Olivia Espie is crowdfunding
Iʼm raising £3,400 to help with printing costs for a Childrens Water Safety book in Memory off my son Ryan and any child who has lost their life to Drowning .
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In the year 2000, Olivia tragically lost her young son, Ryan Pearson, who drowned when he was just 5 years old while the family were abroad on their very first foreign holiday. His anniversary is next week, July 2nd.
*The recent news since Olivia and I began this project has been more than horrific, with too many other families suffering extreme loss in a similar way, and Olivia is now more determined than ever to spread the word on water safety for young children as far as she can.
*There is no financial gain in this for anyone (I am not charging for writing this very child friendly story which is called Ryan's Rules in honour of Olivia's son), but she needs £3200 to cover printing and design costs.
*The plan is to distribute the book for free around schools, summer schemes, and sporting events throughout the summer months across NI (and further afield if she can!)
*If you are a business who would like to sponsor a page, of which there are 16 in total at £200 each, please contact Olivia ASAP on watersafetymum@hotmail.com. Individuals can also donate to Olivia's Paypal via the same address. Everyone who contributes will be acknowledged, or donations may be made anonymously if preferred.
*Thank you so much in advance. I know these are hard times financially for everyone, but all efforts to support this local, humble, heartfelt project will be much appreciated.
You can also follow Olivia on Facebook on @WaterSafety Mum to keep up with her progress!
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- 10 months ago
Olivia Espie
10 months agoMy batches of books are running low , if you can even donate £1 so I can get more printed it would be so helpful. I am more than willing to organise with your school a water safety talk . I don't want families going through what we as a family went through or children going through what Ryan's friends went through. It was more than us had this pain and we need to stop it as best we can .
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- 2 years ago
Olivia Espie
2 years agoThank you to everyone who has kindly donated , I'm currently holding a raffle to get more books printed . A big thank you for making this happen xx
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Peter Renaghan
Nov 17, 2024
Keep up the great work. Ryan would be proud of you .
£30.00
Geraldine Sweeney
Jan 31, 2024
£50.00
Anonymous
Jan 30, 2024
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Jan 30, 2024
Martina O'Neill
Jan 30, 2024
Ryan's rules have saved many a child/adult..You are honouring Ryan's beautiful memory, mummy Olivia.🩵🩵❤️❤️
£50.00
Anonymous
Jan 29, 2024
Wonderful work, from heartbreaking circumstances, keep going your angel guiding you, xx
£20.00
Anonymous
Jan 29, 2024
You honestly do such a fab job. You will never know how many kids and parents talk about water safety thanks to you and your special angel Ryan.
£30.00
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