Fundraising
www.thegivingmachine.co.uk
If you do any shopping on line please sign up to the above website and nominate the Wessex MS Therapy Centre as your chosen charity – this is a free service and the centre earns a % of any money spent. You can shop through Amazon, M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, ARGOS etc. etc – remember you must go through thegivingmachine website, click on the shop you want, and then the donation is made to the centre. This is such a win/win for our charity; please do get everyone you know to sign up…
Bath Half Marathon
Helen Milligan, One of our senior physiotherapists is going to run the Bath Half Marathon with five of her friends to raise funds for the therapy centre! Helen that is awesome and thank you. You can sponsor Helen using the sponsor form on the fundraising notice board in the centre.
Other runners and riders:
Stuart Randall, London Marathon, 22nd April www.justgiving.com/stuart-Randall
Michelle Philpot, Brighton Half Marathon 19th Feb – www.justgiving.com/Michelle-Phillpot
Marc Bolwell is completing the Ironman Austria on 1st July www.justgiving.com/marc-Bolwell0
Damian Waghorn, London Marathon 22nd April www.justgiving.com/Damian-Waghorn
Skydive success
We had a visit today from 20 year old Alisha Wilson who braved the Honiton skies in the summer and completed a 15,000 feet tandem skydive and managed to raise a fantastic £362.02 - very scary photo to follow...
If you would like to consider taking on the experience of a lifetime and raise some money for the centre please ring Rosie on 01985 217728 who has lots more information.
London Marathon 2012
Stuart Randall is twenty two years old, lives in Warminster and was a member of the Warminster Running Club for many years. He spotted our advert in the Warminster Journal and he has pledged to raise £1,500. for the centre. We all need to support him as much as possible – his justgiving address is www.justgiving.com/Stuart-Randall - please do ask you friends, family and neighbours to support Stuart by giving him just £2 or £3 to help him achieve his goal. Thanks in advance Stuart!
Christmas Bazaar success raises in excess of £1,200.
Our member Geraldine Amos very kindly opened up her home to host a Christmas Bazaar to raise funds for the centre as her way of saying thank you to the very kind drivers who escort her to the therapy centre on a regular basis. Geraldine lives in Codford and had all her friends and family helping on the day. Geraldine said 'I loved having my house full of children, running around and laughing. The stall holders worked really hard and were all such good fun. I had tremendous help from so many people to include Mike Davidson and Mary Trimarco who both worked extremely hard with the preparation. The very kind Sue Watts made a wonderful Christmas cake that raised so much for the 'Guess the Weight of the Cake' competition. Thank you to everybody who helped and who came on the day.'
And thank you Geraldine it was a fantastic success and I know everyone really enjoyed the day. Happy Christmas.
Tony Jones raised £590 by depriving himself of his favourite chocolate!
One of our members who could not participate in the Smiles for Miles sponsored walk wanted to raise some funds for the centre and so went on a chocolate diet. Tony is renowned for his love of chocolate bourbons and chocolate Buttons and so he set out to have a 'chocolate free November'. He supplemented his diet with copious amounts of rice, peas, onions and bacon and he managed to survive the month and lose a few pound along the way. However the pounds in weight he lost he made up for in money by raising a magnificent £590 in sponsorship. Thank you to everyone who sponsored him and thank you Tony - will our biscuit tin ever be full again?...
Suzie Gye Completes Melbourne Marathon...
The daughter of one of our much loved members Tim Gye, ran the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday 9th October with her friend Susan and raised nearly £590 for the Centre. Suzie said, 'It was a fantastic day and we ran all the way. I completed the Marathon in 4 hours 15 mins and 31 seconds and Susan finished in 4 hours 28 mins and 34 seconds.
Izzy Book is a huge success at the Frome Cobble Wobble
Ten year old Izzy Book took part in this years Frome Cobble Wobble (riding a bicycle up a very steep cobbled hill) and managed to get to the top in one minute and eighteen seconds. She also managed to raise a magnificent £938 almost reaching her goal of £1,000 (there is still time Izzy). Izzy's mum Melissa is a member of the Centre and helps in many ways to include being our voluntary graphic designer. Izzy said 'the people in the Therapy Centre are so kind to my mum that I'd thought I'd give them a thank you present!'
Thank you Izzy - you have given us a lovely thank you present.
Annual Sponsored Walk - 2011
We had the most amazing day on Sunday 2nd October at Stourhead. The weather was awesome; the company was very good indeed and the work was hard but we all had a truly brilliant day. Sponsorship money is coming in on an hourly basis and we will let you know the total raised as soon as we can. Thank you to everyone who helped, who took part and who raised funds for us. One of the comments in the book said 'Really lovely day - thoroughly enjoyable - great for the scooters and walkers alike. And thanks for organising record breaking weather too!
These photo's shows some of the walkers returning after a long hot day..
Sea Swim raises £1,051.85
One of the Centre's biggest supporters is Andy Springham who organises his own fundraising event once a year in order to raise funds for the Centre. In August Andy swam from Bournemouth Pier to Boscombe Pier and it took him just over an hour. Andy said 'I wanted to complete the sea swim in under an hour but unfortunately the tide was against us and it took an hour and five minutes to swim the 1.4 miles from one pier to the other. A very big thank you goes out to Andy (a long time friend of Heather Garey) who raised a fantastic £1,051.85 in sponsorship for our Centre.
Sponsored Sky Dive raises over £6,000!
Huge congratulations and our very warmest thanks goes to Mary Trimarco, Mike Park, Heather Garey, Pippa Roberts and Viorica Boitor who between them raised over £6,000 for completing their tandem skydives in the summer. Mary said she really, really enjoyed herself and would happily do it all again next year. The weather was much kinder this time and Mary, Mike and Heather were all up in the skies in the early evening and jumped through a cloudless sky. Viorica managed to complete her jump a little later in the summer with Pippa offering all the support she could from the ground. If there are any other brave souls who would like to take to the skies for charity please call our manager Rosie (01985 217728) who will be happy to help.
Henford House Cowboy and Indian Garden Party
The very lovely residents and staff at Henford House in Warminster held a wonderful garden party during the summer with a Cowboy and Indian theme. It really was a fantastic event with lots of stalls and refreshments and even a bit of line dancing. Not only was it a wonderful event enjoyed by all but they also managed to raise £462.00
Prestbury Sports Bar Quiz Night
A big thank you to Nick and all his team for hosting a quiz night in order to raise money for the centre. Nick recently suffered a severe ankle and leg injury during a game of football and he was encouraged to use our oxygen therapy facilities to speed up his recovery. Nick was so pleased with his progress and happy to make so many new friends that he decided to hold the event to raise much needed funds.