Taking steps to help raise vital cash for charity
FAMILIES taking part in the Ella's Memory Marathon raised £325 in Sunday's event at Boscawen Park bringing the campaign total to £4,000.
Competitors braced icy winds to clock 52 miles walking and running the perimeter of the park.
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Participants and organisers gather at the marathon relay event in Truro. More than £300 was raised for the Ella's Memory campaign, taking the total amount raised by the charity to £4,000 1005JJ00205ellamarathon
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Elly Barnard, from Truro, applying face paint to Scott Kundracik. 1005JJ00211ellamarathon
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Members of Truro Rugby Club taking part in the fundraising marathon relay. 1005JJ00201ellamarathon
Truro Rugby Club members ran laps and staff from Truro and Camborne Fire Brigade supported the event by bringing a fire engine and organising a barbecue.
Claire Winkler organised the day after reading about the West Briton-backed Ella's Memory campaign which wants to raise £5,000 to overhaul facilities at the Royal Cornwall Hospital's Daisy Suite, a room used by parents who have experienced the loss of a stillborn baby or premature birth.
Members of the Ella's Memory 200km challenge team are appealing for donations of kit, food and drinks to help them during their non-stop cycle and walk in Cornwall at the end of the month.
Anyone wishing to donate can go to www.justgiving.com/ellasmemory200kmchallenge, or visit the website at www.ellasmemory.org.uk
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