We are raising money and awareness for the Jersey Child Care Trust who helped and cared for Carl’s daughter, Megan, in her early years. Megan was born with an extremely rare condition called Jacobsen syndrome, which means Megan required support that the Jersey Child Care Trust provided. They gave Megan a great start in life, so for that we want to raise funds as our way of saying thank you!

Megan is now 7 years old and is a very happy learner at Mont A L’Abbe School. Watch this video to meet Megan and learn more about the great support provided by the Jersey Child Care Trust:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwDG1kTM2w

So how are we going to raise funds?

A group of old school mates got together, and after many hours brainstorming, where lots of ideas were discussed (some more far-fetched than others!), it was Dave’s idea to get us in a rowing boat with the aim of completing the Sark to Jersey and the Gorey to Carteret races in July 2023, each race with a duration of 2.5 hours, (coincidently, Dave being the only one with some rowing experience!….)

The group signed up for the Jersey Rowing Club’s ‘Have a go rows’ in February of this year and so it began! The ‘All 4 Megan’ crew of Carl Gavey, Dave Carpenter, Joel Speight, Alex Sieroczuk and Stephen Prosser (the cox) was formed.

Training 3 times a week in their boat ‘Betty’, the rowing community have got behind us and helped drive our progression into a half decent crew! It has been great to get together to do something meaningful that doesn’t involve going to the pub (until after a race!!)

With your donations we are aiming to raise £5,000, to help the JCCT support more children like Megan. They work tirelessly to ensure that all children have access to high quality early childcare and education, which is so important to their development and social skills.

Anything you can donate will be gratefully received. Follow us on Instagram @all4megan53

Thanks

The All 4 Megan crew!