Bluebell Wood Collection Day Tomorrow at KM

[andysly]

From a previous thread
Kian’s Story

Kian was one of the first children to visit Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. He has lissencephaly stroke polymicrogyria, epilepsy and cerebral palsy. This means he can’t talk or walk and has to eat pureed food.

kian

Kian’s parents explain how Bluebell Wood has helped their family.

“Kian is a happy sociable child, and always has a smile on his face. He’s our baby and has got a million and one fans, and he absolutely loves football. However, he has very specific medical needs, which can sometimes be exhausting for our family. Kian often only has 2 hours sleep in a 24 hour period, which can leave us with no sleep, and completely shattered. Because of his condition, it’s difficult for our extended family to care for him, and that’s where Bluebell Wood comes in”.

“Mention the word hospice and see the look on people’s faces, even more so when you add the word children’s. Hospices have a stereotypical image of a place to die. Bluebell Wood is far from this. It’s a place of fun, laughter and smiles. I am a parent of a child who is fortunate to be able to go to Bluebell Wood. I say fortunate, and some might be shocked by this, but they don’t know what Bluebell Wood is all about. It’s an ace place to be, where you can get total peace and tranquillity and a good night’s sleep! We always say we walk out of our house into a home when we go to Bluebell Wood. Kian knows as soon as we turn into the drive at Bluebell Wood, his grin goes from window to window, he gets so excited to be back.

The house and staff are our extended family, and Bluebell Wood offers so much more than respite care for us and Kian. They don’t just focus on the child, it’s about the whole family. Our sons Callum and Dan attend the Bluebell Wood sibling groups, where they meet other children with a poorly brother or sister. These monthly groups take the kids out to special places, giving them fantastic opportunities which we couldn’t do otherwise. As Callum says “we have been bowling, to see the Red Arrows, flying aeroplanes, and there is a lot more to come”.


I'm going to be doing a Bluebell Wood collection prior to the Bournemouth match or rather Kian's Dad, Tony Critchley, Kain himself and other sons Danny and Callum are going to be collecting.
I'll be riding a static bike for 90 mins from about 13:00.
I'll be set up somewhere between the club shop and bar.
Please come along and offer some support.  
So far Rovers fans from this forum have donated well over £100 to the cause through my money raising page, hopefully this will raise some more. Cheers.

[andysly]

And for those wanting to donate electronically here's a link, anybody using this please denote DRFC, as I'd like to tally up the Rovers fans total contribution. Thanks again Andy.

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=AndySly&faId=321917&isTeam=false

[andysly]

I didn't realise that the fund raiser had made the Official club site.

http://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/article/riding-for-bluebell-wood-1025046.aspx

[graingrover]

The club is doing a great deal of good for the Bluebell cause not least the Tomlinson link . So as not to risk donation fatigue could there be a structured Bluebell Strategy programme with all these various initiatives co ordinated ?   

[andysly]

To be fair mine is an independent thing. I've just asked the club if they would mind me doing this at the KM and for them to promote it, which they have done.
 I did a similar thing at Retford Asda a couple of weeks ago and hoped it would go well at the ground.

[andysly]

Firstly, thanks to Tony Critchley and his lads for doing the collecting.
And secondly thanks for the generosity of the fans today, and that includes quite a few from Bournemouth for contributing to a total of £245.93 which has already been added to my collection page.

Thanks very much everybody.