We want to dedicate this page to all people/organisations who have helped Alex by donating funds initially for the appeal to get us to America in 2007 and for the continuous support

It's our way of saying thanks as they have either; cared for Alex, supplied him with services, lifted a burden from us as parents, donated money or items to help with his upkeep and development.

We also want it to be a reminder to Alex for when he's old enough to understand that people cared about him and it was not just his family.

If anyone or any organisation included in the pages on the left feel that they would like their names/comments removed please get in touch with us via our email on the "Contacts Us" page and we will remove the comments immediately, as we do not want to offend anyone.

We only include this disclaimer because we are putting the majority of our comments without any authourisation and do not want to embarrass anybody by asking them first.

Additionally if you think we have missed you out please embarrass us by sending a us email; again via our "Contacts Us" page.

John & Sue - Alex's Dad & Mum

18/12/06

Sue and I would like to pass our sincere and grateful thanks to the Mother and Toddler Group which Alex attends on a Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning at Maghull Chapel, Foxhouse Lane, Maghull, Liverpool for their very generous cash donation of at Christmas. This was unexpected and very much appreciated, thank you all xx.

02/02/07

Sue and I would like pass our sincere and grateful thanks to all the staff at "Margaret Alexander's Ladies Salon", Windsor Road, Walton Vale, Liverpool for their kind and generous donation to "Claire House Childrens Hospice" on behalf of Alex for all the care and help they have given us.

05/02/03

Sue and I would like say a big thank you to Mrs Anderson, a customer at "Margaret Alexander's Ladies Salon" Windsor Road, Walton Vale, Liverpool for her kind and generous donations to "Claire House Childrens Hospice" on behalf of Alex for all the care and help they have given us.

28/03/07

Sue and I would like to offer our very warm and grateful thanks to Marcia and the girls at our local florist "Fancy That" in Deyes Lane, Maghull Liverpool, for their very generous offer to decorate the hall for the Fund Raising Night in Aid of Alex with balloons and also their additional donation of a Floral Arrangement Raffle prize, again for the night. This is so very kind of you all and is a really special gesture which we did not expect and is greatly appreciated. Again, thank you so much for helping us to achieve our wishes for Alex.

28/03/07

The next thank you, comes from deep within our hearts and one which we will tell Alex in years to come. Whilst Sue and Alex was at the florists above, there was a customer already in there. Kelly one of the florists introduced Sue and Alex to this customer who then asked Sue, if she could make a donation to Alex. The customer, a Mrs Leatherbarrow from Maghull, Liverpool passed Sue a cheque for unexpected amount.

28/03/07

Sue and I would like to offer our very warm and grateful thanks to Julie the owner of "Elite Invite" a specialist invitation printers for supplying us with Invitations and a Banner the Fund Raising Night in Aid of Alex. This is greatly appreciated and the invitations and banner are beautiful. Again, thank you so much for helping us to achieve our wishes for Alex.

02/04/07 - 21/04/07

The following goes to all the people who have donated money after reading about our "Walking With Giants Appeal" for Alex in local and national newspapers and who were referred to our site from by their friends, work colleagues etc...

Once in a while the human spirit and its generosity overcomes, eclipses all the hatred, bigotry and selfishness that exist in the world we live in today. Sue and I have witnessed this firsthand since we started our appeal for Alex. We did not know if our goals, dreams and wishes whatever they may be called could be achieved but we had to try because of the love we have for our son.

Our goals, dreams, wishes for Alex are halfway to becoming a reality, but we played the most minor part in this. When Alex is old enough to understand why we set this site up and he can see what was done for him, he will realise that it was not his mum, dad and family who gave him the his first and best opportunities in his early years but all the following people listed here and also the ones who wanted to stay anonymous.

