Help Susanna Walk Appeal - with Frankie & Bennys
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Anyone who has read our external blog, will know that we love Frankie & Bennys, so when we found out that a waiter who works at the Frankie & Benny’s restaurant in Widnes has a five-year-old daughter called Susanna who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, we wanted to know what we could do to help them raise money to send Susanna to Missouri in the US for a life changing operation that will enable her to walk unaided. This isnt something we would usually post on our blog but as parents ourselves, we know we would be grateful if someone was prepared to help our daughter if she was in need.
Missouri is the only place Susanna can have surgery urgently – in the UK there is a 2 year waiting list which would mean Susanna would miss her window of opportunity to have it done as she will then be too old to qualify. The operation has a 100% success rate. They have so far raised £15K but it’s been a struggle and there is a long way to go as they need £60,000 in total.
Frankie & Benny’s is determined to raise the money by the end of July 2012 and have promised that this beautiful little girl will walk properly like all of her friends. Frankie & Benny’s is embarking on a nationwide fundraising weekend on Saturday 30th June/Sunday 1st July in every single one of their restaurants where they will donate £3.95 from every child’s meal purchased as well as many other specific fundraising activities for each individual venue.
A Just Giving page has been set up where people can donate as much or as little as they can http://www.justgiving.com/helpsusannawalk - a penny or a pound, every amount is worthwhile
What the money raised would do
The money raised will pay for Susanna and her family to travel to and from the States for the operation and the operation itself. It will provide accommodation for the family for a month following Susanna’s operation and further intensive physiotherapy. It will also pay for further treatment and aftercare on her return to the UK and hopefully we will raise enough to also provide Susanna with some equipment to aid her speedy recovery. Susanna only has a short amount of time left whereby she qualifies for this operation, hence the need for immediate action. By raising this money now, Susanna will hopefully have the operation in September and be recovering well by Christmas this year. Just think how amazing it will be for us all to think we have played a part in ensuring it happens.
For more information about Susanna and her family, you can visit the links below:
http://www.justgiving.com/helpsusannawalk
http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/9682627.Future_now_brighter_for_Susanna/
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