spicerhaart magic moments April newsletter

Magic Moments – Head Office Newsletter April 2011

Welcome to the Head Office Magic Moments 2 nd Edition Newsletter At Head Office we are aiming to raise £20,000 by December through our various events, relationships and sponsorships – this seemed like such a massive target when we initially floated the figure last December, however weʼre so excited to announce our latest fundraising total:-

EVENTS

We have raised £9,032.15 How cool is that!

15th May – Dragon Boat Races

We canʼt take our foot off the pedal though, weʼve still a way to go and weʼve organised some fantastic events for you to enjoy – read on!!!

15th July – Our first ever Barn Dance do-si-do your partner!

19th November – the BIG Quiz is back, get revising

WHATʼS COMING UP……

The Dragon Boat Race

Barn Dance

When – Sunday 15th May Where – Fairlop Waters, Forest Road, Barkingside, Ilford, IG6 3HN For those of you who don’t know (where have you been?) loads of us are going to race down the Thames in a dragon boat – there are several legs / rounds of racing (which of course we intend to win!) – there will also be entertainment for children, along with food and drink (bring your own, or purchase there). If you fancy cheering us on then we would love to see you.

We reckon it’ll be a top day out.

Jacqui and Mariella’s regions also have their own boats to represent FJL and London haart. You can sponsor us via the just giving site. (www.justgiving.com/mmdragonboat) We’re currently up to £1,368 and our aim is to raise £4,000.

The Spicerhaart Barn Dance

Do-si-do your partner!!

15th July 2011 Colchester Institute Put on your cowboy boots and get your dancing legs ready, Tickets - Adults £15 Kids £5 Price includes: Live Band, hog roast dinner and rodeo bull rides. We also have a mobile pay bar available, likewise you can bring your own drink Come along for a real good night out, a great opportunity to keep fit, and on top of that weʼll raise some money for the charity. What more could you ask for!

Tickets are available to buy direct via the just giving site, or from Helen Lewis, Louisa Harding or Julie Francis

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Easter at Spicerhaart Another great day was had by all!

We raised £198 on the raffle, with Christine winning the hamper donated by Steve Lamb. The Cake Sale raised £55, so thank you for all your donations.

Guess the name of the bunny was won by Karen Speers with the bunny name being Cocktail.

Yoda won the Easter Egg competition, well done to Matt Dale.

Overall the total raised on the day was £313 so another fantastic result!

Thank you also to all the staff who donated eggs for the hospice. Julie Francis and Louisa Harding visited on Thursday to present a sack full of chocolate to some very happy and appreciate staff at Little havens Hospice.

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The book club We’ve had a great response from you all regarding this – the feedback we’ve had is that you love having the option of buying a book, bringing it back and then buying your next book, all without having to trawl into town. At a cost of £0.50 per book it’s also a bargain. We’ve raised £146.45 so far, our target is £250.00 by December – we know we can reach this, please can you keep supporting this project.

We’ve extended the book club to include dvd’s – if you’ve got any old or unwanted dvd’s then please bring them in. They’ll be for sale at £0.50 as well so go on, grab yourself a bargain and put your money in the honesty tin

Just some of the ways weʼve raised money so far Iainʼs baby sweepstake - £30 Alison Beechʼs bike ride £1,552.92 Charity walk - £1,710.13 Halloween - £248.58 Dress downs - £521.79 Christmas cards - £78.00 Quiz 2010 - £3,190.00 Various raffles - £500.00 Reception spare change pot - £30.00 Garethʼs auction tickets £35.00 Julie / Leanne cake sale £58.63 Chelsea tickets - £300.00 Christmas party cloakroom £75.19 Buzz awards night and baby sweepstake - £47.00

PJ DAY

What a great time we all had on Valentines PJ Day – Thanks to all of you who dressed down – we doubled our normal dress down profits and made loads of money on the raffle – bringing our total raised during the day to £178.

Magic Moments…..

As the name states, due to everyones fantastic fundraising, we have now raised sufficient funds to grant our first 3 magic moments.

We are hoping to raise enough money to grant all 10 hospices with a magic moment this year for one of the children under their care in addition to the annual Disney Trip.

East Anglian Childrens Hospice (EACH) was the first drawn out of the hat, and we are sending a family on their own trip of lifetime to the 5 Star Disneyland Hotel in Paris.

We are currently waiting for Little Havens and Clare House to advise us of their wish.

HOW AMAZING IS THIS?

Thereʼs many more ways we can make a difference so go on, put forward your ideaʼs to one of the committee members and lets see if we can make it happen

We hope this newsletter keeps you informed of all the great efforts and what we all have achieved in the last couple of months.

Many thanks again Jon and Steve

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