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Money for Ava will help others
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from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail Monday, April 21
A Charity that helped a seriously ill baby girl home from hospital has been awarded £5,000 in her memory.
A team of Royal Engineers collected the cash for Ava Sims Teskey-King, who suffered brain damage after complications at birth and passed away in November aged 21 months.
She spent her whole life in hospital until the age of six months, when the Nurse (Needed Urgent Remedial Surgical Equipment) charity bought her equipment that meant she could go home to Bilton with parents Leanne Teskey-King and Lee Sims.
The money was raised by members of the 299 Association, who completed the Three Peaks challenge – scaling the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales – and held other fundraising events.
It is made up of former members of 299 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers, which is based at Middleton Barracks in Calvert Lane, west Hull.
The association got involved in raising money for Ava because her grandfather, Paul Sims, 60, of Hull city centre, is a member.
The money had been collected to help pay for specialist treatment for Ava but after she died, her family decided the Nurse charity was a fitting cause.
Tony Mossop, vice-chairman of the association, said: “We are all devastated Ava has died.
“We were more than happy to let Lee and Leanne say where the money was going to go.”
The Nurse charity was set up by nurses Jane Tattam and Vera Robinson, who work at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Its aim is to raise about £10,000 a year to buy equipment to benefit East Yorkshire patients.
It has funded items for a range of departments at hospitals in East Yorkshire as well as to help patients in their own homes, such as in Ava’s case.
Ava’s dad Lee, 32, said the family were overwhelmed by the donation.
“It is fantastic they raised the money,” he said.
“It is putting money back into the community to help others.”
The 299 Association www.299association.co.uk
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals www.hey.nhs.uk
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‘It’s overwhelming’
from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail Friday, July 11
The owners of a hair and beauty salon in Beverley have named the business in memory of a little girl close to their hearts. Ava Hair in Maple Drive is named after Ava Sims Teskey-King, who died in November, aged just 21 months.
She suffered brain damage after being starved of oxygen at birth and in October last year caught a cold that developed into a chest infection.
Ava then suffered a cardiac arrest and was put on a life-support machine before she passed away.
Now, her parents Lee Sims and Leanne Teskey-King, both 33, of Bilton, have welcomed the news the salon has been named after their daughter.
Ava Hair is owned by Leanne’s cousin, Joanne Goforth, 28, of Thorngumbald, and her friend Jacqui Block, 43, of Burstwick.
Joanne said: “We didn’t know what to call it and we thought Ava Hair would be nice.
“As it is a unique name, a lot of people ask why it’s called that.
“Lee and Leanne have given us a picture of Ava and a few words about her for the salon.
“No one will forget Ava, but it’s nice to keep her name alive.”
Leanne said she was pleased Joanne and Jacqui decided to call the salon Ava Hair.
She said: “I think when you lose somebody, you always want them to be remembered. To have a shop named after Ava is lovely.”
Lee said: “I think it’s lovely they want to keep Ava’s memory alive. It’s overwhelming.”
An open day will be held at Ava Hair on Saturday, July 19, to raise money for the Echoes Foundation.
The charity was set up by Claire Stockton, of Hessle, whose two-year-old son Finley has an undiagnosed brain disorder.
Lee and Leanne are friends with Claire and chose to donate the money from the open day to the foundation.
The open day at Ava Hair will run from 9am to 4.30pm. Ten per cent of the day’s takings will be donated to the charity.
Cruse Bereavement Care www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Pictured: From left, salon owners Joanne Goforth and Jacqui Block, Lee Sims, Leanne Teskey-King and their son André at Ava Hair.
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Beauty salon open day raises £226
from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail Thursday, July 31
An open day at a hair and beauty salon raised £226 for the Echoes Foundation. The event was held at Ava Hair in Maple Drive on Saturday, July 19.
The Echoes Foundation was set up by Claire Stockton, of Hessle, whose two-year-old son Finley has an undiagnosed brain disorder.
Claire hopes to provide a range of services, including a reflexology room, a sensory room and a hydrotherapy pool, for children with special needs in the Gipsyville Multi-Purpose Centre in west Hull.
A raffle was held during the open day and 10 per cent of the day’s takings were donated, as well as tips received on the day.
Ava Hair is named after Ava Sims Teskey-King, who died in November, aged just 21 months.
She suffered brain damage after being starved of oxygen at birth and in October last year caught a cold that developed into a chest infection.
Ava then suffered a cardiac arrest and was put on a life-support machine before she passed away.
Her parents Lee Sims and Leanne Teskey-King, both 33, of Bilton, are friends with Claire and chose to donate the money from the open day to the foundation.
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