A DEDICATED veterinary team will be swapping the clinic for the kitchen to put on a special bake sale for charity.
Team members at Brentknoll Veterinary Centre in Worcester are planning a bake sale and raffle to raise cash for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).
It comes after 14-year-old Matthew Notley, nephew of practice manager Helen Peake, died suddenly at the end of last year from a cardiac arrest.
Now, the practice is working with Chase School in Malvern, where Matthew studied, in an attempt to raise £17,000 to screen students in Year 11 for potential heart problems.
While this target has already been met, the school hopes to hold screening annually, so cash raised will go to next year’s Year 11 group.
The team will be holding a bake sale at its Whittington Road practice on both April 16 and April 17 between 11am and 4pm.
Raffle tickets are also on sale in reception, with prizes including hampers, hydrotherapy sessions, glamping stays and free consultations.
Helen said: “Matthew was such a fun-loving young man, who enjoyed getting out in nature and exploring. He always was so positive and always made us laugh with his quick wit and infectious laugh.
“He loved photography, surfing, mountain biking, cooking, climbing, hiking and running on the Malvern Hills, and loved his family.
“We want to raise this money in his memory, so every eligible child at Chase School can be screened for cardiac abnormalities.”
The funding will enable charity CRY to screen every child at the school for undiagnosed heart conditions, which it says results in the deaths of at least 12 young people each week.
The charity provides support, information and screening to try and prevent deaths.
Visit www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/jo-brentknoll?utm_term=BepPpZjxPto to donate.
