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St Wilfrid’s Hospice
newsletter
September 2009
What a Hoot! around Chichester and the surrounding countryside. The weather was kind to us and after a 10 minute warm-up session and send-off hundreds of people took to the streets including a very real Barn owl who we think might well become our Moonlight Walk mascot! Thanks to our catering team and their delicious home-made cakes; one
walker said she had taken part in lots of walks but never put on weight before! Many of our supporters took part in memory of loved ones, others said it was the best thing they’d ever done, and still more thought the marshals were great and asked why they didn’t see men like that on a normal night out!! Although the route wasn’t to everyone’s liking, it’s hard to find a ‘safe’ 10 mile route around Chichester;
A Smashing Good Time!
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to join him in the bar and on arrival promptly presented him with a large mallet! Steve struck the glass with a forceful blow whilst John, bucket in hand, waited patiently for the coins to flow. Ten minutes later the remains of the bottle were empty and John had filled nine buckets with an assortment of coins, tokens, washers, keys and, more importantly, £1,523 which he very kindly donated to St Wilfrid’s Hospice. Thank you so much.
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“Thank goodness there isn’t a hole in my bucket,” said landlord John Hillyer as he picked up hundreds of coins from the floor at The Selsey Arms Public House
in West Dean. The coins, which had been collected by regulars and passers by, had been nestling in a large glass jar for a considerable number of years. However, John recently noticed that a large crack had appeared in the glass and, rather than wait for the inevitable to happen, he decided to take the matter into his own hands, or rather, somebody else’s! John invited Wave 105 radio presenter Steve Power
one young lady was pleased to see her Mum hanging out of the window and cheering people on as she walked past her house! So all in all it was a great night out, raising people’s spirits as well as lots of sponsorship money for the Hospice. Thank you so much to everyone who helped to make the event such a success and we do hope you will join us at next year’s event which starts at midnight on FRIDAY 18TH JUNE.
By kind permission of The Chichester Observer
More than 1,000 supporters took part in our first ever Moonlight Walk and so far have helped raise more than £83,000 for the Hospice and it’s still rolling in! The event, which was hosted by The Westgate Centre, attracted women of all ages, shapes and sizes, as well as a sprinkling of men, who enjoyed taking part in the 10 mile walk
St Wilfrid’s Hospice welcomes your support. Telephone to find out how you can help us:
01243 775302
www.stwh.co.uk
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