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Prizes boost little Jake

8:14am Wednesday 23rd April 2008

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By Rachel Ryan »

PEOPLE won prizes this week for helping to boost the funds of an appeal to help a local youngster.

A one year free swimming pass for Heysham baths, a barbecue, Focus DIY vouchers and much more was given away to raise cash for the Citizen-backed Bring Back Jake' appeal.

It aims to raise £20,000 to help send five-year-old Jake McClure to the USA to join the Son-Rise Programme in a bid to help him overcome his autism.

Jake's mum Roseanne - pictured here with Jake and - spent last week selling raffle tickets at Focus, on Westgate, and the winners were all picked on Sunday.

The event raised £536 to bring the year-long appeal within £2,000 of reaching its target.

* And the Bring Back Jake appeal is to gain another £375 from local man Phil McMaster after he ran the London marathon in just over four hours.

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m .staniforth, morecambe says...
6:40pm Fri 25 Apr 08

use to be a freind of rosannes at school years ago i play football at heysham high on a sunday and its run by soccersixes.net there are 3 leagues in this with about 8 teams in each one and usually charge 23 pounds a team its a long shot but a sponsered cup or something might help raise some more funds if the editor or someone of significants could ring them sports reporter maybe a good number to get in touch with someone is 07896562501 soccersixes

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JAKE and Roseanne with Focus staff and 11-year-old Billy Reid (right) who won the Heysham swimming pass and donated it back to the appeal to raise more money.