FIRE-HIT FAMILY’S CHARITY CRUSADE
MUM, DAD AND CHILDREN RAISING CASH TO SAY THANKS FOR SUPPORT THEY RECEIVED AFTER HOUSE WAS GUTTED
A FIRE-HIT family have begun a caring crusade to personally thank those who came to their aid after a devastating blaze at their home.
It has been a year-anda-half since Samantha Moore, her husband and children’s lives were turned upside down following the fire, caused by a tumble dryer, which gutted their Caldwell home.
Now back in their fully redecorated house and returning to normal life, they are fulfilling a pledge they made – to pay back those who came to their rescue and support other worthwhile causes.
“There are still a few issues and we still get some flashbacks,” Samantha said.
“There are things we will never get back, like the photos of the kids, but when we came back in we fully redecorated.
“Now we are at the point where we can start doing the fundraising we said we wanted to do to say thank you. I have always said that I wanted to give something back.”
So, having grown her hair and dyed it blue, Samantha will kick-start the fundraising promise this weekend, by taking part in a ‘brave the shave’ at the Anker Inn in Weddington tonight.
She is raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support, as well as her eldest daughter Tamzin’s school mission to Ecuador.
She is one of 11 students at George Eliot School who have risen to the challenge to raise enough cash so that they can take part in a special project in Ecuador in July next year.
“I have lost friends and family members to cancer, and I know how supportive Macmillan Cancer has been,” she said.
“Tamzin is going on a special trip Ecuador, they have to raise £10,000 between them to go so I will be raising money for both.”
Next on her fundraising list are some causes a little closer to home, so that they can pass on her thanks to those who came to the aid of her family in the wake of the devastating fire which engulfed the family home.
Among the causes they want to help is the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary: “They helped so much with our pets, they donated us a lot of food after the fire for them,” Samantha added.
The humbled mum also wants to do something for the firefighters at the town’s fire station, saying: “I want to do something to help raise money for the fire station to say thanks for what they did. They got all but one of our animals out safely and we are all so grateful.”
It was in February last year when the community rallied around the family following the fire that destroyed her home in Bradestone Road, which Samantha shared with husband Jason, and children Shelby, Tamzin and Michael.
Cash flooded in via a GoFundMe page as well as donations of everything from clothes to furniture to help the family get back on their feet.
Such gestures have not been forgotten and the event this weekend is just the start of their way of giving something back to the community and beyond.
Samantha said: “We want to hold fundraising events as often as we can to be honest.”