SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: The Boxing Day walk in memory of tsunami victim Piers Simon

FAMILY, friends and supporters of the Piers Simon Appeal and its School in a Bag charity will be stepping out today (Friday, December 26, 2014) to mark the tenth anniversary of the horrific Boxing Day Asian tsunami of 2004.

Piers, a former Preston School and Yeovil College student, was among the 250,000 people who were killed as a result of the devastating tidal waves.

Parents Henry and Celia, along with their other son Luke, who now leads the PSA and SIAB operations, will be joined by dozens of others on Boxing Day for a six-mile walk from their Home Farm in Chilthorne Domer to Montacute House and back again.

They will be leaving Home Farm at 10am today (Boxing Day) and walkers are advised to wear wet-weather gear (just in case).

There will be refreshments at Montacute House and then again back at Home Farm and organisers are looking for donations only to help cover the cost of the food and drink.

Since the Piers Simon Appeal was formed hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund projects in areas around the globe devastated by natural disaster.

PHOTO - TOP: Piers Simon, right, and his brother Luke Simon. While Luke survived the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, Piers was killed.

PHOTO - RIGHT: Piers Simon.

Thousands of SchoolBags have also been distributed to children around the globe. Each bag contains useful school equipment such as books, pens and pencils, as well as eating utensils – things the children would not normally have.

To attend today’s walk either phone 01935-849160 or email events@schoolinabag.org.

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