Friends rally round family of little Indy Henderson with fundraiser

Family friends of little Indy Henderson are rallying in support of her parents to help “ease some of the financial burden for the family while they deal with such a tragic loss”.

FAMILY friends of little Indy Henderson are rallying in support of her parents to help “ease some of the financial burden for the family while they deal with such a tragic loss”.

They have set up a gofundme campaign to help raise money for the little girls family where they have already exceeded the goal of $6000.

The campaign at 12.41pm was sitting at $6266 with generous support from people across the nation.

Indy Henderson, 3, who died after a war memorial sandstone monument fell on her near Taree

Indy was a bubbly, happy 3-year-old. Picture: Channel 7

A gofundme campaign has been set up to help Indy’s family. Picture: Channel 7

Indy was playing with relatives when the incident occurred. Picture: Channel 7

“As you know Christmas is just around the corner as well as bills and other arrangements that still need to be made,” Kristie Collier who started the campaign wrote on the website.

“This is an extremely difficult time for this family after losing such a beautiful little girl.”

One donator said: “I’m sorry for your loss. As the father of a soon to be 3yr old I cannot imagine what you are going through. Thoughts are with you and your children.”

Indy, from Campbelltown, died when the sandstone block inscribed with “Lest We forget” tipped over at the Blackhead Bowling Club, near Taree about 7.20pm on Saturday.

Indy was a vivacious girl who ‘lit up the room’ according to her grandmother. Picture: Channel 7

“She was an absolutely large personality” her grandmother said. Picture: Channel 7

The horror unfolded in front her mother Tamica Harrower and grandmother Shiralee Walker, who was celebrating her 50th birthday with 80 family and friends.

“Four people lifted it off my granddaughter, my daughter pulled her out of the monument and passed her to me, she was unconscious,” Ms Walker said.

“Were both very hysterical, I went into a major panic attack and collapsed.

“She’s devastated and shattered by what’s occurred.”

The sandstone memorial before the tragic incident.

The site of the memorial has become a shrine to the little girl.

She said her gorgeous granddaughter was a vivacious girl who “lit up the room”.

“She was an absolutely large personality, bubbly happy strong-willed, cheeky and independent,” Ms Walker said.

She said she would wait for the outcome of a coroner’s investigation before concluding who was to blame but said the tragedy should never have occurred.

Black head Bowling Club, Hallidays Point, NSW, where young Indy died. Source: Google Streetview

“If you got monument that weight and a child can push it over that’s a serious problem,” she said.

“There needs to be something put in place where this would never occur to another family, we would not wish this on anybody.”

Anyone wishing to donate to the gofundme campaign can do so here