Funeral arranger raises £500 in memory of baby grandson, raffling off signed Sheffield United shirt


by www.thestar.co.uk

www.thestar.co.uk— A Chapeltown family has raffled a signed Sheffield United football shirt to fundraise for the Sheffield Children’s Hospital as a tribute to their late son. Baby Carter had a life expectancy of just 12 months due to a rare genetic condition, called sudden infant death with dysgenesis of the testes syndrome (SIDDT) He spent much of his life in the intensive care unit of Sheffield Children’s Hospital, and tragically passed away at just eight months old. Lisa Carter, an arranger at Chapeltown Co-Op...

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