The donation has been presented to Rob Burrow to help him live with motor neurone disease (MND). 'Rob and I are over the moon by this generous donation,' Burrow's wife Lindsey said. Read more here: (📷 Nigel Kirby)
A £77,777 donation has been presented to Rob Burrow to help him live with motor neurone disease .
The money, given at a racing event in Doncaster on Wednesday, is to go towards helping Burrow and his family.The pair were at Doncaster Racecourse to watch a horse, named after the former scrum-half, compete. The £77,777 donation from the company - a reference to the player's former shirt number of seven while playing for Leeds Rhinos - is to go to the The Rob Burrow 7 Discretionary Trust - designed to improve his family's quality of life.
"[The donation will] go towards costing those, plus any adaptations which we need in terms of adaptations to the house and care costs."The donation is to go towards helping improve Burrow and his family's quality of life
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