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Saturday's Mascot: Joe Pearce

Saturday's Mascot: Joe Pearce

Jeff Barnes25 Nov 2016 - 12:08
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Potters Bar Children with Special Needs charity Group and the club are collecting to raise money for the local charity – please give generously.

Saturday's Mascot: Joe Pearce

Joe is supporter of the ‘Scholars’ and a regular attendee at home games.

Joe has a very rare genetic condition called PACS1 Syndrome. Just 30 cases identified worldwide; this affects all aspects of walking, talking, feeding and learning skills.

Joe attends Lakeside School in Welwyn Garden City which is a community special school providing for 67 pupils aged 2 to 19 with severe and profound multiple learning difficulties and Autism. Joe has been at the school since he was 3 years old and he is now 13. The school has been perfect for him and his progress there way beyond what we had hoped for.

Joe is also a member of the charity Potters Bar Children with Special Needs Group, a local charity for children from Potters Bar and the surrounding villages that provides support and advice for families with special needs children and fund raisers to take the children and their families on days out and holidays. We have a group holiday once a year and also arrange events and trips through the year such as theme parks, soft play and pantomime.

So the club today are collecting to raise money for our local charity – please give generously.

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