Bentham sisters' parachute jump in memory of nephew (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Bentham sisters' parachute jump in memory of nephew

4:11pm Friday 11th March 2011 in High and Low Bentham news By Daniel Orr, Reporter

TWO Bentham sisters will be cheering on a team of more than 30 people who are doing a sponsored parachute jump in memory of their beloved nephew who died from a rare brain disease.

Sharon Haslam and Dawn Dixon lost their great nephew Frankie Forgione, on New Year's Day.

He had Krabbe Leukodystrophy, a terminal illness which means sufferers have an average life expectancy is just 13 months.

The parachute jump, in Gloucestershire on April 11, will raise money for Save Babies Through Screening Foundation and Derian House, a hospice which gave respite and support to Frankie and his family.

For more information and to sponsor the jump, visit www.justgiving.com/kara-sennett and www.justgiving.com/kara-sennett0