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Madison Allan Launches Quid for a Kid campaign
Fri 29th May 09 - 13:18

Please give a Quid for a Kid.

http://www.justgiving.com/quidforakid

They don’t come much braver than little Madison Allan.
Four-and-a-half year old Maddi was only 10 months when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening tumour. It was touch and go whether she would survive a tough course of chemotherapy – but now she is to become a star fundraiser .

Maddi has joined the Five Stars Scanner Appeal line-up alongside soccer legend Ryan Giggs OBE, Corrie star Samia.Smith, actor Max Beesley, actor/singer Will Mellor and actor Chris Bisson in a final push to raise the £1million needed for a state-of-the-art MRI scanner. It’s to be installed in the new Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and will help save the lives of sick children from Carlisle to Crewe. But it has to be delivered this summer and the campaign is still £250,000 short of its target.

Maddi is appealing to everyone in the North West to donate just £1 for the hi-tech scanner which will be able to detect cancer in children at a very early stage and give them a better chance of survival. Just a Quid for a Kid.

Five Stars Scanner Appeal Director Charmaine Wilkinson says the scanner will be three times faster than the existing machine, accurately scanning children to spot life-threatening tumours in just 15 minutes.
‘It’ll produce much better results than its predecessor. It’s quieter too, so much less daunting for small children. But we now need the money really urgently,’ says Charmaine.

The present scanner has scanned 27,500 children in 10 years and has saved countless lives. But the new scanner is far more accurate for youngsters like Maddi with rare tumours.
Maddi is no stranger to fundraising. For three years she has been the fundraising princess at a series of charity events for the scanner alongside proud mum Samantha and dad Mark. Maddi has been the toast of her home town of Darwen, in Lancashire, during the campaign to raise the vital £1million.

Says Maddi’s mum Sam: ‘We’re all just delighted to help. We know Maddi may need to use this scanner to monitor her tumour – and a Quid for a Kid is so little to ask.’

The good news is that Maddi’s tumour is not bothering her at the moment. The young star is leading a full life and looking forward to starting school in September.
Donors are asked to cellotape a £1 coin to a piece of paper or card and send to Quid for a Kid, Five Stars Scanner Appeal, 446a Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AZ or donate online through http://www.justgiving.com/quidforakid

 

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