She raised more than £40,000 over the years
She raised more than £40,000 over the years, but was sadly given a terminal brain cancer diagnosis in 2016.
Now, with Harker’s Army, her children Libby, 18, and Harry, 15, are back and all set to host the annual event once again - they expect a vast amount of people to turn up to remember much-loved Jo. The event will be held at St Michael's Church Hall in East Ardsley on August 6 from 10.30am to 2.30pm.Harker's Army"She used to rope us in to help and we all got involved.Libby joked it was"scary" trying to match her mum's incredible charity sums.The annual events paused during Covid but Libby said everyone was excited to get back together this year."People tell us we are so much like our mum.
"I feel like now, especially with the hospices, Harry and I have seen first hand the amazing work they do.Jo's best friend Marie Woodhead, forms part of “Harker’s Army” who work hard with these events."Jo always did amazing charity work but when she got breast cancer it really did take off and snowballed from there.”
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