We have personally emailed all the people who donated money online to thank them for their kind generosity, in doing this we have also made some new friends up and down the UK, Holland and Japan! We want to take the opportunity to thank all the people who donated cheques and Postal Orders via the “Liverpool Echo”, we have not been able to email you but we are in the process of writing thank you letters to people who sent covering letters and addresses but to all the people we don’t have addresses and these are in the majority, Sue, Myself, Mike, Jess and especially Alex are so very grateful for the donations you all have sent, we cannot believe the generosity that you have all shown collectively, we will be forever in you debt and want to thank you ever so much.

Before we list the people who have sent payments, we just want to say one last thing, Alex in the very near future will not be alone and walking just with giants, he will be standing shoulder to shoulder, playing and meeting with children/adults his own size. Even if he never gets another chance again in his life time, both Sue and I will ensure that everyday in the convention will be captured by camera and will serve the purpose to remind him that he was not alone and he never just walked with giants, these giants supported and loved him!

The Connerty Family as a whole will forever stand in your shadows and will be eternally grateful for you have done for Alex.

05/04/07

Sue and I would like to express our dear thanks to Jean Foster for raising £104.00 via a raffle she did within HM Revenue & Customs, Queens Dock. Jean donated the prize herself. We would also like to thank all the staff who bought tickets.

12/04/07

Sue and I would like to thank the members and committee of the Merseycats organisation for their generosity, kindness and total support they have given and offered us.

We would like to thank you again for the £1,000.00 donation which you surprised us with during the Jam Night. On top of this we cannot believe the further kindness and generosity that you are showing by putting on a Fundraising Night in aid of Alex on the 22 June 2007 at the Old Roan British Legion. We will be forever in your debt.

22/04/07

Sue and I would like to say a special big thank you to my cousin Angela, and two of her friends Marrrion, and Hayley who did a fancy dress sponsored walk around the Scotland Road area. On their travels, they visited pubs, shops and also Great Homer Street Market.

We would also like to thank the following people who made the event even more special:

Larry & Linda, the owners of the Parrot Public House who started the walk off with a £100.00 donation and also put a buffet on for everyone involved in the walk and the supporters.

All the customers of the Parrot Public House, including their family and friends who gave individual donations and sponsored the girls.

The management, staff and customers of the Bramley Moor (£150.00) and Farmers Arms Public Houses (£70.00) on the Dock Road for their generosity in achieving this total.

Sue and I would like to thank you to Mickey Jordan who on behalf of the TGWU donated a cheque for £100.00.

The total collected was £864.

22/04/07

Sue and I would like to sincerely thank all the members, staff and management of the Maghull Community Association (MCA) for the £1,760.00 raised over the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend via raffles, auctions and individual donations.

This is so very generous of you all and was a total shock when we were presented with the cheque and a fantastic bouquet of flowers on behalf of the above by Ian Callaghan the ex Liverpool Legend.

28/04/07

Sue and I would like to thank all the customers, staff and management, along with Jenny for the £221.00 raised during their Karaoke Nights over the last couple of weeks.

Additionally, we would like to thank the anonymous customer who did a quick whip around with a glass just before we were presented with the £224.00 and raised another £121.00.

28/04/07

Sue and I would like to thank all the customers, staff and management, along with Jenny for the £221.00 raised during their Karaoke Nights over the last couple of weeks.

Additionally, we would like to thank the anonymous customer who did a quick whip around with a glass just before we were presented with the £221.00 and raised another £115.00.

29/04/07

Sue and I would like to thank all the everybody involved at the Cake sale (especially the children) at St Barnabas Church in Mossely Hill. £90.64 was raised for Alex.

05/05/07

05/05/07

Sue and I would like to thank the owners of the Smithy Manor Pub in St Helens for donating £200.00.

09/05/07

Sue and I would like to sincerely thank Nic and Natalie Rushton for raising £1,040.00 via a raffle and bag pack and everyone who bought tickets and donated money to have their bags packed in Asda in Woolton.

