Community
Comes Together
In March, Tom a member
of the local forums lost in his own words "my
best friend in the whole world" with the sudden
death of his wife and mother of three young children
Debbie Milligan. Tom was to go
on to say that Debbie, although only 38 years old
lived life to the full.
The
story touched many people's hearts and led me to contact
Tom with a view to planting a Palm tree in Debbie's
memory ....after a few days Murphy (Solbuilders) from
the forums and a friend of Tom's contacted me to say
that Tom would be more than happy for us do this.
Raising
the money for the project was our next goal but nothing
was to prepare me for the generosity of the businesses
and locals of Gran Alacant .....fund raising nights
were held at Legends Bar, Los Belgas, Flannagans and
Dick Turpins along with prizes donated from Costa
Blanca Free Adds and a large donation from a local
business and an auction held by Freesat from the forums.
We
raised over 800 euros and a local community made land
available to plant the tree but not any old land ....the
spot where the tree is planted is heaven on earth
...set in gardens carved out of rock by the local
community.
Even
now the garden is evolving daily and it and the tree
will soon be on every map of Gran Alacant before long
a tribute to the locals.... but more important a tribute
to Debbie wife and mother.
I
leave the last words to Tom where an open letter he
wrote "Me, Connor, Ben and Victoria would like
to thank all the good people of the GA, What you's
have done means so much to us, when the time is right
for us we will visit the tree and we will spread Debbie's
ashes."
Luton...
Pictured from
left to right: Heber Short, Ian Robertson
(Luton) Lawrance Carrol, Murphy (Solbuilders) and
Rich McDonell along with the workers from the garden
centre.
Messages from
Debbie's Parents Ken and Nan Brown
Debbie's parents have
asked Gran Alacant's Website to pass their thanks
onto everyone involved in Gran Alacant's Palm Tree
Appeal. Read Ken and Nan Brown's thank you message
to everyone 
On
Wednesday 8th December 2010 Debbie's parents went
to visit the Palm Tree site for the first time.
`We were very, very
moved to see the effort and thoughtfulness of everyone
involved who helped make this beautiful remembrance
for our Debbie. There really are no words to describe
how grateful we are to you all. It is very comforting
to know Debbie had such good, kind, and thoughtfull
friends.
Deb´s parents.
Ken and Nan Brown' |
