Category Archives: Fundraising

£1000 donation – thank you

A big thank you to 4 lovely ladies in Haslingden who run regular coffee mornings and aim to raise funds for different charities. We were fortunate to be chosen in January so for the last 6 months they have been busy having raffles and meeting together to raise money and socialise.

On the 7th of June we were invited to collect a cheque for £1000 – so I was joined by Gill with her grandchildren, and Rachel with Martha. We showed them what CHA have been doing recently to let them know the sorts of things we will be spending their money on. Several people were delighted that our pictures showed heart children doing very normal things – even if they did need the occasional assistance of a wheelchair or big buggy.

A huge thank you to Maureen Jackson, June Lennon, Caroline Thompson, Beryl Abraham and all the generous people of Haslingden. Your gift is very gratefully received.
Anne

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Charity Shop

February this year was the first of 2014 charity shops, we rent it for 1 week every few months. On the Friday myself and my friend Paula go to storage and get the stock out, Oli and Callum transport it to the shop and we meet my friends Anne and Rose there. Then the work really begins as we unpack and get it ready for a busy week. We open on the Saturday so no time to be wasted we all crack on and have a job to do. Its amazing what you can achieve when you work together or as some would say when I boss them around – but in the nicest possible way of course.

Well on Saturday we opened and after 20 minutes of opening I was a little concerned we hadn’t had many in. My mum reminded me we hadn’t been open all that long and people don’t usually open on Saturday so word has to get round. Well word certainly spread fast and people were coming in saying it was lovely to see us back. They love us and our quality items, not to mention our bargains.

Our members Tracey and Wendy came later with a car full of goodies and within 10 mins of Tracey bringing the items in we had sold £50 worth to a customer. For one particular item we had 2 people interested in the shop there and then, it was a Tutankhamun DVD holder not much shorter than me – it was fab. We had fun putting together all kinds of things and the girls were great unpacking and serving, thank you both. Sunday my nephew Matt came to help and he drives a hard bargain I can tell you. He was also the boss for the day and made me wear heart shaped ear muffs all day.

Thank you to all our helpers that week – my mum Maureen, Pearl, Izzy, Nic, Pat, Dave, Anne and Rose for opening. Thank you to Di and Jackie for Fri night. Thanks to everyone who donates excellent quality items to sell. Thank you also to Paula, Anne, Rose and Linda who help me sort out the donations each week and rack clothes and to Oli and Callum for the transport. Finally thank you to Michele who helped pack the shop up for closing on the Friday.

Ball of Hearts and Concorde

Our fabulous Ball of Hearts 2013 took place under Concorde, and yes I do mean literally under Concorde.  WOW is the right word to use for when people walked into the room – it definitely had the WOW factor.

We even had the Queen stop by to greet our guests, letting our guests take pics with her as she greeted them and mingled.  To all our surprise she got the dancing started by dancing gangnam style, who ever would have thought our Queen was so modern and would dance to that!  It certainly entertained us and for doing that dance I ran round the room doing a very fast collection and that raised £140 alone.  Thank you aunty Lydia you stole the show and made it both extra special and most memorable.

We enjoyed a 3 course dinner with wine, raffle, auction, casino and dancing.  What another successful and most enjoyable night with 260 guests.  We even got into Cheshire Life’s January edition.  Our thanks to everyone who attended and all those who help at our Ball, much appreciated.

2014 will be at the Crowne Plaza Liverpool on Sat 15th November.  It will be a winter wonderland theme and will be just as amazing.  More details to follow – it won’t disappoint
so be sure to be there.  If you know of anyone who can donate a prize for our raffle, tombola or auction please get in touch.

Celebrating 40 Events for 40 Years

Hi everyone,

We have some plans to celebrate in a BIG way in 2014. Not all details are finalised yet but put these dates in your diary, and some events still to be arranged – so we hope there will be something that suits your family.

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Check who is organising each event as some events are coordinated by the hospital teams.   Many of the events are to be confirmed so keep your eye on our website (heartchild.info/events) and Facebook page (heartchild.info/facebook), get in touch with your local branch, call our helpline or email us for more details.

Free events are those where we only pay for those who arrive on the day.  For events where we pay in advance you will be required to pay before the event so we are not left out of pocket.

Please bring your unwanted gifts for use as prizes.

Thanks to Kevin

image-7Congratulations and our thanks to Kevin Fitzsimmons who has raised over £300 for the Association competing in the Eden Project marathon.  Kevin says

“Completed the Eden Project marathon in 4hours 8mins absolutely crazy course (forests,big puddles, mud to your ankles, down country lanes, up big hills including scrambling up one huge one) with crazy weather (rain with thunder and lightning) but it was all good fun and for a great cause!”

 

Trekking to the summit of Kilimanjaro

With only a few weeks to go it’s getting close to Lily Clough’s adventure in Tanzania to climb the highest mountain in Africa.  Her trek to the summit of Kilimanjaro will take her up 5,895 metres and she has kindly decided to support our charity.

Her Virgin Money Giving page can be found here and we wish her good luck, a safe climb and our thanks for supporting the Children’s Heart Association.

Wainwright Coast To Coast

Derrick Clark and friends chose to support the Children’s Heart Association on their recent trek from coast to coast.  He writes:

My name is Derrick Clark and in April this year, together with others, I walked the 195 mile long ‘Wainwright Coast To Coast’ path from the Irish Sea at St. Bees Head to the North Sea at Robin Hoods Bay, to help raise money for the Children’s Heart Association at Alder Hey Hospital. It was hard going at times through deep snow and driving rain but very enjoyable!

I, together with the support of my many, very generous sponsors, am delighted to have raised the sum of £1395.00 for your charity.

Derrick Clark

Our congratulations for completing the trek our greatest thanks go to Derek and friends and all who supported them for raising such an amazing amount of money for our charity.

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