Tribute drive for baby Naomi

Members of the Team 44fifty car club in Stanger, a non-profit organisation, came together this weekend to raise funds for a Mandeni family after their daughter passed away from heart failure early last week.

Naomi Harris (15 months) was battling mitral regurgitation and was scheduled to undergo a mitral valve replacement in Durban last week.

After reading about the Harris family’s appeal for donations towards her surgery (The Courier, June 30), Team 44fifty wanted to lend a helping hand.

Members of the club collected monetary donations and were scheduled to take part in a charity drive from Stanger to Isithebe Sasol Garage.

Club representative Suran Moodley, who had organised the event, then received the shocking news that Naomi had lost her battle and passed away hours before her scheduled surgery.

Devastated by the news, Moodley decided to go forward with the event in memory of Naomi and donated all funds raised to the Harris family.

“Each member who donated received a license disc holder to display on their cars during the drive to show their support for baby Naomi,” said Moodley.

“We also handed over an official team certificate in memory of Naomi, as well as a bouquet of flowers to the family.”

“We would like to thank each and every member for their support and making this drive a success, especially Stanger Car Plates and Signs for sponsoring the disc holders and The North Coast Courier for publishing the article.”

“This car club is all about charity work and we will continue to do what we do best.”

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