FIFTY CHILDREN FROM NORTH MOLTON FRIDAY CLUB raised £831.50 for the Special Care Baby Unit Appeal.
The Friday Club has over 50 members between the ages of 7 – 11 years and meet at North Molton Methodist Church. The Friday Club chose the Special Care Baby Unit Appeal because some of the children had been looked after in the unit when they were babies and they wanted to do something to help.
Friday Club children with Over and Above Fundraiser Julie Whitton, helper Sherry Lynch, Friday Club Leader Rosemarie Courtney and Julie Belcher-Truss, helper.
Friday Club Youth Leader, Rosemarie Courtney said, “The children enjoyed fundraising for the SCBU Unit. They coloured in pictures, made cakes, craft items, decorated flower pots which they then filled and made money collecting pots and were very enthusiastic about the project. We were delighted that we raised so much money to help the unit.”
After they had sold the items they had made, the children organised a fun evening with games and competitions. They also really enjoyed emptying their collecting pots into the Over and Above swirly wurly collecting tub.
Over and Above Hospital Fundraiser Julie Whitton said “The Friday Club are amazing and have worked very hard to raise this amount of money. It really will make a difference to the care of our newborn babies in Barnstaple.
The Special Care Baby Unit Appeal aims to raise £220,000 to purchase much needed equipment to support our sickest and most vulnerable new born babies with urgent medical needs. So far, thanks to the amazing support from the people of North Devon the hospital charity has raised £150,000 towards its target.
If you would like to give your support to the hospital charity Over and Above, or want to find out more, please visit; www.overandabove.org.uk and the charity’s facebook page or contact the North Devon District Hospital Fundraising Team on 01271 311772 or email ndht.charity@nhs.net