Father and son hit £3k charity goal by walking to every London Premier League ground
David and Jack Danzig from Borehamwood, walked 90,000 steps for heart defect charity inspired by five-year old Shani Berman
A father and son duo from Borehamwood spent two days walking to every Premier League stadium in London to raise money for a charity that improves the health and life chances of children with serious heart conditions.
Shine for Shani was set up in memory of Shani Berman who died at the age of five years old from a complex congenital heart defect.
Neighbours to Shani, Jack, 15, and David Danzig, 45, walked 43 miles and 90,000 steps each, raising over £3,000 for Shine for Shani’s latest fundraising project at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Completing their incredible walking challenge over the Bank Holiday weekend, the Arsenal fans started at Wembley Stadium and over two days walked to all six stadiums: Brentford, Fulham, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, and West Ham before triumphantly finishing at Emirates Stadium.
Founder of the charity, Shani’s mother Juliet Berman, said: “This was such a special challenge by our friends and former neighbours. We are so honoured that they chose to do this in Shani’s memory and raised so much money for her charity. Simon and I loved joining them for their final leg from Spurs to Arsenal and hope we helped encourage them to the finish!”
David Danzig said: “I cannot be prouder of Jack for completing this amazing fundraising walk around the stadia of London. Football is such a big part of his life, so finding a way to connect one his passions to a charity that means a great deal to all our family was such a fantastic idea.”
To date, Shine for Shani has raised over £150,000 for GOSH including £85,000 for an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine for cardiac intensive care and over £12,000 to buy 6 vital new pain relief syringes and pumps for GOSH’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, where Shani spent her final days.
It has also provided £80,000 for an exciting state-of-the-art holoscope for the Schneider Children’s Centre in Israel.
To find out more about the next challenge on 10 September, click here.
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