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Challenge for Charlie
Leigh Beeton completed the Milton Keynes winter halfmarathon, raising £2069 for the PHA UK. Leigh’s son Charlie was diagnosed with PH in 2017 and underwent a double lung transplant at Great Ormond Street in 2018. Writing on his Just Giving page, Leigh said: “I wanted to raise money for the PHA UK because they do incredibly important work in supporting PH patients, raising awareness and funding research into this rare disease. Charlie is now going from strength to strength after his transplant, and I am so grateful to my family and friends for their support and sponsorship for such a worthy cause.”
Knitting together funds
PHA UK members Joanna Young, Christine Pears and Michelle Hamilton raised £335 by selling knitted Christmas trees, snowmen, baubles, hedgehogs and owls. They set up a stall at the Freeman Hospital, and also sold items at a patient day at the Freeman back in October. Joanna said: “I made the knitted items along with my friend Ethel, who has PH. Christine, Michelle and I all suffer from PH and we are hoping to make some more knitted items for fundraising days next year.”
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