Health and fitness gurus add muscle to Thomas Cammack appeal (From York Press)

Health and fitness gurus add muscle to Thomas Cammack appeal

8:52am Saturday 18th February 2012 in Fundraising fun

A PAIR of fitness entrepreneurs in Selby have joined forces to help a seriously-ill four-year-old boy.

The parents of Thomas Cammack have raised more than £52,000 towards their goal of £500,000, to send Thomas to the US, where he can be treated for neuroblastoma – a cancer which spread from his adrenal gland to his skull, bone marrow, blood and pelvis.

Mark Tipping is a health coach and personal trainer with bases around York and Selby, and took up the appeal after he read about Thomas Cammack online.

Mark said: “I know the family through friends, but it was through Facebook that the appeal was brought to my attention.

“I have a little boy, Billy, who is the same sort of age as Thomas Cammack, so when I saw about the appeal, it hit home.”

Mark turned to an old friend who has just opened a new gym at Selby Business Park to discuss a joint contribution to the appeal.

Steve Thompson, who recently opened selbygym.co.uk, agreed to donate a percentage of new memberships to the appeal, and give Mark free use of the facility for boot camps on Mondays and Wednesdays, with all proceeds going straight to the appeal.

For more information visit selbygym.com or phone 01757 701593, or for information on Body Fix Boot Camp visit bodyfixbootcamp.com or email mark@body-fix-york.co.uk