Hello and thank you for visiting our fundraising page. We wanted to let you know our diary of fundraising events that will be taking place between now and the Great Wall of China trek in May 2007.  Neither of us have actually done any major fundraising before or taken part in a trek so it is all new and extremely daunting for both of us. We plan to keep updating this page and let you know our experiences along the way.  So please dig deep and sponsor us online.

Every 48 hours, 10 children are diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia. CLIC Sargent acts as a lifeline keeping families together when the unimaginable happens.    The charity provides clinical, psychosocial, emotional and financial support to those children and young people and their families.  All their services are funded entirely through fundraising and voluntary contributions, your help really does make a difference.

June 11th - Car Boot - Marsh Lane - see below for details

July 9th - Stall at Dronfield Gala - Cliffe Park, Dronfield - see below for details

July 15th - Teddy Bears Picnic - see below for details

July 22nd & 23rd - Car Boot - Chesterfield - see below

September 20th - Garden Party - see below

September 27th - Virgin Vie evening - see below

October 7th - Car Boot

October 14th - Casino Evening - prize donated by Napoleons Casino

October 19th - Coffee Morning

November 10th - Ladies Evening

April 14th - Dinner Dance

May 19th - The Great Wall of China Trek  - In total we  will be treking approx 60kms over a 5 day period. Each day we will be walking for between 5 and 6 hours covering  between 10 - 12km.  The trek will take place on both the renovated and un-renovated sections of the wall with the un-renovated sections consisting of many small loose bricks, we will also be walking up and down literally hundreds of steps which in sections can be very steep.  

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor us: CLIC Sargent will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor us now! every penny really does make a difference.

Many thanks for your support.

 

11th June - WE have just returned from our first fundraising event - the car boot sale.  We set off around 6am with a fully loaded car (only just managed to squeeze ourselves in).  The weather was glorious and must have been in the 80's.all day, unfortunately no shade - we never thought to take a sun umberella like alot of the regular traders (note to be made for next time!).  We managed to set up pretty quickly and had a really good day.  Some people were extremely generous and gave donations without buying anything. We finally started to pack away about 12.30/1.00ish having sold more than half of our stuff.  WE had a great day and with plenty of lofts still to be emptied  we will definately be doing another! Total raised £107.00

9th July -  We have just returned home from the Gala.  I am shattered so will tell you all about it later! Total Raised £57.37- Had another great day and another early start.  As neither of us have ever had a stall at a gala before it was yet another first for us both.  We had decided that we would have a tombola stall as we had a number of brand new items that people had donated to us.  We also did 'name the teddy' and had a variety of kids crafts on offer that the children could decorate such as fridge magnets, bookmarks, wind chimes and badges.  The weather was ok (at least it didn't rain) although it was quite windy and our Gazebo nearly took off a couple of times.  Special thanks to our friend Yolande who came and helped out for a couple of hours.

15th July - Another shattering but brilliant day - this one was for the kids.  In a moment of madness I had agreed to a Teddy Bears Picnic at my house for 40 children (thankfully the weather was glorious).  We supplied a picnic lunch for each child and put on food for the adults.  There were tattoos, hook a duck, hidden straws,colouring and face painting.  We also hid 40 teddies around the garden so each child went home with a small teddy bear.  The main event was a sponsored trampoline bounce.  Each child had 60 seconds to do as many bounces as they could and the winners (under and over 5) each won a large teddy bear - the kids loved this and they collected loads in sponsorship money- Total Raised £303.92

16th July - The staff at The Bowshaw Toby Carvery in Dronfield have kindly been collecting all day in aid of CLIC Sargent and have raised a very generous £84.84 - Thank you for all your efforts.

22nd/23rd July - car boot weekend - £269.59

Virgin Vie party Raffles - £268.00

Various Ebay sales - £299.08Many thanks to Belinda Lawson who hosted a Virgin Vie evening and kindly donated her  hostess gift allowance - £27.00

Thank you to the Talbot Arms Charity Circle (Dronfield) who have kindly and most generously donated £250.00

20th september - Garden party - £510..00 many many thanks to Ann humphreys (Lisa's mum)  who very kindly hosted a charity day for us, there was a tombola, sales table, tea and cakes and a raffle. thank you to all those who came and supported us and again thank you to Ann for giving up her time and all the effort she put in.

27th september - Virgin Vie evening - £230.00 Many Thanks to Sarah, Julie and Tracy for coming and helping us on the night you were great, thank you again to everyone who ordered Virgin Vie.

7th October - Car Boot - £60.16

Many thanks to Phil Mellor of Leap Design , Sheffield who has made a generous donation of £110.00

14th October - Casino Evening - £625.25    

19th October - Coffee Morning - Special thanks to Sophie Kirkwood & Louise Cooper who organised a coffee mornig at our local school and raised a staggering £135.70 in less than an hour.

10th November - Ladies Evening - £305-00 many thanks to all the ladies who came and supported the evening, there was plenty of gorgeous gifts on sale from some fab companies, Christmas shopping whilst drinking wine what more could you have asked for !!!!!

14th April - Dinner Dance at Baldwins Omega - £2,011.50

a BIG thank you to Sarah fordham for her very generous donation of £500

Many thanks to the ladies of the Dronfield Woodhouse Towns women guild for their very generous donation of £350 from their charity fund.

Donations From

£25.00 from Dawn, Jim, Josh & Abby                                                                                   

£50.00 Lillian Ibbotson

Wendy and Lisa