11/05/07

Sue and I would like to thank all the guests who bought tickets for our Fundraising Night held at Our Lady of Sorrow’s Club, a total of £4,015.00 was raised via tickets sales, raffles and an auction.

We would also like to thank the following people/organisations who donated items/services for the raffle/auction:

The Searchin’(Band), Billy Shine (Comedian), Charlie (DJ), Our Lady of Sorrow Club (Walton), Total Fitness (Netherton), David Lloyd Fitness Centre (Kirkby), Colin and Shirley Layfield (Wirral), The Nail Place (Maghull), Fancy That Florists (Maghull), Jean and Brian Davies (Clitheroe), Simon Peter Photography (Maghull), Joe O’Toole/Ricky Hatton, Theraphy Beauty Studio (Maghull), Pizza Hut (Aintree), Trimmers Hair Salon (Maghull), Everton Football Club, IBIS Hotels (Liverpool, Manchester), Toni & Guy (Allerton), Joanna and Paul Rushton (Maghull), Gary Horrigan (Norris Green).

13/05/07

Sue and I would like to thank Katrina and Linda who work at "Margaret Alexander's Ladies Salon", Walton Vale, for taking part in the annual Women's 10k Road Race in Liverpool. They raised a total of £1137.00.

In addition to Katrina and Linda we would like to thank all the people that sponsored them (Customers, family/friends and all the staff at the following firms: Countrywide vehicles, costal Containers, Cargills, St Vincent’s Blind School, Terry Halliday and Friends, Tile Warehouse (Maghull).

20/05/07

Sue and I would like to say thanks to Tracey Maddocks, from HM Revenue & Customs, Queen's Dock and all the people who sponsored her in the Wirral Costal Walk, Tracey raised £440.

24/05/07

Sue and I would like to thank Ian Mckee and Andrew Monk of Ark Health and Fitness Centre/Old Hall Street for taking part in a Half Marathon at Delamere Forest. They raised £201.00. We would like to thank all the members of the fitness centre and all the other people who sponsored Ian and Andrew.

12/06/07

Sue and I would like to thank all the staff of HM Revenue & Customs who donated their spare change while vi sting the Work’s Shop! We want to say thank you to all the staff and management of Eurest Catering for coming up with the idea. A total of £348.56 was raised!

15/06/07

We would like to thank all the Customers, Staff and the Management of the "Bootle Arms" public house in Melling, for raising £948.00 during an Auction Night. We want to thank Mike the assistant manager for arranging this and for all the hard work he put in to make the night a success!

17/06/09

Sue and I would like to thank all the children from Maricourt High School in Maghull for buying the Gingerbread Man Biscuits that had Alex’s face on them. We also want to say a big thank you to Elaine and Lynn who donated/sold these from their bakers shop (Butler’s Baker’s in Maghull) along with Ashley’s in Walton for making/donating the eatable faces. £143.55 was raised through the sale of the Gingerbread Man Biscuits.

21/06/07

Sue and I would like to thank all the customers, staff and management of the Mogul Public House in Maghull for the £1,380.00 donation. This sum was raised through a sponsored pub walk along the Leeds and Liverpool canal and various quiz nights.

19/07/07

Sue and I would like to thank all the Children, Parents, Staff and Governors of St Andrews C of E Primary School in Maghull. On this day, we were asked to visit the school to attend an assembly in honour Alex and also watch the children participate in the annual end of term sports/fun day.

After the days events, we were taken by surprise and totally shocked when we were presented with a cheque for £4,812,14, which then was rounded up to £5,000.00 by Mr Driessen, the headmaster of the school. This huge amount had been raised via the children, parents and school over a very short time.

A bigger thank you goes to all the children for wanting to meet, talk and play with Alex, he really enjoyed himself and I know, he cannot wait to join the school next year!

05/08/07

Sue and I want to thank all the members, staff and management at St George’s Church Club in Maghull for raising £722.93. This amount was raised through various quiz nights and a fundraising night held on behalf of Alex.