Helen Louisa says:
"Small world. Just read the blog about fundraiser Lisa Borland from Water Orton. Im from Water Orton Road just up the hill. (where i lived for 19 years) It is a small world. Or maybe there is something in the water that makes us fundraisers in the area!"
So answers on a postcard please... who else is from Water Orton and who likes fundraising? Do we have a top 5 sites in the UK for fundraisers?
Gemma
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Friday 31 October 2008
Tuesday 28 October 2008
Lisa Borland recently sent a cheque for over £270, money which she raised for Leukaemia CARE at her 40th Birthday celebrations last weekend at the Dog Inn in Water Orton, Birmingham.
Lisa: "My mum was diagnosed with Myelodysplasia in Oct 02 so the search then began for a bone-marrow donor but mum took a turn for the worse and at Christmas we were given the devastating news it had developed to AML. It was too late for her to receive a transplant so she started a trial of an intense course of chemotherapy but caught an infection which she was too weak too fight. Mum passed away on 26th Jan 03 aged 55. I decided to do this for Leukaemia CARE in memory of my mum as I needed her to be a part of my celebrations somehow and this was the perfect answer. I set up a just giving web page for donations and my local pub (where I was having the party) and I organised a raffle and then the darts team organised a knockout tournament with player’s paying to enter. Money was also raised by the darts team asking people to play a lottery type card with the proceeds being donated but most of the winner’s donated their prize as well. The Leukaemia CARE website provided me with a lot of information and even though I could not find the words to post on the forum or phone the CARE line I took great comfort reading the forum and felt that others understood and were there to help if I needed. I hope this donation will play a small part in Leukaemia CARE being able to carry on with their great work."
Leukaemia CARE would like to say a great big thank you to you and your supporters, including everyone at the Dog Inn. We hope your journey gets easier with time, we'll be thinking of you. Please remember to call on us whenever you need to.
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Lisa: "My mum was diagnosed with Myelodysplasia in Oct 02 so the search then began for a bone-marrow donor but mum took a turn for the worse and at Christmas we were given the devastating news it had developed to AML. It was too late for her to receive a transplant so she started a trial of an intense course of chemotherapy but caught an infection which she was too weak too fight. Mum passed away on 26th Jan 03 aged 55. I decided to do this for Leukaemia CARE in memory of my mum as I needed her to be a part of my celebrations somehow and this was the perfect answer. I set up a just giving web page for donations and my local pub (where I was having the party) and I organised a raffle and then the darts team organised a knockout tournament with player’s paying to enter. Money was also raised by the darts team asking people to play a lottery type card with the proceeds being donated but most of the winner’s donated their prize as well. The Leukaemia CARE website provided me with a lot of information and even though I could not find the words to post on the forum or phone the CARE line I took great comfort reading the forum and felt that others understood and were there to help if I needed. I hope this donation will play a small part in Leukaemia CARE being able to carry on with their great work."
Leukaemia CARE would like to say a great big thank you to you and your supporters, including everyone at the Dog Inn. We hope your journey gets easier with time, we'll be thinking of you. Please remember to call on us whenever you need to.
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Friday 24 October 2008
Santathon in Worcester, Dagenham and Evesham!
Look out!
The Leukaemia CARE Santathon is coming!
Every year since 2003 there has been a fantastic Christmas Fun Run in Worcester and more recently in Dagenham and Evesham too. But this year we're calling it the Santathon because it's for all ages, all levels, runners, non runners... basically you can Stroll it! Walk it! Run it!
How to take part
To find out more about this event download your entry form and return it quickly. We will make sure you get a sponsorship form in the post/by email. Or you can telephone the Fundraising Team on 0845 389 2409.
Picture gallery
Check out the pictures from last year's event at our Picture Gallery here!
Children and adults can take part for £5 and £10 and businesses are invited to challenge each other to a bit of friendly competition by entering a team; everyone gets a free santa suit upon entry
Your nearest Santathon
Look out for a Santathon at Worcester City Football Club, Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club and in Evesham. More information to follow.
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Helen Louisa's 100 mile quest - update
God love her, Helen Louisa is past the quarter stage and going strong!
We're all thinking of you Helen!
To see how she's getting on visit her blog and don't forget to sponsor either by visiting her just giving site.
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Thursday 2 October 2008
London to Paris Cycling Challenge
Taken from an email received from Tammy Felstead on 25th September, who completed the London to Paris Cycling Challenge for her sister Jessica.
If you want to see kindness in others, do an event for charity!
I recently completed the London to Paris Cycling Challenge so I could raise funds for Leukaemia Care, at first I thought the £1,100 target was going to be impossible, but with the help of my family, friends and work colleagues I managed to raise over that amount.
Doing an event such as this one requires a lot of work, there is the fundraising, the training – which the English weather didn’t always make pleasant, and then there is your own personal fight with your inner doubt and lack of self belief that you can actually do it.
All the hard work aside, the rewards of completing such a task are worth every single effort.
More importantly knowing that the money you have raised is going to help people who need it the most, is an overwhelming feeling.
Why did I choose Leukaemia Care? My sister Jessica was diagnosed with a rare type of the disease when she was just 9 months old, the years which followed were extremely difficult for the whole of my family, especially for my parents, who had to learn how to put feeding tubes into a crying baby who just didn’t want the tube to be there, they had to deal with her not eating, not sleeping, then all the visits to the hospitals, on top of that the uncertainty of whether or not she would eventually be free of the illness. Luckily as a family (Jessica is the youngest of 7 siblings) we all managed to support each other and stick together. The older children would do the babysitting, help with the housework and cooking, and the other small toddler seemed to have a sense that something was wrong and was always on her best behaviour; in fact it was this same toddler who is now 13, who was imperative in the fundraising campaign, managing to raise £100 with an event she organised and had held at her High School. Other people who were equally paramount in helping me raise the funds were my Mum and one of my other sister’s Laura, as well as all my work colleagues and my agency APL.
To know that the money is now being used to help other sufferers and their families is an immensely gratifying feeling and I am happy that I have been able to contribute in this way. I would advise anyone who is looking to do something of this scale to first make sure they train, so they can really truly enjoy the experience, but, mostly I would advise them to have fun and really enjoy what they are doing.
I plan now to try and do some volunteering work with the charity and hopefully be able to do the Paris to Geneva cycle challenge next year.
I recently completed the London to Paris Cycling Challenge so I could raise funds for Leukaemia Care, at first I thought the £1,100 target was going to be impossible, but with the help of my family, friends and work colleagues I managed to raise over that amount.
Doing an event such as this one requires a lot of work, there is the fundraising, the training – which the English weather didn’t always make pleasant, and then there is your own personal fight with your inner doubt and lack of self belief that you can actually do it.
All the hard work aside, the rewards of completing such a task are worth every single effort.
More importantly knowing that the money you have raised is going to help people who need it the most, is an overwhelming feeling.
Why did I choose Leukaemia Care? My sister Jessica was diagnosed with a rare type of the disease when she was just 9 months old, the years which followed were extremely difficult for the whole of my family, especially for my parents, who had to learn how to put feeding tubes into a crying baby who just didn’t want the tube to be there, they had to deal with her not eating, not sleeping, then all the visits to the hospitals, on top of that the uncertainty of whether or not she would eventually be free of the illness. Luckily as a family (Jessica is the youngest of 7 siblings) we all managed to support each other and stick together. The older children would do the babysitting, help with the housework and cooking, and the other small toddler seemed to have a sense that something was wrong and was always on her best behaviour; in fact it was this same toddler who is now 13, who was imperative in the fundraising campaign, managing to raise £100 with an event she organised and had held at her High School. Other people who were equally paramount in helping me raise the funds were my Mum and one of my other sister’s Laura, as well as all my work colleagues and my agency APL.
To know that the money is now being used to help other sufferers and their families is an immensely gratifying feeling and I am happy that I have been able to contribute in this way. I would advise anyone who is looking to do something of this scale to first make sure they train, so they can really truly enjoy the experience, but, mostly I would advise them to have fun and really enjoy what they are doing.
I plan now to try and do some volunteering work with the charity and hopefully be able to do the Paris to Geneva cycle challenge next year.
Pictures are taken of the event, Tammy with her sister Jessica and sister Donna who helped with the fundraising.
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
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