A caring clothes store manager is giving up booze for an entire month in memory of her beloved Nan.<\/p>\n
Sarah Dixon, 29, manager of Bank clothes store, at Eagles Meadow shopping centre, Wrexham is taking part in the UK-wide campaign, Go Sober for October- also known as Ocsober, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.<\/p>\n
Sarah, who has already surpassed her original target of \u00a3100, lost her grandmother, Agnes Roache, to cancer in 2006.<\/p>\n
Sarah said: \u201cIt\u2019s a cause that\u2019s dear to my heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cMacmillan Cancer Support helped my family so much during a very tough time.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Nan got over cancer the first time. She had a few years clear, and then unfortunately it came back and spread throughout her body. She just gradually started to deteriorate, and then everything began shutting down.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people have family or friends that have been affected by cancer.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince my Nan died I\u2019ve done the Race for Life twice, and I often put money in collection plates in little tins and things.<\/p>\n
One in three of people will get cancer at some point in their lives and Macmillan Cancer Support ensures people don\u2019t have to go through it alone.<\/p>\n
They stay with people every step of the way, from the nurses and therapists helping people through treatment to the campaigners improving cancer care.<\/p>\n
The Go Sober campaign started in Australia as Dry July in 2008 as a challenge among friends, Brett Macdonald, Phil Grove and Kenny McGilvary.<\/p>\n
Over 1,000 took on the challenge and raised $257,283.<\/p>\n
Since then the non-profit organisation that has raised over $15 million and has now migrated to the other side of the world to create Go Sober in the UK.<\/p>\n
Kayleigh Harrison, 21, who works with Sarah at Bank at Eagles Meadow, is also taking part to support a friend who recently got diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cShe had an operation, they said it was fine, and now they\u2019ve got to take the breast away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all got our fingers crossed that she pulls through, and I\u2019m doing Ocsober for her, to show support and solidarity.<\/p>\n
\u201cCancer does affect a lot of people, and the money does go to help people, it goes to research so it. It makes a really big difference. Every little penny counts, so let\u2019s get sponsoring.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople aren\u2019t putting peer pressure on me to drink or anything like that because they know it\u2019s in a good cause. They\u2019ve been really supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah added: \u201cIt\u2019s also going to be positive in a lot of ways. We\u2019re also going to save on our calories. We\u2019re saving money. It\u2019s nice to have a little detox, ready for Christmas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s great to give back and any little thing we can do we will. There\u2019s a few of us taking part in Ocsober and we\u2019re aiming to raise \u00a31000 in total.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we finish there\u2019s going to be a big blow out. We\u2019ve got one organised for either the Friday or the Saturday, the 1st<\/sup> or 2nd<\/sup> of November.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to have a well-deserved few drinks and a girly night. We\u2019re guaranteed to be dancing the night away.<\/p>\n To donate to Sarah please visit <\/strong>www.gosober.org.uk\/profile\/sarahdixon<\/strong><\/a> and to donate to Kayleigh please visit\u00a0 <\/strong>www.gosober.org.uk\/profile\/kayleighharrison<\/strong><\/a>. For more information about Macmillan visit <\/strong>www.macmillan.org.uk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n