A CADDINGTON mum has handed over more than £3,000 to premature baby charity Tommy’s after collecting a huge amount of sponsorship for her London Marathon bid.
Lynn Russell, 37, of Adstone Road, ran the gruelling race back in April in just under five hours. She chose Tommy’s as her charity as her three children were all born prematurely.
Her efforts raised a total of £3,200, including money raised by a sponsored balloon race at Caddington Village School. The race was won by Year 5 pupil Abbie Basye, whose balloon ended up 114 miles away, in Dover.
Lynn said: “Friends, family, even people I didn’t know were so generous.The money will go towards the critical research by Tommy’s into why women give birth prematurely.”