Baby Sophie warms ASDA shoppers (From This is The West Country)
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Baby Sophie warms ASDA shoppers
11:00am Wednesday 10th October 2012 in News
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Manager Mike Jarrett, Dawn Hackney and Mary Ulrico, all from ASDA, with Craig and Sophie Hooper, and Jane Hofmeister at the Think Amy stall
SHOPPERS had their hearts stolen by baby Sophie Hooper as she helped her dad with fundraising.
Sophie, who has a life-limiting form of dwarfism, was taken along to ASDA by her dad, Craig.
They were at a Think Amy stall run by Jane Hofmeister in memory of her daughter, Amy, who was killed by a speeding motorist as she cycled along Blackbrook Way in June last year.
They sold merchandise encouraging drivers to slow down, with the profits going to buy a blanket that will enable Sophie to control her temperature better.
Cash was also raised for other children with rhizomelic chondrodysplasia, a condition which only about 50 children in the whole world have.
Craig said: “I’m grateful to Jane for the hard work and support she put in.”
