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Pathway Through Pain remembers 17-year old student
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In recent months Gibraltar learned of the passing of Philip Diaz, a loved and tremendously popular 17 year old student at Bayside Comprehensive School, who succumbed to the illness he had battled with for a number of years.
In order to commemorate Philips’ life, Bayside has organised a number of memorial events during the course of the year, one of which is a team swim of a distance equivalent to crossing the Straits of Gibraltar being undertaken at Eastern Beach by a number of Philip’s friends from school. The swimmers are hoping to raise as much money as possible in the run up to the event, funds which will be donated to the local charity, Pathway Through Pain, established by local swimmer, Darren Grech.
Pathway Through Pain provides financial assistance to families who are experiencing extreme financial difficulties as a result of the serious illness of one of its members. The charity encourages the participation of school children and of students in higher education in its challenging fund-raising activities (participants must travel through their own training 'pathway of pain' before being able to complete the challenge, e.g. Polar Bear Swim, Triathlon etc.). Through such participation, the charity hopes to promote the educational advancement of the young participants by making them aware of the need to assist others in times of need.
ISOLAS, a long-time supporter of the charity, is pleased to be able to assist both the swimmers who will undertake the very serious challenge of swimming the straits and the charity itself, a charity which continues to make a real and positive impact on those members of our community hardest hit by illness. ISOLAS adds it is proud to support these causes and looks forward to continuing to invest in initiatives of this nature because, as one staff member recalls from a popular and well-known advertising campaign, it really is true that ‘every little helps!’
20-06-12
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