ILMINSTER NEWS: Sponsored walk in aid of Jake’s off-road wheelchair appeal

A SPONSORED walk will take place tomorrow (Sunday, August 21, 2016) to help raise funds to buy a special off-road wheelchair for Jake Cullen who has the rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

The wheelchair is going to cost around £14,000, but it will make a huge difference to Jake and his social life.

The sponsored walk will leave the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster at 11am to Sea Bends on the cycle path and then back to the new Archie Gooch Pavilion at Britten’s Field for refreshments.

There will be tea and coffee at the Shrubbery available ahead of the sponsored walk and then more refreshments along the way at Donyatt Bowling Club.

It will cost £5 for adults to take part and a donation only for children.

Jake himself will be doing the route himself and leading the way in his current wheelchair.

The walk will be about 6km in distance.

Organisers would like to thank everyone for their continued support for the appeal.

Jake’s brother Bradley died three years ago aged 15 as a result of heart failure brought on by the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy he too lived with.

The family are well known in the Ilminster area and parents Tash and Mark Cullen would like to thank everyone for their support.

There was more fundraising last night (Friday, August 19, 2016) at the Shrubbery Hotel with an Elvis tribute night and Ilminster’s very own Barry Paull.

PHOTO – TOP: Jake Cullen.

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