A SCHOOL choir sang carols to raise money for a hospital ward that treated a mum-of-five who has a brain tumour.
The performers from Leconfield Primary School included Mollie and Lilie-Mae Pope, whose mum is being treated for cancer.
Annette Pope was diagnosed with a brain tumour and needed cranial surgery.
She was treated on Hull Royal's Neurological Ward 4 and that is where money will be donated from last night's Beverley Tesco concert.
Leconfield Primary School teacher Craig Elder said: "We do a lot of things for charity. Hospitals do such great work and we've not supported a hospital before.
"I know the family have done some fundraising before. We support any child no matter what their needs are."
Mrs Pope has vowed to fight the disease for the sake of her children including four- year-old son Alfie-Joe, who has the extremely rare Young Simpson Syndrome.
She said: "I've just got to get on with it. My way of dealing with it is just to carry on.
"I'll fight this for my family. The kids have just been so great about it. It's really nice that the school have decided to do this, I really want to thank them."
Two of the Popes' five children – including Alfie – were born with severe health problems.
Their youngest daughter Aimee, now six and also at Leconfield Primary, suffered a diaphragmatic hernia in the womb.
As a baby she endured fits and had to be fed through a tube into her stomach.
Alfie is one of only ten people in the developed world to suffer Young Simpson Syndrome.
He cannot see properly or speak and attends Frederick Holmes School in Hull.
Mrs Pope's husband, Lance-Corporal Karl Pope, who works for the Military Provost Guard Service at the Defence School of Transport, says he is grateful for the help he has received while his wife has been ill.
Despite having had most of the tumour removed by surgeons, Mrs Pope still faces long months of chemotherapy.
But she and Karl are determined to stay upbeat and encourage the children in all their various activities, including singing in the school choir.
This week, the girls were looking forward to singing in the foyer at Tesco, which is now well recognised as the ideal location for charitable fundraising.
School choirs from across Beverley have been invited to perform there for shoppers at Christmas.
