IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW OUR TRIP IS GOING, LOG ONTO TO WORTHING HERALDS WEBSITE AS THEY ARE POSTING A LOG EACH DAY IF THEY CAN WITH PHOTOS (WE HAVE A JOURNALIST SARAH DALE JOINING US IN CHINA)
LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU ALL PAT AND SARAH X X
Hi to all who have taken the time to visit our just giving site and thank you.
It is always difficult talking about yourself but we will give it a go so you can get an idea of who, what and why?
Pat
I am a wife to John (33 years and counting!) proud mum to Sarah, Paul and Jason and grandmother to Paige, Jamie and Olivia.
I moved to when I was sixteen. I am originally an Essex girl and proud of it, mind you I think now, apart from my lingering accent, I am more than .
I work for the NHS and have done for the past seventeen years.
Most of my spare time is spent with my family and friends but I am just about to take up walking on a huge scale so watch this space for our journey of training!
I knew as soon as I saw the leaflet about the challenge that I wanted to take part. This is a really huge personal challenge for me and who better to share it with than my fabulous daughter.
Sarah
I am wife to Jules and proud mum to Paige 11 and Olivia 5.
I am currently in my third year at University training to be a Mental Health Nurse, and next year I will turn 30! Thus when Mum told me about the challenge I thought what a great way to celebrate and raise money for St Barnabas. Whilst also spending some quality time with my Mum!
We have both supported this Charity for the past ten years and have taken part in various events and made donations along the way. It is one we both feel very passionate about, as it is a local hospice that functions purely on the generosity of the community it provides for. The New Build a Dream Hospice that is currently being built will enable St Barnabas to provide hospice care for the people who stay there and support family and friends on a greater scale.
Over the next few months we will be training as hard as we can to prepare ourselves for the challenge ahead and we want to show all of you that your generosity was well worth it. We will give you regular updates along our journey.
Both of us would like to say a big thank you to all who have supported us already, especially our family who have helped us enormously. Without you we would not be able to do this!
Love
Pat and Sarah
SPONSORS:
Mrs Connie Pike (loving mother and grandmother)
Jules Easton (Sport and Remedial Massage)
STUDIO IV (Photography)
Thank you to Happy Valley for their donation
UPCOMING FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Thanks to the Blackmans, Lishers, Leonnards and Lucys for their contribution to a great family bbq and their donations. A great day was had by all!
Back by popular request, we are holding another coffee and cake sale at Pats place of work on 21st July
We have done it again! £375 to add to our target. Once again thank you to all Pats colleagues and friends at the Causeway for their fantastic support over the past months.
Pat is having a silent auction at work for a painting by one of her work colleagues
Another £52 raised thank you to Barry for donating his lovely painting.
Many thanks to Doreen and Derek for their continued support and the £40 raised selling their plants for us
Pat is running a World Cup sweepstake at work
Another successful fundraiser running the sweepstake has added yet another £105 to the pot. A big thank you to all who have taken part and good luck!
Wednesday 26th May Pampered Chef party at Pats house. To include a cooking demonstration and raffle
Wow yet another successful event for us, with sales, raffle and my kind friends making the money up we made a fantastic £200! Many thanks once again for all of you who continue to give us your support. x x x x x
~Unfortunately the cold weather meant the event did not fair well. Oh well onwards and upwards
-Christmas Coffee Morning at Pats place of work, Wednesday 9 December 2009.
WOW! What a fantastic event. Thank you to everybody who participated at the Christmas Coffee Morning. We raised a magnificent £526! Pushing us over the 50%. THANK YOU xxxxxxxxx
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