Dumfries and Galloway SANDS Group were the lucky recipients of a cheque for £5,512 from Grant and Lisa Seaton, following a year of fundraising by them in memory of their son Oliver who sadly died in 2013.
Grant writes, “the events included a coffee morning, Edinburgh Half Marathon, The Great Swim, Walking the Annandale Way, The Great North Run, a Grand Prize Draw, an Online Auction and a Choir Night with Anava Singers. Many thanks to everybody that contributed towards the funds raised. You are all amazing. Special thanks to the following people – Lesley-Ann Johnstone for raising 1,060 of the total raised. Anava Singers Marion Seaton for the £574 raised. Wendy Stuart Hamilton Shona Dalton Kerry-Anne Hawkins and the rest of the troops for helping out at the Coffee Morning. Granny, Lyndsay Maxwell and Ruth Allen for throwing yourselves in Lake Windermere for the Great Swim. All the Annandale Way Walkers and special thanks to Jemma Dinnell Leah Clark Belford and Morag Kell for setting our pace on the walk. To all the donators of prizes and auction items, especially Cammy Bell for the signed Gloves. You are all awesome.
The funds raised will go to help sustain the local SANDS Group and which we now have a real affinity with. I know they will be really appreciative of the funds and will put them to good use.”
Dumfries and Galloway Sands is a voluntary group of parents who have all experienced the death of a baby, either during pregnancy or soon after the birth. Our experiences vary widely but we all share the common experience of grieving for our children and trying to find a way to live with our loss. We are not a professional health team or trained counsellors, just parents who know how devastating the death of a baby can be.
We can be contacted via our website or contact number:>07864 709228
