CHARITY ART EXHIBITION AND CRAFT SALE IN AID OF CHERNOBYL CHILDREN SATURDAY MARCH 24TH 10.30am - 5pm
AT ST PETER’S CHURCH HALL KINVER
Enjoy coffee and cake or a spot of lunch and view a wide variety of work by local and professional Artists which will be available for sale on the day. The proceeds from the event will go to Chernobyl Children, a Charity which brings radiation affected children from Belarus to the UK for a month’s respite care. These children suffer as a direct result of the contamination from the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster which happened 32 years ago. This is a completely voluntary organisation which has been bringing children to the local area for the past 25 years. The people of Chernobyl were exposed to radioactivity 90 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. According to the UN, there is still a real threat to the gene pool of Belarus with second generation children even more likely to suffer side effects. It is currently estimated that it will take up to 400 years to rid Belarus of the bulk of the contamination but some areas will remain contaminated for up to 24,000 years. For the children brought to the UK we hope that a rest from the relentless bombardment of radiation, which affects every part of the Belarusian food chain, will boost their damaged immune systems.
For information regarding the event or the Charity please contact Ann Becke 07711 154 401
GREENWICH MEAN TIME TO BRITISH SUMMER TIME Hooray! The clocks go forward on the last Sunday in March, which means you will need to put them forward an hour at 1am on Sunday, March 25.
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EASTER DATES This year's Easter takes place from Good Friday on March 30 until Easter Monday on April 2 - making Easter Sunday on April 1, which is also April Fool's day.
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