LEIGH Sinton care home boss Megan Morgan will be lacing up her running shoes to raise vital funds for the official Charity of the Year, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity).
Team GOSH runners taking part in this year’s TCS London Marathon will be raising money to build a new Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), as part of the charity’s Build it, Beat it fund-raising appeal.
Megan is taking part on behalf of the charity in honour of her godson Daniel aged four, who has been treated at GOSH for years after being diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome when he was just 12-weeks-old.
A rare genetic immunodeficiency that keeps a child’s immune system from functioning properly, Daniel’s diagnosis has meant he has received two different bone marrow transplants at GOSH, with him getting to spend his first ever Christmas at home in 2022.
As well as running the marathon for Daniel, Megan is also taking on the ultimate challenge in honour of the lifetime of friendship she has enjoyed with both Daniel’s mum, Georgie, from Cambridgeshire, and Hannah Hall who will be running alongside her on the day.
Having experienced a childhood cancer diagnosis herself, Megan feels an extra special bond with Daniel and his whole family, including his older sister, Holly.
“Daniel is my main motivation for taking on the London Marathon, but it all just felt right when I saw that GOSH Charity was raising money to build a new Children’s Cancer Centre. I had cancer myself as a child when I was three, so it felt like it all fit together,” she said.
“It’s going to be a huge challenge, but you’ve got just look at Daniel’s little face or any of the other children who are treated at GOSH, and it spurs you on.”
Visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mmorgan11 or www.gosh.org for more about GOSH Charity’s TCS London Marathon Charity of the Year team.
