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The fund total now tops £3.3m, and construction is planned to begin in the next few weeks.
Katie Matthews has little control over the muscles in her body and is confined to a wheelchair.
Campaigners have raised £22,000 after her plight was featured in the paper, and the money will be used to buy her a specially adapted vehicle.
The appeal, which the newspaper launched with Leeds Teaching Hospitals Community Chest last September, helped raise £70,000 for a video telemetry EEG system at Leeds General Infirmary.
The equipment will bring welcome relief to hundreds of children across the region who have severe epilepsy.
More than 300 sure-footed fundraisers took part, choosing to walk a variety of distances which ranged from six miles for the fit and eager, to 1.5 miles for the young and not-so-energetic.
It is hoped the money raised by the event will top last year’s total of £3,000.
St Barnabas needs £250,000 to complete the new £1m day care and education centre in Lincoln.
The building itself is already complete but it needs to be equipped with medical equipment and recreation facilities before it opens in the autumn.
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