On Saturday 29th July, AIFC u9 Rangers coach Rich Brookes, along with some parents and players from the team, will be climbing Mount Snowden to raise money for the charity Diabetes UK.
Tomorrow at 2:30pm, Rich’s wife, Jennifer, will be on air on Hermitage FM to talk about their fundraising!
Type 1 is an incurable autoimmune disease and it is very close to their hearts with their own son, Harry, who has played for Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club for the past 2 years being diagnosed in February 2022.
Honor Massarella, who is the parent of one of the boys from the football team is also Type 1 Diabetic since being diagnosed at just 20 months old. Honor has been a huge support since Harry’s diagnosis and will be walking Snowdon to raise awareness too!
What’s Harrys story?
It started with a trip to the doctors for what we thought was a UTI and turned into a frightening admittance to the Children’s High Dependancy Unit in Derby Royal.
He was admitted in DKA (please look this up to see how serious this was) and diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes there and then at 8 years old, just a week after his birthday.
For them as a family, it’s now part of their normal daily lives and they are so proud of Harry and how TD1 has not let him stop doing anything! He plays football 4 times a week, you wouldn’t have any idea if you didn’t know him that he was diabetic!
The have shared the reality that they don’t share often, on their Just Giving page. It gives a little insight into their daily lives and what they and other families have had to adjust too, it really is life or death!
You can donate to their fundraiser here:
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