General • Heather O’Connor held a quiz night and raised £2,010. • Mrs Owlett sent in a donation of £250 raised in respect of the saddlery auction held by her daughter, Sarah.
• Grahame Page sent in a donation of £200. • Lauren Palmer completed the Grim 8 Challenge and raised £750.
• Guy Parker completed the Reebok Run and raised £130. • Carys Perry sent in a donation of £122.44 in respect of the
AS level students Joint Enterprise and Citizenship activity.
• CRY has received a donation of £400 from The Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire.
• We have received a donation of £1,307.15
from Queen Elizabeth Grammar School for a sponsored read.
• Lorna Rankin sent in a donation of £200 for
• Miss J Smith Young completed the Big Fun Run 2012 and raised £135.
• The St Nicholas Players staged a production of Aladdin in January/Februay 2013 and raised £200.
• Nigel Stone completed trekking the Offa’s Dyke Path and raised £359.70.
• Anthony Stonehewer completed the Coast to Coast Challenge and raised £1,109.
• The Stour Valley Flower Club held a Cake and bring and buy stall and raffle in May 2012 and raised £200.
• Damien Sutherland completed the Isle of Man Parish Walk and raised £590 in memory of his sister.
• Sutton Coldfield Vesey Ladies Probus Club sent in a donation of £100.
• Dennis Tailor sent in a donation of £4,707.44 raised in respect of the Bike 100 event. Total raised £4,873.72.
the Northern Ireland fund
• Kate Roper sent in a donation of £907.59 in respect of the
“On Sunday 7 July 2012 a large group took part in a 100km cycle along the Bunyan trail in Bedfordshire to raise money for two charities, CRY and the Friends of CME Trust. It was a wet day but a tremendous effort was put in by those organising and those cycling to raise a wonderful amount for charity.
When Dennis Tailor first told me he wanted 100 people to cycle 100km along the Bunyan trail in Bedfordshire, I immediately felt I should do it. After all, he was raising half the money for my charity in the Congo and I remember seeing others complete a similar ride Den had organised a few years before.
Yet as the 7 July approached and the weather looked like it would drown out our efforts, I began to have second thoughts. Rather than biking in fine summer weather, stopping off for a drink at a few pubs in cute villages, it looked like wellies and water skis would be more appropriate. And could I manage 100km anyway? I cycle to work most days but it’s only 4 miles. I had practiced 30km the week before and got soaked in the rain!
Saturday morning we woke early to see the rain pouring down as predicted. What to wear? What changes of clothes to add to our drink and food supplies? As I approached the Addison Centre at 8am, I knew Dennis had been there since around 6am, and the previous night at midnight! What a fantastic effort from him over the previous months to get us to this point – we would go on. I was due to cycle with my son, Daniel and friend Hilary. Pete, who had volunteered but knew no-one else (wow that’s commitment!) joined us to make a team of four. Others were there getting ready to leave – some I knew but others I didn’t – there was a great sense of camaraderie and fun – we would do our best! New friends were being made, new opportunities to talk of Jesus’ great rescue plan.
charity Rugby Match held on 29 December.
• The Rotary Club of Romsey Test/District 1110, sent in a donation of £600 in respect of the Walk the Testway event held in October 2012.
• The Royal Belfast Academical Institution sent in a donation of £1,760 for the Northern Ireland fund in respect of the school carol service.
• Emma Russell held a Christmas Raffle and sent in a donation of £247.
• Catherine Sales completed the Paris Marathon and raised £483.01.
• We have received collection box donations of £101.75 from Sandilands Sports and Social Club.
• Katerina Potamianos, Saunderson House Limited, sent in a donation of £265.62 in respect of Christmas cards.
• Shell UK Limited sent in a donation of £100. • “The members of Slimming World at Knocknagoney,
Belfast, nominate a charity to support on an annual basis, by collecting loose change gathered during weekly weighins. For 2012 our group nominated CRY as its preferred charity during this period and I am delighted to advise that the total raised by the end of December 2012 was £110.” Janet Elliott.
• Cheryl Smith completed a Dance-athon and raised £382.17.
• Georgie Smith completed the 2012 Gold Challenge and raised £233.
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