A THURROCK man will take part in a charity fun run in memory of his stillborn daughter who died 21 years ago.
Dean Smith, 38, of Kings Street, Stanford-le-Hope, is getting into the festive spirit in memory of daughter, Laura, who would be celebrating her 21st birthday in February.
On Sunday December 7 2008, Dean will be dressing up as Santa to take part in the 5k Santa Run in Greenwich Park, London, to raise awareness of stillbirth and raise funds towards research to help prevent stillbirths in the future.
Dean said: “My wife, Maria works for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity and when she told me that 50 people would be running in Santa suits to raise funds for their Why17? Campaign, it was definitely a case of count me in.
“Incredibly 17 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every single day in the UK, and although we lost Laura over 20 years ago, the pain doesn’t go away.
“In those days you were pretty much left on your own to deal with your loss, but thankfully, with organisations such as Sands, things are very different now.”
To find out more, please visit Dean’s Just Giving Pages at www.justgiving.com/deanosmith4laura or www.why17.org.
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