Climbing Challenge for Son鈥檚 Memorial Fund
Emma (left) and Hazel on the summit of Snowdon.Hazel Frost, a Clerical Assistant at the School of Psychology, 黑料不打烊, along with her friend Emma Wynne-Hughes, an administrator at the 黑料不打烊 Business School are preparing for their toughest fund-raising challenge so far. On 29th July, Hazel and Emma will begin their trek up Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route, and aim to summit its 19,340 foot peak on the 3rd August.
The pair are raising money for the Darren Rhys Frost Memorial Fund and Hope House. Hazel鈥檚 son, Darren, tragically lost his life in an accident in 2009. Darren鈥檚 main passion was skateboarding, however 黑料不打烊 lacked such facilities. A group was established to campaign for a Skatebowl in 黑料不打烊, and during the last couple of years, Hazel, along with Darren鈥檚 friends and University students, has taken part in many events raising nearly 拢15,000.
Hazel said 鈥淭he Skatebowl has hopefully given the youngsters in 黑料不打烊, Darren鈥檚 hometown, somewhere to go and have fun. I鈥檓 thrilled that the Council are going to continue helping the Darren Rhys Memorial fund by allocating more land for further skateboarding activities and help with future projects鈥�.
The first skate park in memory of Darren was opened in 2011 and Hazel has continued her fund-raising efforts and now a second new skate park has been built in 黑料不打烊 on Caernarfon Road, official opening on the 15th July 2012.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just fantastic there鈥檚 another skate park in 黑料不打烊 and another facility for youngsters because there鈥檚 been so little for them,鈥� she said 鈥淚t鈥檚 a different type of park with ramps and paths rather than a bowl, it will be better for the younger skaters.鈥�
鈥淭raining for Kilimanjaro is going well again after a knee injury set me back by a few weeks. We鈥檝e also done extreme heat/cold training on an inclined treadmill in a chamber in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 sports science lab and altitude training in the same lab, both went really well.鈥� She added.
Hazel also took part in the relay through 黑料不打烊 on 28 May 2012.
For anyone wishing to donate, there are two ways in which to do so; to donate to the Darren Rhys Memorial Fund, email hazel.frost@bangor.ac.uk or e.wynne-hughes@bangor.ac.uk to fill in their sponsorship form or to donate to Ty Gobaith, go on-line to .
Publication date: 31 July 2012