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A huge thank you to Jake's family for their extremely generous donation of Β£1000 via their family business Signature Tiles which will go towards our new garden.
It's hard to believe that this handsome little warrior is now a big 7 years old. He has come such a long way since those early days. Jake was born profoundly deaf at 26 weeks weighing just 2lb and spent the first 9 weeks of his life in the PICU. πΆ
Jake and his mum were one of our very first Messy Munchkins families way back in September 2016 when we first opened our doors for younger children. They have been coming along to our play and BSL sessions weekly ever since. π
Jake's mum has been reflecting on her journey with us and told us that before coming to Messy Munchkins, she had never met another deaf child or Deaf adult. She felt incredibly lost but since becoming part of our ADY family, she and Jake have had such a positive journey. Jake has made lots of friends with other deaf children his age, mum has become really good friends with many other parents of deaf children and has actually passed her BSL Level 3 with us and is now doing a post Level 3 course before hopefully embarking on her BSL Level 4. π
Jake's mum said she simply wouldn't know where they would be today without us; in mum's words: "You have all been there for Jake and myself for 5 years and we would be lost without your support, friendships and guidance. It is a pleasure for us to make this donation."
Jake is doing fantastically well at a local mainstream school where he is top of his class. We love hearing stories like this and we hope this gives other families with younger deaf children a glimpse of the support that is available to them through our Early Childhood Service. Thank you so much Jake, Jillian and all your family at Signature Tiles - we are overwhelmed with your incredible kindness. ππ