AC&S Coast To Coast
£780.12 raised of £10,000.00 target
23 donations
My Target:
£10,000.00
£780.12 raised so far
How to make a donation
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By text message to donate £10 Text ACNS55 £10
to 70070
My story
AC&S Ltd are going to complete a coast to coast cycle ride in aid of Donna's Dream House over the period of the 28th & 29th June 2012 and we are looking for your financial support for this endeavour.
Once upon a time, a beautiful and desperately ill young girl made three very special wishes. She left a little red box at her bedside where they were found - with messages of love for her family and her young husband - after she died on New Year’s Day, 1996. Donna Curtis had just turned 20. She had spent her last four years fighting cancer. In that time Donna saw the suffering of many terminally ill children, and vowed her legacy would help them live a little more happily in the time they had left. Her parents, Len and Barbara Curtis, have made it their labour of love to fulfil their only daughter’s fairytale dream - as a lasting tribute to her courage (and if truth be known theirs). Len, chairman of the resort’s private hoteliers' association admits, ”I was ready to jump off a pier. My family businesses, it all suffered. It’s a wonder we didn’t go under.” Instead, they set about making the dream of their late daughter a reality.
Donna’s Dream House is a holiday home for children with life-threatening or terminal illnesses, situated in the heart of the town, on Chapel Street, Blackpool. Once a derelict hotel, which was volunteered by the Council for a peppercorn rent, the property is now a haven by which any child would be overwhelmed. The keys were handed over on Donna’s birthday, and Len and Barbara’s 35th wedding anniversary, which the couple found particularly moving. Most of the facilities of the house have been donated, and many local businesses, hoteliers, nightclub owners, cafe proprietors, shopkeepers and well meaning individuals provide help wherever possible, including raising much-needed cash which helps with the ongoing running costs of the house.
Christmas was cancelled at Donna's Dream House! In the early hours of Wednesday 21st December 2011 a milkman spotted flames coming from the admin building at Donna's Dream House and called the Fire Brigade. His quick actions averted a total disaster, but enough damage was done to force Dona's Dream House to contact families who were due to spend Christmas there and tell them that they would not be having their dream Christmas.
During the night, arsonists had broken into the office building, stole essential computer equipment, then set fire to furniture, destroying photographs, paperwork and a lot more. The building is so badly damaged that it may have to be completely rebuilt. Damage was also done to the adjacent health suite, including the hot tub jacuzzi.
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The route we will be taking is along the Hadrians Wall cycle route from Bowness on Solway in the west to Tynemouth in the East over a gruelling 95 miles.
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My charity
Donna's Dream House
Charity Registration No. 1072888
Provides free holidays for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families, and recently bereaved siblings
Donations 23
Donation by Jim Molloy on 29/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Ride like the wind Andrew. Good luck.
Donation by Barbara Molloy on 29/04/12
£50.00
Good luck.
Donation by Richard Peat on 23/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
errrrrrrrm
Donation by Michael Smiles on 19/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Best of luck and hope the weather is kind to you!!
Donation by Paul Smedley on 05/04/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
from the sale of music surplus music equipment which went to a cub scouts group - double the benefit!
Donation by Pete Hardman on 03/04/12
£60.00
+ £15.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Rachael Hardman on 02/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck ladies, padded pants are just the look this year but I'm not sure about Tommo in Lycra!!!!!!
Donation by Daz Tindall on 30/03/12
£20.12
+ £5.03 Gift Aid
Good luck chaps, bottle of red for the best John Wayne impression afterwards!
Donation by Almond & Jenkinson on 27/03/12
£100.00
Good Luck Tommo
Donation by Ian Pridding on 23/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 23/02/12
£50.00
Good Luck Pete
Donation by David Moss on 21/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Boehlke Edgar on 20/02/12
£50.00
Go for it Pete , Get a cumfy saddle :-)
Donation by Steve Killingbeck on 20/02/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Jim
Donation by Gordon Voller on 18/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Mark - a great cause! Hope you have fair weather for the ride - and don't get too sore.
Donation by Nick Wilcock on 14/02/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Mark. This sounds like a great cause.
Donation by Shaun Chant on 07/02/12
£20.00
Good luck Daddy, we love you. Ellie and Katie xxxx
Donation by Suzanne Tomlinson on 07/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by James Brazier on 07/02/12
£100.00
uk masonlist rules
Donation by Edward M Kindler on 06/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Craig Tomlinson on 06/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Catherine Edwards on 06/02/12
£100.00
Donation by Mark Tomlinson on 06/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£770.12
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£10.00
- Total raised£780.12
- Gift Aid£77.53
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