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GEM Appeal Strawberry Sparkle lunch
The 2022 Strawberry Sparkle Ladies Lunch at Karen Johnson, chairman of the GEM Appeal,
Rochdale Golf Club raised a record-breaking gave a heart-rending speech, explaining how
£3,878 for the GEM Appeal charity. pioneering research at Royal Manchester
Children’s Hospital has resulted in enzyme
Guests enjoyed a fabulous afternoon in the replacement therapy treatments being
name of raising money for research into rare developed.
genetic diseases.
Research at the hospital’s Willink Unit
Singer James Cockerill provided entertainment, laboratory, named after her sons Simon and
whilst special guests, actors David Lonsdale Mikey, means rare genetic conditions, such as
(best known for his role as David in Heartbeat) Hunter Syndrome – which both Karen’s boys
and Jason Done (Merlin and Waterloo Road) suffered with – no longer means a death
assisted with the raffle. sentence, as it did for them.
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