Let’s Splash to Raise Cash
How you can help?
Come and join us in a fun sponsored swim around ‘Brownsea Island’ (from the safety of a lovely warm swimming pool!) This will mean a combined team distance of 280 lengths all abilities & ages will be catered for ….. even the doggy paddle!
We will be dividing the entire pool into lanes of mixed ability; fast / medium / slow / doggypaddle & sink and swim freestyle!
Why?
We have teamed up with the ‘Wallace & Gromit Cots for Tots Grand Appeal’ to raise much needed funds for St Michaels Hospital in Bristol. St Michaels is the Regional Centre for the South West and receives referrals for more than 600 babies a year, making huge demands on existing resources. Tiny babies, some born as early as 23 weeks, are cared for on the Neonatal Unit – their little arms and legs are often no bigger than your little finger.
The hospital have to turn babies away as they cannot meet demand due to not having the incubators or equipment to care for them – this needs to change and this is how we are going to make the difference together…….
Huge advances in the care of premature and newborn babies enable the unit to care for more and more babies creating an ever increasing demand for the specialist and life-saving neonatal care they provide. To meet this demand, The Cots for Tots Appeal is raising money in order to provide new state of the art equipment and facilities to support premature and newborn babies from Bristol and throughout the South West of England.
When
Saturday 3rd December 2-4pm, just in time to make room for the Christmas pudding!
Where
Oxley Sports Centre, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3DA; see the link for directions
http://www.oxleysc.com/find.html
Make a difference now
So if you are up for making a real difference, please register to swim by simply emailing your name, address and swimming ability (fast, medium, slow, doggy paddler, junior swimmer, junior non-swimmer) to Julie at julie.furney@virgin.net
There is an entry fee of £5 and you will need to pledge to raise a minimum of £10.00 to join with a firm commitment to be sponsored by as many people you know .
Once you have signed up we will give you a huge thank you, a sponsor form plus lots of encouragement
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POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING
