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42 Fundraising events

Well our fundraising page has been up and running for 6 weeks now and this is the grand total you have all helped to raise …

Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be this successful and it has warmed this old heart so much to see such kindness. I am grateful for every penny donated and am particularly touched by donations from people who don’t even know me and from friends who I know don’t have a lot. I am aware that many of us are living in financially challenging times, so fully understand that not everyone can (or wants) to contribute ?

From the start, we wanted to make sure that we were doing things to earn your contributions, rather than simply crowdfunding. All of these events need a lot of thought and organisation – not easy when you have a full time job, a busy life and wobbly legs as well as brain fog and fatigue! I really appreciate all offers of practical help and couldn’t have got this far without family and friends sacrificing their time ..thank you all ?

Here is an update on events still to come …

Christmas Second Hand Toy Sale

My nieces, Kyra and Fiona, have gathered up everything they can find in their bedrooms and hidden away in the cellar and are preparing to sell it at an organised event this Saturday. They live near Cologne in Germany, so if you’re near there and want to know where the sale is, get in touch!

Dry November

My fabulous friend, has volunteered to have an alcohol free November. As you can see, Julie is the cocktail queen of Stockport, so this is a big sacrifice for her!

Although it’s not yet November, Julie has already started her ‘go dry’ challenge and has managed a fun night out on soda water alone!

If you know Julie and would like to sponsor her, please see her in person.

If anyone else would like to encourage Julie with a small donation, you can do so via our GoFundMe page (link below).

Disclaimer: Julie is actually very sensible and does not have a drink problem ?

Wilmslow Festive 10K

Niamh, Callum, Jess and Jake will be taking part in this event on Sunday 25th November. Training has begun and thankfully, Niamh’s hip seems to be holding up!

Head and Chin shave

Callum will be succumbing to the scissors in early December.

Evening Event

We are still in the planning stages for this but are hoping as many people as possible will come along a support us and have a fun evening of music, food and drink. We already have visitors travelling from the Isle of Man and from Germany to attend! Date to follow …

Peak District Mountain Bike Challenge

The five cycling lads have had a couple of set backs and are now running out of daylight! They have decided to follow advice and delay their cycling challenge until March of next year. This is because they have worked out that the ride will take 12-14 hours and for safety reasons (and to preserve my nerves) it would be better to not be doing some of it in the dark!

They plan to spend the next few months getting in as many training miles as possible.

As you can see in the photo above, they were out on the Peaks on Sunday, with Connor filming part of their route using a helmet camera …I’ll upload some footage from this when I’ve worked out how to!

Tandem Sky Dive

More information to follow when we have it.

we are still open to ideas and offers of help, so please get in touch if you have any ?

GoFundMe

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