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January 2 – West Ham United are set to donate almost £60,000 to NHS charities and Air Ambulance UK following an public sale of match-worn objects from their current Premier League fixture towards Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The fundraiser was organised in help of Michail Antonio, the Hammers’ all-time main Premier League goalscorer, who was concerned in a critical automobile accident final month.
The public sale raised £29,613, a determine that was generously matched by the membership’s board to carry the whole donation to £59,226.
Antonio, 34, was discharged from hospital earlier this week, greater than three weeks after present process surgical procedure for a decrease limb fracture sustained within the crash. The Jamaica worldwide needed to be rescued from his car by emergency providers following the incident on December 7 and was taken to a central London hospital for remedy.
“Yearly round this time, I’m requested what I’m grateful for, and yearly I’ve struggled to search out the best phrases. However this 12 months, I do know precisely what I’m grateful for: being alive,” Antonio wrote on Instagram.
“I’ve spent so a few years taking life as a right. I made plans for the subsequent day, the subsequent 12 months, all the time assuming tomorrow was assured. I’ve seen shut pals go away, witnessed others face near-death experiences, and even then I didn’t totally grasp simply how treasured life is.”
The funds from the public sale will present much-needed help to the NHS and Air Ambulance UK, two organisations that play an important function in responding to emergencies like Antonio’s.
Talking on the public sale, West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen stated: “It’s been particular to see the West Ham household and the broader soccer group come collectively in help of Mic over the past month.
“We’re all grateful for the care that each the NHS and Air Ambulances UK have given to Mic throughout a difficult time for him and his household, and for what they proceed to do each single day for folks across the nation.
“Pulling collectively throughout tough instances is what being part of West Ham United is all about and on behalf of the group, I wish to thank everybody for serving to us to boost an unbelievable sum of money for 2 nice causes.”
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