A waiter who works at the Frankie & Benny’s restaurant in Widnes has a beautiful five-year-old daughter called Susanna who suffers from Cerebral Palsy. He and his wife are desperately trying to raise money to
A waiter who works at the Frankie & Benny’s restaurant in Widnes has a beautiful five-year-old daughter called Susanna who suffers from Cerebral Palsy. He and his wife are desperately trying to raise money to send Susanna to Missouri in the US for a life changing operation that will enable her to walk unaided. 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.
How you can help
We wondered whether you, as an influential blogger, would be willing to post about the appeal on your blog – to send the message out to your followers so we can try and generate as much money as possible for the cause. A Just Giving page has been set up where people can donate as much or as little as they can http://www.justgiving.com/
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/
http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/
think it is fab that Frankie and Bennys is happy to do this – but feel bad they should need to – if this operation is so successful why oh why oh why can the nhs not do it?
I mean a mere £60,000 probably less than they spend on methadone in my area alone in a year for people who have WILLINGLY MADE a lifestyle choice, I know who I would rather they spent my tax payers money on.
Indeed, couldn’t agree more!