Successful fun day and fire walk produces cash boost for Nicole

Successful fun day and fire walk produces cash boost for Nicole

3:59pm Tuesday 5th August 2014 in News By Miran Rahman

DEVOTED: Candice and Tom Vendettuoli, with their daughter Nicole

A CAMPAIGN to help a seriously-ill baby girl has been boosted after more than 6,000 was raised in only two days.

The money for one-year-old cerebral palsy-sufferer Nicole Vendettuoli, of Oakworth, Keighley, was collected at a fun day and fire walk hosted by Keighley's Three Horses Pub on Saturday, and then at an Asda bag-packing on Sunday.

It will go towards the Nicole's Wish to Walk campaign, which is seeking to collect about 70,000 to send Nicole to America for life-changing medical treatment. The total raised currently stands at just less than 14,000.

On Saturday, a group of 15 people took part in the fire walk at the pub, which was supervised by a helper from the Little Heroes charity.

Among those who participated were members of Nicole's family, including her parents Tom and Candice, of Harewood Crescent, Oakworth.

Tom Vendettuoli said: "It was a really good experience. The closest thing I can compare it to is taking a hot potato out of the oven you don't just hold it in one hand, you pass it from one to the other!

"It was a really fun day. We thought we'd raise 2,000, or maybe 3,000, so to get 5,000 is absolutely amazing."

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Successful fun day and fire walk produces cash boost for Nicole