Greg hands over charity donation
HALIFAX PANTHERS star Greg Worthington and his wife Amy have presented a cheque to the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund for nearly £10,000 after their fundraising activities inspired by their little boy Isaac.
The family started fundraising for the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund because of the care given to Isaac, who died prematurely in 2018 of congenital heart defects.
They describe him as having been “born sleeping”.
Despite an original target of £1,000, the total is now over £9,250, and the cheque presentation took place at Queensbury Rugby Club, where Greg is a coach, on Monday, April 19 the anniversary of the date Isaac would have been born.
There is a new advertising billboard at the ground - visible from the road and the pitch as it’s two-sided, promoting the fund, and the club have put the fund’s logo on both the home and away shirts for next season, which has made the family extremely proud.
“Me and my wife went through the heartache of losing a child through pregnancy,” said Greg. “As we went through that process a lot of the issues that Isaac was carrying came to the surface, we found out he had multiple heart defects and through that process we looked at all possible outcomes. It came to light that he wasn’t going to be compatible with life. If he had have survived then the place he would have been spending his time would have been in the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit. We’ve looked at a charity to raise some awareness and money for because that’s where Isaac would have been going. And to do it in the honour of his name, is a really nice thing to do. We thought it would be a really good charity to represent in Isaac’s name. We’ve been really taken aback by the response we’ve got in raising awareness and money for the charity.”
To donate, visit https://www. justgiving.com/fundraising/ isaac-robert.
We’ve been really taken aback by the response we’ve got