THE mother of tragic Huddersfield boy Dominic Rodgers was guest of honour at a charity walk which raised £100,000 to help tackle the dangers of carbon monoxide.
Dominic, 10, died of carbon monoxide poisoning at his home in Spaines Road, Fartown, in February.
The odourless gas seeped through brickwork into his bedroom from a passageway between his house and a neighbouring property.
The gas is believed to have built up in the passage after being released by a faulty boiler flue on the neighbouring house.
Dominic's mother, Stacey Rodgers, has been running a campaign to raise awareness of the deadly gas.
She travelled to the Isle of Wight for a 26-mile walk raising cash to fight the dangers of carbon monoxide. Six teams did the walk across the island.
Half the cash raised will help to pay for an NHS practice nurse dedicated to treating carbon monoxide victims and highlighting the gas's dangers.
The rest will go to the Co-Gas Safety charity, which raises awareness of carbon monoxide and helps to prevent people dying or being injured by it.
Stacey walked the first three miles of the route. She said: "I give my heart to all the walkers and drivers, as they had quite a day. They were all absolutely brilliant.
"We drove and met them at nearly every point and managed to see them most of the day. On the night, we had supper on the beach and I sat and talked to most of them. I had a brilliant time."
