By William Coleman
Hendra Holiday Park in Newquay have two very special sisters who have inspires the masses and pulled of a fantastic fundraising charity success. The pair managed to raise a staggering £13,000 for Cornwall Hospice Care.
Emma and Lydia Sandry, who both work at Hendra Holiday Park, sadly lost their mother Judy in 2016 to a terminal illness. The two have explained that their mother’s final days were made a lot better due to care she received from staff and work of hospice carers. Once the family who own the Hendra park about Emma and Lydia’s story they made the decision to choose Cornwall Hospice Care as their chosen charity for 2017.
Once the choice was made it sparked a year long fundraising scheme that involved staff and holiday makers, which ranged from fun events to voluntary donations from customers who book with the customer.
After all the donations were in and tallied up, in January of this year, the total raised amounted to £13,252.22! This is now being used to support the hospice staff.
The Director of Hendra, Janine Hyatt, has said that fantastic outcome is a reflection of the hard work that the staff and managers put in to the fundraising project. Everyone, said Janine, deserved a big pat on the back for their fantastic efforts.
The representatives from Cornwall Hospice Care visited the park in January so they could be presented with the fantastic donation. Among them was mid Cornwall community fundraiser Judy Lawton.
Judy told Hendra’s staff and directors that the sum would provide a substantial and much-needed boost to the charity’s work in supporting patients and their families.
She said that the hospice relied heavily on donations to maintain round-the-clock specialist care for people suffering a terminal illness in hospitals, care homes and the community.
Emma Sandry said that she and her sister had been amazed at just how much had been raised:
“Lydia and I are overwhelmed at just how generous everyone has been, and at the enormous efforts which went in to achieving the final total,” she said.
“Cornwall Hospice Care gave such great support to our mum and our family, and made a positive impact on everyone’s lives during the final weeks.
“Mum’s final wish was that we would do all we could to help their invaluable work – and we know that she would be bursting with happiness!” added Emma.
Now the park is getting ready for a fresh round of fundraising activities in 2018 with Macmillan Nurses being named as the adopted charity for the year.
In 2017, Hendra Holiday Park was named as Holiday Park of the Year for both Cornwall and for South West England.
The long-established business, which has a host of attractions including an award-winning pools complex, provides a wide range of accommodation to rent plus touring pitches.
