by Marianne Mills
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20 Mar, 2021
When you give, you get a whole lot more back! It’s been a pretty big week in the Mills household, with our youngest, Oliver, having heart surgery Tuesday. Surgeons worked their magic and now he is hopefully good to go until he is 16. Whilst we were tag teaming sitting with him (Covid restrictions) I decided to make good use of the time and do another drop-off of donations to a place that is very special to us, so special in fact that I am the first Volunteer Community Ambassador for Ronald McDonald House Bristol. If, like me 8 years ago, you had never heard of this place I will briefly tell you about it. Ronald McDonald House Bristol offers free home from home accommodation for families who have a child who is seriously ill in Bristol Children’s Hospital. At a time when you have so much else to think about, having your accommodation sorted and everything else you would need at home, is a massive lifeline. We used the house 8 years ago when Oliver was only 5 months old and very poorly. My husband came in to the hospital with 2 Easter eggs that had been left by their door. I was completely bowled over by the sheer kindness of others…others that we had never met! And so from that moment onwards I decided to support the house. This support has included Easter egg collections for the past 7 years, similarly with Christmas too, cake sales, garage sales, skydive (mum 71 year old mum-not me!), raffles, auctions, toiletry and household item collections, pamper nights and much more. As a community we have sponsored a room in the house too. When Oliver was in hospital overnight this week, the lady opposite had stayed at the house for 8 months and the lady next to me, who had a 5 day old had been staying there for 3 nights since having their little boy as they had travelled from Cornwall. It was so touching to hear what a massive help the house had been to both of them. I felt extremely proud to know that I had played a small part in that. I vowed to always support the house and now that 2M Training has been born, I will continue to support the house through this business too. So you can be sure that when you choose to train with 2M Training, you are actually helping families across the South West during a really difficult time in their life. 2M Training proudly supports RMH Bristol https://www.rmhbristol.com