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BRAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF £12,000 TED SANDERSON 14, RAISE MORE THAN IN HIS MEMORY.
Patients like Ted Sanderson and their families really touch our hearts – and we are so very thankful for the courage and kindness they show when somehow, they are able to think of others at such an unimaginably difficult time in their own lives.
The family and friends of Ted Sanderson, who died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of just 14, are no exception, after raising £12,755 for James Cook Hospital in his memory.
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Last June, Ted went to Woodham Academy in Newton Aycliffe like normal, but his family received a phone call to say he had collapsed in class after suffering a cardiac arrest.
He was rushed to James Cook Hospital, but sadly died.
A GoFundMe page was started to raise money in his memory and very quickly, donations started coming in from not only the Newton Aycliffe community, but from all over the UK.
Initially, the funds were requested for a bench to be installed in his memory in the school grounds.
But within 24 hours of his passing a massive £4,000 had been donated.
The money will be used to improve the family room in the Middlesbrough hospital’s children and young people’s emergency department and will go towards creating a sensory area in the children and young person’s unit in his memory.
This will have a huge positive impact on patients and their families for years to come.
Ted’s auntie Melly Wilson, thanked the local community and beyond for their donations.
“James Cook battled tirelessly to save Ted and couldn’t have done more for us as a family in our time of need,” she said.
“Ted would have loved that he could have helped the hospital in any way.
“He was such a caring, helpful boy who would do anything to help others.”
Lisa Meehan, from Our Hospitals Charity, thanked Ted’s family for their touching tribute.
She added: “Ted sounded like such a kind boy.
“His family are incredible people to have found the strength to raise this huge amount of money in memory of Ted.
“The money will allow us to make our family room feel less clinical and more like a home for the families who sadly need it.”
