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CRY Divisional
Representative in North Wales, Doreen Harley welcomed QT Kanga and CRY Teddy in
November during her second CRY community screening event in 2003 and
a hugely successful day. This
event had been made possible by a generous donation from H J Heinz
Charitable Trust in memory of her daughter Lisa Jane Browne.
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"I
am sure that many people do not understand just how much hard work goes
into organising these screening events, but with the help of our CRY
Screening Administrator, Jan Smith, everything fits into place by the
day of the event" explained Doreen.
We
had 40 clients come along for screening.
Our MP, Mark Tami, came and spent a short time with us, to meet
our team, before we all began our duties.
Mark has been extremely supportive of CRY and has helped out with
media coverage, and has promised to give us his continued support in
whatever way he can. We had
fantastic media coverage for this screening event, and this has raised a
huge amount of awareness of Sudden Death Syndrome, and the fact that
screening can save lives.
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The
Manager at The Beaufort Park Hotel, Mr Adrian Barsby, gave us
complimentary accommodation for the Friday evening for two members of
the team who had travelled from London, and complimentary rooms for the
venue for the Saturday. This
was tremendously generous of him, and I really do appreciate his
kindness.
Dr
Jayesh Makan headed our screening team.
The ECHO Technicians were Jan Forster and David Oxborough.
The ECG Technician was Adele Oxborough, and The Screening Manager
was Tony Hill. My husband
Terry, along with colleagues Joan Broadbent, Christine Poyner and Emma
Poyner supported me. Everyone
was extremely dedicated to his or her duties.
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We
were also host to CRY Teddy and QT Kanga.
They received lots of love and cuddles, and had their photographs
taken by many people. CRY
Teddy is the host in the UK for QT Kanga who is visiting from Australia.
They are campaigning to raise awareness of Sudden Death Syndrome
and get a national petition asking for an International Disease Code
with the World Health Organisation recognising the syndrome.
We managed to obtain 70 signatures on the campaign petition.
CRY Teddy and QT Kanga are adorable cuddly friends, and they are
so well behaved too!
We
were all very tired at the end of the day, but had a huge feeling of
satisfaction.
My
sincere thanks to you all.
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