An appeal for help from Gem Vending…
As you may know, Gem Vending provides all its customers with QR codes on their vending machines, which allows consumers to access nutritional advice for the products we sell. Our partner, who designs and manages this for us, is Justpeel.
Managing Director of Justpeel, our good friend Alison Hobson, is a strong supporter of The Meningitis Trust and she’s been raising money for the charity for many years -aAlthough 2013 and 2014 have been her busiest years to date…
In September 2013, Alison completed the Great North Run, and then in October 2013 she conquered the Dublin Marathon. If that wasn’t enough, this month Alison has taken on her biggest and hardest challenge – The Great Wall Run 2014. This was a 52km running challenge, which saw her and the team complete two half marathons, plus an additional 15km run in the shadows of the Great Wall.
Alison’s inspiration for all of these amazing achievements is her daughter Lillie-Beth, who contracted Meningococcal Septicemia when she was just 5 years old, almost losing her life… Alison, her husband and family had the most horrific 2 weeks, not knowing if Lillie-Beth would pull through. Fortunately, she did and today, she’s a healthy and normal 9 year old without any known side effects.
Whilst they were in hospital not knowing what was going to happen, the family were in close contact with The Meningitis Trust who provided the vital support and words of comfort that they needed at the time. From the day that they knew that Lillie-Beth was going to recover, Alison pledged to raise money for the charity that was their lifeline during that terrible and traumatic time.
Alison and husband Garry are only too aware of how lucky they are that they still have Lillie-Beth – and by accepting these challenges they’re helping to make a difference to families who are affected by this cruel, horrible disease.
So, all of us at Gem Vending would like to take this opportunity to say a huge ‘well done and congratulations’ to Alison for completing her latest challenges. So far, she’s has raised over £5,000, which is just fantastic. And by the way, if you’d like to add your donation to Alison’s total, click here to visit her Just Giving page.
Thanks!
