath Park Primary School plans to raise from events and their “Family Week”. Nor does it include scores of other events and sponsorships. It’s also well before the main event we’d planned – our sponsored walk. The fundraised total so far also does not include the money that Bruce and I are putting into the account which will total around £10k. We will still include all of this, not matter how much is raised by all of our fantastic and wonderful family, friends and supporters!
Those on facebook may remember I posted a link to a Daily Mail article about a little girl called Lily, who reminded me of Immy. Well I’m now facebook friends with her mum, and she told me she “highly recommends” that we continue to raise funds. Apparently they’ve spent £10k on physio and equipment in the six months since returning from Missouri – and she says there’s still a lot more expenditure ahead.
So we will continue to add to the fund for now, but we are starting to think about what we’ll do if we end up with more than we need. We’ve asked around a bit, and some people say that the money has been given for Imogen so we should keep it in a Trust for the things she will need in the future. Others (and we tend to agree) think it would be good if we could help other families who are raising money for the same surgery for their children. We are proposing that we might do some combination of the two – and would be grateful for your views. Please contact us and let us know…
It goes without saying that we are extraordinarily grateful to you all. Thank you! Xxx