Heartbroken father's big climb
A devoted father is taking on a climbing challenge in memory of his seven-year-old son who died of a brain tumour.
Dave Clark, aged 48, from Grafton Road, Oldbury, will be taking on the three peaks challenge in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice, which looked after his seven-year-old son MacKenzie in his final days.
To say thank you for looking after his 'happy-go-lucky' little boy, known as Mac, Dave will be attempting to climb more than 11,000 feet on three mountains in 24 hours.
Dave, a quality engineer for a firm in Handsworth, said: "Acorns looked after Mac and the rest of my family, both before and after he passed away, and to this day we are still being looked after by Acorns."
Mac, who was a pupil at Causeway Green Primary School, died in June 2011 from a brain tumour.
His dad described him as a happy child, adding: "Mac was always smiling and joking, he had a good sense of humour.
"He was learning and reading well at school, doing well in swimming and football training and roller skating. He was happy-go-lucky."
Today, the hospice is providing support to Dave, his wife Michelle and four-year-old son Mason.
Dave will be taking on the challenge with brother Steve, from Sheffield, and brother-in-law Clive Dickens, from Solihull, while dad Ken and father-in-law Colin Perkins will be doing the driving between the three peaks of Snowdon in Wales, Scafell Pike in the Lake District and Ben Nevis in Scotland.
To sponsor Dave, who is taking on the challenge on July 13 and 14, visit www.justgiving.com/dave-clark7
