Memorial Foundation Matthew Gardner-Brown following a car accident on April 1st. Because Matthew had sustained fairly minor injuries, it was especially important to us that something positive could come out of his death. Matt had lived half of his life in Spain, most of that half in Javea. He attended the Instituto and then worked with his father, David. The M.G.B. Memorial Fund was set up on the day of his funeral and due to his popularity with both the ‘expat’ and the Spanish community; a considerable sum was donated, and in fact continues to be donated. We searched for a charity which would reflect Matt's zest for life and one which he would have approved of. He did not believe in organised charities where admin costs eat away most of the funds donated, so when two friends came up with the idea of Dreamflight we could hear Matt saying 'YES!!!' With Dreamflight there are no admin. costs. All the funds raised are used for one specific purpose - to bring ten days of happiness to some seriously ill children…… In it's first year, due to fund-raising and donations in Matt's memory, we were able to send 1.000.000 ptas to Dreamflight, which enabled two seriously ill children, Sam and Mikalai, to have a holiday of a life time and up to the present day seventeen other children have benefitted from this wonderful experience. The MGB Foundation is now a registered charity in Spain, enabling us to support Dreamflight and many other local children's charities.
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