York rallies round the girls who lost their parents in Manchester atrocity
York is rallying round the two York girls who lost their parents in the Manchester bombing.
Angelika and Marcin Klis died when they went to Manchester Arena to pick up their daughters after the Ariana Grande concert.
They leave behind two daughters. The elder daughter Alex is a York College student, and she has a younger sister who goes to school in the city.
Now their many friends in the city are fundraising to support them.
The fundraising campaigns
Russells restaurant
Alex worked at the Russells of Coppergate restaurant.
Owner Chris Gardner told YorkMix:
So we are all very upset and thoughts and prayers are with the two girls and family.
He has set up a JustGiving crowdfunding page aiming to raise £5,000 to help the two sisters.
York taxi drivers
Marcin Klis worked at York Cars Taxi Service. Together with Ebor Cars, the company has set up its own crowdfunding page at JustGiving, with a target of £2,000. They wrote:
We would like to help Marcin and Angelika’s daughters as much as possible.
Friend of the family
Donna Kennelly, whose daughter went to primary school with the younger daughter, has a £5,000 GoFundMe fundraising appeal for them both.
Donna wrote:
I know money will do nothing to ease their pain however want them to know they are supported by the community.
Friends of Alex
And three friends of Alex Klis – Chloe Long, Millie Spray and Yaren Kaya – have already raised more than £5,000 on their JustGiving page.
Yaren wrote:
The Polish community
York Polish organisations (Polacy w Yorku, Polonia w York and www.york.net.pl) have joined together for their own fundraising initiative via their GoFundMe page.
It is organised by Pawel Ptaszynski who stays with direct contact with the girls and received their formal acceptance for the fundraising and use of pictures.
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