Bubble release for Sheffield shooting victim Shanice Brookes as donations top £26,000
Attendees were asked to bring bubbles in keeping with Shanice’s love for animals and nature.
A poignant bubble release was held in memory of a young Sheffield mum who was shot - as a fundraiser tops £26,000.
Friends and family gathered in Ponderosa Park on Saturday afternoon and sent thousands of bubbles into the air to remember Shanice Brookes.
The 30-year-old was an innocent bystander who died after a shooting on West Street in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday.
Scores of adults and children gathered near the play park and a pink gazebo set up for the event.
Attendees were asked to bring bubbles rather than balloons in keeping with Shanice’s love for animals and nature.
Flyers were handed out ‘in loving memory of Shanice Brookes’ stating she was ‘A beautiful soul, gone too soon, forever loved, forever missed, never forgotten’.
It also included a link to a GoFundMe set up pal Tyler-Jay Reid to pay for funeral costs and to put aside money for Shanice’s 10-year-old son.
Some 1,200 donations have been made, taking the total to £26,019.