Family raise awareness for MenB vaccine in charity run for Kidderminster student
Aaron Mills' family raise awareness for MenB vaccine in fundraising run.
In memory of a late 18-year-old university student, a charity run will take place next week to raise funds for Meningitis Now.
He was studying football science at Liverpool John Moore’s and was a massive Liverpool FC fan.
Since his passing, the Mills family have been campaigning for university students to take the MenB vaccine.
Aaron died when he was back home from Liverpool John Moore's University for Christmas.
His father, Anthony Mills said: “Aaron had unlimited potential, and the kindest personality. His last act of kindness was to donate several vital organs, helping several others.”
In memory of Aaron, there will be a five day run undertaken by Shaun McEntee from Bromsgrove (the son-in-law of Aaron’s godfather) which hopes to raise awareness.
On the fundraising page, there is a £5,000 target, so far £2,563.75 has been raised.
Shaun will be running a 100 miles in 5 days, running from Kidderminster Harriers Aggborough Stadium to Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium.
The run will take place between Wednesday, September 16 and Sunday, September 20.
There will be passing parade at Aaron's high School, and Shaun will pass through Stourbridge and Dudley to get to University of Wolverhampton on the first day of the run.
The start and end points of the fundraising run are significant as Aaron was massive fan of Liverpool F.C. and held a season ticket at his local team Kidderminster Harriers F.C.
As part of this run, McEntree will visit several universities to raise awareness and encourage students to book in for the free vaccine.
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