Jo-Rassic Jaunt raises £1,000 (From Dorset Echo)

Jo-Rassic Jaunt raises £1,000

11:42am Tuesday 22nd July 2008 in

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YOUNGSTERS led the way on a Jo-Rassic Jaunt from Sutton Poyntz to Osmington and back.

Forty children and 50 adults tackled the five-kilometre sponsored walk in memory of Jo Davies and in aid of the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust.

Organisers Sarah Breaks, Jo Richards and Chris Davies hope to have raised £1,000 from the event.

Jo Richards said: "We want to do something every year to remember Jo. The thing Jo feared the most was that people would not remember her. We wanted to start an annual event in her memory and also to raise money, which was something very close to Jo's heart."

Sarah added: "Jo liked walking over the hills at Sutton Poyntz so it was a fitting thing to do."

Music teacher Jo Davies, 33, who lived in Broadlands Road with husband Chris and son Harvey, died of cancer in June 2007.

Chris, Harvey and sister Kerry Swords tackled the walk while her mother Camiel Swords helped with the refreshments and barbecue at Mission Hall in Sutton Poyntz afterwards.

Sarah said: "Our thanks go to Dave Caddy, Dave and Yvonne Emery, Dave Wintle and John Crisp for helping with the barbecue as well as Sue Wintle, Caroline Crisp and Camiel Swords.

"We would also like to thank Barbara Clements from the shop at Preston for donating biscuits and cakes."

Youngsters joined in a scavenger hunt on the circular route from the Mission Hall at Sutton Poyntz, along the top of White Horse hill, to Osmington and back.

The Jo-Rassic Jaunt followed in the footsteps of a 50-mile Jo-Rassic Challenge last June when Sarah and Jo raised more than £10,000 for Weldmar by walking along the Dorset coast path.

To donate money for the Jo-Rassic Jaunt go to www.justgiving.com/jorassicjaunt