Tag: evening event

35 Fundraising news

Well, a couple of days ago, this happened …

100 donations in one month!!  Thank you so much each and every one of you xxx

The sponsorship money from the Manchester Half Marathon is still coming in so I don’t have a total for that just yet. 

Connor, Alex and Gleaves have been out training on their mountain bikes today.

Having said that she’d never run again, Niamh, along with Callum, Jess and Jake, has signed up for the Wilmslow Festive 10K run on 25th November.  She is still resting up to allow her hip injury to heal, then all 4 will be training in earnest!  

We also have some other fundraisers coming together …

My Prosecco loving friend, Julie, is giving up booze for a whole month! 

My niece Fiona has signed up for a 10K and my sister Glenda, for a sponsored Nordic walk event.

My sister in law, Gill is hosting a coffee morning next weekend, including yummy cakes (she is an excellent baker) and a raffle.  

I’d like to hold some sort of cake related event too …I seem to have so many cake making friends!  Maybe some sort of Bake Off or something along those lines?  Or a good old fashioned cake sale? Or something Christmas related?  If anyone has any ideas, please give me a shout.

We are still working on a possible sky dive and a long haired person is considering a drastic hair cut, in exchange for donations …watch this space for more information on that soon!

We are planning an evening event to take place in January.  We have a fabulous venue and plans coming together for music, food, drink, a raffle and a silent auction.  

So, this is my next request for help …

  • Do you have anything you could donate as a raffle prize or silent auction item?
  • Do you own a business and would be able to donate services, a beauty treatment, a meal or anything else we could raffle or auction?
  • Do you have any contacts at venues who could donate event tickets?
  • Do you have a connection to anyone famous who could donate items?
  • Do you have connections with anyone who could help with any of the above? 

If you can help with any of the above, or you have any other ideas for fundraising, please give one of us a shout.

23 Fundraising update

Two weeks ago, we launched our fund raising page with the aim of raising £40,000 to fund HSCT treatment abroad.  

www.gofundme.com/another-ms-warrior 

Please could I ask you to think about whether you might know anyone who might be willing to help?  Please share our fundraising page far and wide.  I know of someone in my position who had their treatment paid for in full by a wealthy friend of a friend of a friend who saw the link on social media! 

I am finding fundraising hard going – it really isn’t easy to ask people for money and at times, I have wanted to scrap the idea all together.  I feel incredibly vulnerable and exposed having to be so public about my life.  My children, close family and friends are being wonderfully supportive and are encouraging me to keep going.  To put it bluntly, my only other option is to keep quiet and slowly decline into disability. 

To boost our fundraising efforts, we have a number of events coming up:

1. Manchester Half Marathon, Sunday 14th October 2018

Connor, Niamh, Gleaves, Nick and Heather are training hard for this event and the blisters on Niamh’s feet are almost healed!

2. 58 Mile Peak District Mountain Bike Challenge, Saturday 27th October 2018

Alex, Connor and Gleaves are taking on this gruelling challenge

3. Tandem Sky Dive, date to follow

Callum is organising the opportunity for volunteers to take part in a tandem sky dive and hopefully raise some sponsorship money. We have a growing list of people 

Who would like to do this (possibly including me!) …if you would like to be added to the list, please let me know.  Cost will be around £200.

4. Evening Event, January 2019

This will be an evening of music food, games, raffle, auction and anything else we can think of!  We have a fantastic venue in Prestbury and some great entertainment lined up, including The Red Shells and Beth and the Beats.

If you have anything that you could donate as a raffle prize or auction item, we would be very grateful.

There are further events and sponsored challenges in the pipeline, so watch out for those.  We are also open to further ideas and suggestions. 

If you’d like to sponsor any of the participants taking part in sponsored events, please donate to our GoFundMe page and mention them in your comment.  You can also sponsor individuals by contacting them in person.

If you know of any businesses that may be willing to offer items or services as raffle prizes or auction items, please get in touch with one of us. 

Thank you for all the amazing support …I really do appreciate it xx

21 Fundraising update

Today my nephew, Zeb, niece Anna and his friend Skye set up a stall in their village to raise funds for our campaign.  They baked a cake and sold a few other bits and pieces too.  Thank you Zeb, Anna and Skye xx

Unfortunately they live in a very small village and didn’t have quite as many customers as they hoped.  If you have a couple of spare quid you could dontate, giving Zeb, Anna and Skye a mention, this would make them very happy! (Sorry, I won’t be able to send you one of their yummy cakes!)

In other news, a friend of Connor has decided to take on an amazing mountain bike challenge.  Here is Alex’s plan …

“October 27th 2018 I will be completing this ride with Connor.  Almost 100km (around 58 miles) distance and with around 2.8km of ascent over gravel, loose shale, rocks, mud, through streams and maybe a little bit of tarmac, this will not be an easy task for a relative amateur like myself.”

To see Alex’s route, click here

To support Alex in this massive challenge, you can sponsor him at my GoFundMe page (and wish him good luck in your comment).

Plans are coming together for an evening event in November and we are hoping to get bank and PayPal accounts arranged in the next few days.

Thank you to everyone who has been in touch by email, phone and text and to family and friends for all the hours of planning and discussion.  We’ve come a long way in a little over a week!