Do what you can to help Susanna walk again
This weekend Frankie & Benny's are embarking on a nationwide fundraiser to help Susanna walk again.
A waiter who works at the Frankie & Benny’s restaurant in Widnes has a beautiful five-year-old daughter called Susanna who suffers from Cerebral Palsy. He and his wife are desperately trying to raise money to send Susanna to Missouri in the US for a life changing operation that will enable 
her to walk unaided.
Saturday June 30 and Sunday July 1 the Frankie and Benny's franchise will donate £3.95 from every child's meal purchsed as well as many other specific fundraising activitys for each individual venue.
Missouri is the only place she can have surgery urgently – in the UK there is a 2 year waiting list which would mean Susanna would miss her window of opportunity to have it done as she will then be too old to qualify. The operation has a 100% success rate. They have so far raised £15K but it’s been a struggle and there is a long way to go as they need £60,000 in total.
A Just Giving page has been set up where people can donate as much or as little as they can http://www.justgiving.com/helpsusannawalk so if you can't make it to a restuarant this weekend, then please give what you can here.
The money raised will pay for Susanna and her family to travel to and from the States for the operation and the operation itself. It will provide accommodation for the family for a month following Susanna’s operation and further intensive physiotherapy. It will also pay for further treatment and aftercare on her return to the UK and hopefully we will raise enough to also provide Susanna with some equipment to aid her speedy recovery.
Susanna only has a short amount of time left whereby she qualifies for this operation, hence the need for immediate action. By raising this money now, Susanna will hopefully have the operation in September and be recovering well by Christmas this year. Just think how amazing it will be for us all to think we have played a part in ensuring it happens.
Tagged in Charity Women's Issues