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Footprints for Sam/ONE80 Virtual run

Footprints for Sam/ONE80 Virtual run

Funds Raised:
R 2 900
Fundraising Target:
R 15 000

Personal message

Join the ONE80 Multisport Team to help raise funds to keep up the great work that Footprints For Sam are doing during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Samuel John Frederick Platt was born on 9 April 2015. He spent all 15.5 months of his short life in hospital and endured countless medical interventions.

Sam’s condition was endlessly misdiagnosed and it was only at about 15.5 months old, that Sam was confirmed as having Central Core Disease a rare muscle myopathy. Following a successful tracheostomy at 13.5 months old, an operation that would allow Sam to breathe on and off a ventilator, without being hospitalised, Sam's parents, Melissa and Fred, finally saw their little boy’s face without tubes and bandages. Sam started learning how to roll over, sit taste and eat. Tragically, 2 weeks away from finally coming home, Sam developed sepsis and died on 22 July 2016.

Sam died having never left hospital, having never gone outside (except when transferring between hospitals) and having never gone home.

As Sam’s parents, Melissa and Fred’s commitment to their son is to ensure that his bravery and loving spirit lives on through others and that his life and life lessons save other lives… A trail of footprints touching hearts and lives, bringing change and hope wherever they go.

More info here: https://www.footprints4sam.org

Donations

  • May 11, 2020 - R 500.00 Fees covered
  • "Keep living brave ️" - Kerry
  • May 10, 2020 - USD $ 20.02 Fees covered
  • "Sam - You inspire me every day, keep going!" - Gemma
  • May 09, 2020 - R 250.00 Fees covered
  • "Gr8 cause" - Deo
  • May 09, 2020 - R 200.00 Fees covered
  • "What positive energy from a sad story.." - Debbie Millar
  • May 08, 2020 - R 500.00 Fees covered
  • "Great cause!" - Slav
  • May 07, 2020 - R 500.00 Fees covered
  • "good cause" - bernie
  • May 06, 2020 - USD $ 5.45
  • "Worthy cause!" - KB
  • May 04, 2020 - R 500.00 Fees covered
  • "Keep on doing what you do best! " - Sam H

Statistics

Fundraising target

R 15 000.00

Donations to date

R 2 900.07

The Footprints 4 Sam Trust

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Footprints 4 Sam is a Trust formed in memory of Samuel John Frederick Platt.  A beautiful boy known to all those that love him as Sam.  Sam spent his entire life in hospital, all fifteen and half months having never had the opportunity to go outside and play or go home.  

Following Sam’s death, Fred and Melissa wanted Sam’s healthcare journey, which was far from perfect, to offer change, hope, dignity, mutual respect and connectedness for other children and families in similar situations. This was the start of Footprints 4 Sam.

The Trust fulfils this dream through a few simple initiatives aimed at serving underprivileged children and their families as each day they face the difficult journey of living with a life limiting condition. These complex conditions are often burdensome to the family and the Trust’s 6 key initiatives offer something tangible and beautiful in the midst of much pain and suffering.

It is our mission to leave Footprints of change in neonatal and paediatric wards countrywide, through the cultivation of a healthcare culture of swift and broad-based intervention, early diagnosis and real and achievable family centred solutions, which promote excellence of life for both child and family. Changing lives one footprint at a time…