Date created: Winter 2009
Web Address: www.sammcmahontrust.ie
About the Project: I built this website on a volunteer basis for the Sam McMahon Trust. Sam McMahon is an 8 year old boy from Dublin who suffers from Friedreich’s Ataxia, a degenerative neuro-muscular disorder. Sam’s family set up the Sam McMahon Trust to raise awareness of the condition and raise funds for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA). Sam’s family are doing great work: it’s very inspiring to see how they are becoming advocates and reaching out to others with the condition. The Trust runs frequent fundraising events, such as a cookery demonstration with Neven Maguire which is coming up in March.
The site is a simple WordPress customisation, which I based on the free theme by Dimox. The background pattern, illustration of Sam and Sam McMahon logo were designed by Elizabeth Davis.