A seven-year-old boy, Harvey, from Warrington has crossed the finish line after walking a total of 40 miles for the Liverpool children’s hospital treating his cousin for cancer.
The energetic schoolboy has been on his feet to train for a 40-mile walk this weekend.
Harvey is walking from Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool to Old Trafford Football Stadium in Manchester to raise money for one of the largest children’s hospitals in the UK.
The schoolboy has already raised double his previous target of £10,000 for Alder Hey and his cousin Zak Mitchell.
Harvey walked for a total of 16 hours to complete the trek.
‘My cousin Zak is sick, and I want him to have all the help he can get,’ he told Metro.
Zak is one of Harvey’s best friends. They’re inseparable, whether it be in their bedroom playing video games or out cheering on their favourite team, Manchester United FC.
‘He’s really sporty – we play football and rugby together – and sometimes we like to play on the (Nintendo Switch) together,’ Harvey said.
But Zak, also seven, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer last June and has been undergoing chemo and radiotherapy at Alder Hey hospital since.
‘I was a bit sad,’ he said of learning of Zak’s illness.
His mother, Naiomi, 29, added: ‘We saw him a couple of weeks at a Man United game. We met up at the game and he was doing good.’
Hearing how Alder Hey staff have taken care of Zak is what inspired Harvey to do the trek, knowing what it would mean to raise £10,000 to help his cousin and other kids like him out.
And he’s already smashed his target, to say the least. Hitting way past the £20,000 mark yesterday.
‘I am really, really happy,’ he said of the money, adding that he’s ‘happy and excited’ to do the 40-mile hike.
Throwing on an Alder Hey t-shirt, Harvey kicked off the walk from the hospital to his school, Stockton Heath Primary in Warrington, on Saturday afternoon.
He trekked 16 miles last year through heavy rain and cold temperatures to raise thousands for his school, Stockton Heath Primary.
Harvey came up with this fundraising challenge himself after hearing that his cousin had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.
Zak hopes he will now be able to start working through his bucket list, including a trip to Disneyland.
