Thank you so very much for helping to achieve my goal of funding for screening young people’s hearts in memory of Clarissa. I couldn’t have done it without the support and encouragement and generosity of each and every one of you. Together, with Clarissa’s Campaign for Cambridge hearts, we have secured funding for 2 days of screening and are on our way to the 4 we have planned which will take place every year until we have secured a more permanent solution which should screen thousands of the community each and every year. Right now, I know we will have saved at least one young life from a totally unsuspected heart condition, and with thousands tested, that number will rise to dozens of lives saved. I hope that Cambridge’s example will serve to inspire other universities, grassroots community clubs and their regions, to follow suit to make this a national approach to protect future generations.
On a personal note, I am so grateful to friends, family and the total strangers who have been so incredibly generous. This is just the start. I couldn’t achieve these goals without you and I am lucky to have had a beautiful daughter with all our laughs, snuggles and shared craziness to hold within my heart. She was a total gift and now she is my shining light. May that light shine for others so they can avert tragedies like ours.
