Your online shopping could help raise vital funds for the Save Samantha appeal
Date published: 15 October 2017
Samantha Smith with her children
Your online shopping could help raise vital funds for the Save Samantha appeal, without costing you a single extra penny.
The Save Samantha appeal was set up to help mother-of-two Samantha Smith from Smithy Bridge raise an urgently-needed £150,000 towards lifesaving neurosurgery.
All you have to do is join easyfundraising and go about your online shopping as usual. It’s free to sign up with no hidden charges or catches, and Sam then benefits from a much-needed donation to help raise a further £150,000 towards surgery.
When you shop the easyfundraising way with one of their 3,242 listed shops and sites, the site receives a commission for your purchase, which is then turned into a donation and given to causes like Samantha’s.
Following two operations in Washington with a leading surgeon over the summer, the psychotherapist revealed the surgeries have failed to stop her neck from dislocating, and she now requires a third operation which will further restrict her movement.
Whilst Samantha has seen some benefits from the surgery, they unfortunately failed to stop her neck from dislocating, and she now requires a third operation which will further restrict her movement, estimated to cost in the region of £100,000.
This is on top of a further £50,000 to cover the costs of the most recent operation, as unlike the UK, the costs of surgery stateside means a bill of tens of thousands of dollars is racked up.
The race to Save Samantha
Rochdale Online has closely followed Samantha’s journey since April, when we broke the news of her desperate race to raise £150,000 for lifesaving neurosurgery after her brain and spinal cord were being crushed under the weight of her own skull:
https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/news-archives?type=News&searchtype=Phrase&Criteria=samantha+smith
Sign up for the cause and help Save Samantha at:
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/samanthasmith
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