Harry Greaves: £2,000 raised from Yurt Maze Day in memory of two Shropshire cousins
Hundreds of people turned out to support a unique Yurt Maze Day in memory of two cousins who tragically died last year.
Harry Greaves was 29 when he died while trekking in Peru April 2016, and his cousin David also died last year from Motor Neurone Disease.
After a tough year for the Greaves family, Harry’s parents Simon and Sarah wanted to do something to remember the lives that the pair led.
On Saturday at the fun day at Bronygarth, people and enjoyed activities such as Skittles, a bouncy castle and exploring the Yurt maze, which Harry himself helped to build part of before he died.
His mother Sarah ran a Yurt Maze Time Trial challenge to see who could reach the centre and ring the bell, before getting out in the fastest time.
Massimo Wyatt from Pant did it in 16 seconds, winning a £5 Book voucher, while Lucy Greaves and Paul Herbert of Bronygarth recorded times of 19 seconds.
It was a fantastic occasion according to Simon, and the family were humbled by the amount of people who turned out.
Simon said: “It was as good as we hoped, and we had the good weather too.
“We’re not sure how many were there, but it was around 200, there were a lot of children enjoying the day and it was very, very good.
“It made us proud of both of them, it was a touching day to see there was so much strong feeling around their loss, and to celebrate their lives, people were aware of what special people they were.”
Harry helped make some of the yurts with the community before he died, after becoming fascinated by them after building one on an adventure trip with school.
Over £2,000 has been raised from the event, to be donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Along with this, a number of orders were made for the book of Harry’s poetry, that was put together by his parents in his memory.
Simon added: “People know how sad it was when both of them died, and it was fantastic people could come together to raise money in their memory.”
“We have raised around £2,000 and that was fantastic it was a good day all round, and will go to a worthy cause.
“We had orders for the poetry book which was fantastic. We’ll be recovering from the event now, it was a fantastic day.”
The day continued into the evening with food donated by Honeysuckle Wholefoods and barrels of beer from Stonehouse Brewery and Tower Hill Barns of Trevor.
The money raised is a little under the organisers’ target figure, so if anybody would still like to make a donation they could do so via www.justgiving.com/YurtMazeforDave
