A four-month-old baby girl from South Croydon was presented with an award last week for being the youngest participant in the fund-raising St Christopher's Hospice Fun Walk.
Mahaliya Monplaisir was accompanied by her mother Deborah Thangiah and family on the three mile walk at Keston Common, Bromley on Sunday, May 13.
Mahaliya, Debbie and fiancee Colin Monplaisir received the award from Barbara Monroe of St Christopher's at a special presentation evening at the Fitness Exchange in Beckenham on Monday, June 18.
The South Croydon family raised £1,200 in sponsorship and the event has so far raised £125,000 for the hospice, a registered charity. While Mahaliya and Debbie did the three mile walk with the help of a buggy, some of the 15-strong Thangiah family group completed the full eight miles.
Debbie said: "We did it because St Christopher's looked after my dad, who died in December 1999, before Mahaliya was born.
"I wish he had lived to see his granddaughter, but I really want to help the Hospice, which gave us such good care as a family and made such a difference at the end of Dad's life."
Debbie's mother Cynthia is a volunteer at the hospice, which currently cares for more than 180 people in Croydon.
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