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Thanks for taking the time to visit 'The Lockett Fund' JustGiving page.
We are hoping to raise loads of cash for Help the Heroes threw the The Lockett Fund.
We are having a memorial in December in Mikes home town of Beverley in East Yorkshire to celebrate him and his life.
Anyone who can't make it to the event and wants to do some fundraising or just donate a lil something can do so via The Facebook group The Lockett Fund just email us at thelockettfund@hotmail.com.
Kelly Jackson is doing a sponsored swim:
22 miles over 4 weeks! that’s the distance across the sea from England to France ! Go Kelly. More info to follow!
Louise McCarthy will be doing a sponsored "kissathon", over the space of 5 weeks she will have to kiss 400 military Men.....its a tuff job but someone has to do it!!!
Dorchester Community Nursery in Bransholme Hull will be doing a sponsored toddle 71 kids between the age of 2-4 (date to be confirmed)... How sweeeeet!
The Pelican Pub in Hull are haveing a fundraising night on Saturday 14th November. Indie Cover Band Faces for Radio wll be playing, £2.50 a ticket for The Lockett Fund..... Army Fancy Dress so get your Cam Cream on!!!
On the day we will be having a huge Raffle for H4H.
So far we have:
VIP tickets to see the SATURDAYS in concert in 2010!!
Spa treats up for grabs too!!
meal to the value of £30 at Pizza Hut, Jameson street, for the raffle, whoop whoop
Lazaat Restaurant have donated a dinner for two!! Fab!
The Aaron Hair Salon in willerby has donated a £50 voucher!!
Hull City AFC have donated a pair of tickets to their forthcoming fixture versus Wolverhampton Wanderers which is being held at the KC Stadium on Saturday 30th January 2010.
Body Matters in Beverley have donated a Luxury Manicure! Lush!!
Kelly’s also going be on the radio!!!
The media attention to The Lockett Fund has been AMAZING! supporting us so far is: Viking FM, BBC Humberside, Radio 5 Live, Look North, Hull Daily Mail, The Sunday Telegraph, Yorkshire Coast Radio and The Scarborough evening news and Beverley Advertiser, we really are getting the word out there!
http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Schoolfriends-Sgt-Lockett-set-tribute-fund/article-1379165-detail/article.html
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http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/ActingSerge
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Military Cross hero, Sergeant Michael Lockett, killed in Afghanistan - Times
Online
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/22/michael-lockett-british-soldier-afg
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