Earlier this evening Matthew Lewis attended the first Walk of Smiles Fashion Show to help draw the names of winners in a raffle held at the event. So far only one photo of the event has made it’s way online, thanks to Multitude Media, and it can be seen in the gallery. The album will be updated as more photos appear!
Bethany Hare founded the charity to help children with illnesses and has already raised more than £18,000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice. Matthew has been a long time supporter, attending various events, and is now a patron for the charity. All funds raised went to Bethany’s Smile to support the care of children with life threatening, chronic and life limiting illnesses, outside the hospice environment.
The Ilkley Gazette has also posted a short article on the event:
Bethany’s mum Yvonne Hare said: “The support has been unbelievable. Matthew Lewis is definitely coming and ten outfits have been donated by designers. They are absolutely stunning dresses. We are going to Asda this afternoon to chose 30 kid’s outfits and 21 adult outfits in two hours. Then we have got a rehearsal tonight. It is absolute madness.” She added: “We could have sold three times as many tickets as we are allowed – which is so frustrating. We could only sell 300 because of health and safety reasons.”
We will post more information about the event as soon as it is revealed.
UPDATE: Added two more photos thanks to Hannah-Rose who was a photographer for the event. She also shared some more information about what Bethany is hoping to do with the money raised:
[…] build ‘Smile Cottage’, “a place where families can spend quality time and build happy memories, when they only have a little bit of time to spend together” for whatever reason. Bethany hopes this build can be by the sea, so it becomes a tranquil, resting place for those families.
