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Glasshoughton commercial manager Garry Willis (left) and the club’s players raised for the fund for Alex Craven (centre)
Glasshoughton Welfare raised £420 for the Alex Craven Fund by taking part in Movember.
Glasshoughton’s players and volunteers grew facial hair throughout to raise money for local lad Alex Craven
Four-year-old Alex, who lives in Glasshoughton, was born eight weeks premature and diagnosed with Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy at just nine months old. The condition means he cannot straighten his legs or place his feet flat on the floor.
His parents Sarah and Jonathan put Alex forward for selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery in America, which could enable him to live free of pain. He has been accepted for the operation in St Louis in July next year and his family have been steadily raising £60,000 to cover the costs.
Alex and his parents attended Glasshoughton’s derby day defeat to Pontefract Collieries on Saturday to be presented with the cheque from Welfare’s players and commercial manager Garry Willis, who masterminded the fundraising.
You can still donate to the cause by visiting the JustGiving page HERE.