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We are so grateful and In last month’s issue of West Exchange Street was stolen three honoured to be part of such a As donations have still been Bridgford Local News, we shared months ago. fantastic community.” rolling in, these extra funds will be a story on local Mum Pooja The defibrillator on the shop wall used to raise money for a second If you would like to donate to this Gadhia who had taken up the ‘Jog 26-miles in May Challenge’ to raise was purchased and installed in defibrillator which will be placed in potentially lifesaving community money for Brain Tumour Research. October 2019 by Cllr Jonathan another area of West Bridgford. project to help fund a second Wheeler through his divisional fund defibrillator and the refurbishment Instead of running 26 miles however, A huge thanks to Gotham Village from the County Council. of a third, please visit: www. Pooja ran a total of 100-miles and Cricket Club who have donated justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ managed to raise over an incredible After it disappeared 3 months a whopping £650 to the project. maddogsports-defibrillator?utm_ £800 for the charity, amazing! ago, the business owners of Mad But of course, thank you to all who term=v6aeBmP3V The local mum conquered the miles Dog Sports decided to launch a have donated. even after being diagnosed with fundraiser which would enable Pictured below: Owner of Mad During the publicity of this Lupus, causing her to struggle on them to purchase a new defibrillator Dog Sports Steve is shown left and fundraiser, the original defibrillator some days, but she kept going. to replace it. For this they needed staff member Jake (right) with the had been found and returned Pooja was inspired to take part to raise £1,157. brand-new defibrillator unit outside to Mad Dog Sports. Stephen in this challenge as Brain Tumour the shop. On the 16th June the fundraiser continued, “We're currently Research receives very little funding. was launched. Stephen Spencer, cleaning it up and performing Thank you to all who donated. owner of Mad Dog Sports, said necessary checks on it to ensure “We need to replace this as soon it's fully functional. as possible, especially after this “We're now fundraising for a £500 weekend’s reminder of how vital case (a cosy new home) and this equipment can be, with the replacement equipment (pads and collapse of Danish Footballer prep kits, etc) for the defibrillator. Christian Eriksen from a cardiac We're also finding it a new home arrest, and also the sad recent loss on the wall of another local West of a local cricketer.” Bridgford Business! 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