NOTICE BOARD
Don’t Miss: DANSON PARK FESTIVAL, Bexley, Kent
Sat 5th and Sun 6th July 2008
Please
support our tombola, s/h book and dvd stall again at this popular and fun event
in a lovely park, many other stall attractions including Dragon Boat races –
see pics below of us last year.
RECENT EVENTS:
St Valentine’s Disco - Saturday 16th February 2008
Sidcup Rugby Club, Dancing, bar and Prize Raffle
This annual event proved very popular again and a great evening
was had by all, plus it boosted the fund total to £71,500. Thanks everyone!!!
20th
Oct – Sponsored Ghost Hunt Weekend, Boys Hall, Kent
Loads of fun here, which raised a great deal of money. Many thanks to those brave folk who
took part and their sponsors; and of course the excellent Boys Hall Hotel, who
looked after us so well.
www.boyshall.co.uk
16th
Sept HYDRO ACTIVE WOMEN'S CHALLENGE HYDE PARK
Thanks a bunch to our walkers and runners Adrianne, Chris and
Wendy – you did just great!
15th Sept DRAGON BOAT RACE DAY at BEWL WATER, Kent
We
enjoyed ourselves here again at this lovely location on a fun day. Thanks to all who supported us by
visiting our tombola and book stall.
The 2007 DANSON PARK FESTIVAL, Bexley, Kent
After our success here in the
last two years, we were looking forward to this. Despite the appalling weather, the public did the event
proud and turned up regardless. We
made a whopping £1,016 ! Many
thanks to everyone who helped out or purchased tombola tickets and/or other
items. Look out for us again next
year!
Above, some of our Danson helpers, from L to R: Chris, Bradley, Denise,
Margaret, Andrew, Risha, Sarah , Joe and Andrew. Other marvellous helpers
included James and Jonathon W, Nimi, Rebecca B, Rebecca G,
Sue Wicks and Tom.
*** The MCBCF
Presentation Ball 2007 ***
last June at the Dartford Hilton
was a great success: lots of fun with great food and dancing. Jill Cross spoke about Mark’s illness, and
the importance of raising money to research into this very rare kind of cancer,
and told people how the fund is being used at UCH. Again, she thanked the many people whose time and effort has
gone into raising money: it is a fitting tribute to Mark, his family and
friends, and the stamina and goodwill of countless others. Altogether, the night raised well over
£2,000. Thanks everyone!
PREVIOUSLY … plus Photos of Events:
Jill WON Eurocamp’s Lone Parent of the Year 2006
Award!
She was nominated by eldest son
Andrew, proud of his mother’s fundraising; Thanks to everyone out there who
voted for Jill:
http://www.eurocampaward.co.uk/competition.php
DRAGON BOAT RACES DAY: BEWL WATER, KENT, SEPT 2005
We managed to raise over £200 here on our tombola, books and
cd/dvds stall:
Above: the local constabulary help Mrs Jill Cross with her
enquiries.
Many thanks to Funraisers for once again organising an
exciting day, devoted to raising money for various charities: http://www.funraisers.org.uk/
And thanks to everyone who visited and supported our stall:
we’ll be there this summer.
THE RESULT: PRESENTATION, JUNE 2005
On 11th June 2005 Jill Cross proudly handed over a cheque for £36,000 from the
Mark Cross Bone Cancer Fund to Dr Jeremy Whelan, Senior Consultant Oncologist
at University College Hospital, at the Grand Presentation Dinner at the Hilton,
Dartford. Dr Whelan spoke about bone cancer and the specific research
project this money will support. Many people's time and effort went into
raising this amount of money; too many to thank individually. It was
marvellous to thank some of them on the night. The money raised is a fitting
tribute to Mark, his family, and the tenacity and good will of so many
others. Here are Jill, Dr Whelan and the cheque (in a dark banqueting
hall):
The Mark Cross Bone Cancer Fund holds many fund-raising events in the southeast
London/north west Kent area. If you want to come along and take part
please see below or contact us direct. Past events, sponsors and the Roll
of Honour are detailed below. This is by no means a local charity: people
are welcome to organise fund-raising events for the fight against bone cancer
in their own area.
So far (Feb 2008) we have raised over £71,500 altogether!
bonecancerfund@aol.com
ROLL OF
HONOUR
The family of LILLIAN
HARTARD, who passed away
recently.
£665 was raised by donations to the MCBCF
in lieu of flowers.
Many thanks to the Blackmores and Hartards,
among others.
***
Sue & John Blackmore, Lillian & Linda Hartard, Ron & Yvonne
Moore donated generously in memory of
BRIAN GRAHAM
of Kent; sadly Brian died in 2006 of bone cancer. Much loved and
missed.
***
PAST EVENTS
The Annual MCBCF St Valentine's Disco 2007 at Charlton Athletic Football Ground
was a great success as ever, and raised £1,000. Many thanks to dancers and friends and everyone who gave
their support – we know you had a great time!
A round of applause and many thanks to Gillian
Fallon, who hosted a splendid Charity Bridge Day in Wiltshire in June
2006. Gillian organised this
memory of her dear friend, and it raised a great deal of money for the
Fund.
The Race Night November 2005 at Sutton-at-Hone: another thoroughly
enjoyable evening, a good laugh and the children loved it. Nearly £500 was raised, so thanks to
everyone who participated and made it such a success.
Mick
and Carolyn Corp from FRIENDS OF CRAYFORD RETIRED
GREYHOUNDS organised a spectacular Music Quiz Night in
the Village, Hall, Hawley on 8th October. This was tremendous fun and raised over £230 for our
Fund. We look forward to another
Quiz Night with Mick in the future.
Retired greyhounds make wonderful, docile, pets, a far better fate than
being put down once they are no longer “useful”. Click on the greyhound’s tail at www.crayford.com for more information.
All
runners and walkers in the HYDRO ACTIVE WOMEN'S CHALLENGE HYDE PARK
SEPT 2005
(FORMERLY
THE FLORA LIGHT CHALLENGE)
FLORA LONDON MARATHON APRIL
2005
Well
done runners Bob Eady and Sandra Murray!!! Both completed the course in
good time, raising loads of money for the MCBCF. Thanks a bunch!
Here Jill congratulates an exhausted, beaming Bob at the Finish:
After
all that running about, we think Bob's navigational instruments business
deserves a mention: http://www.sirs.co.uk/
Lainey,
of Will Young's
Official Website Message Board
made and raffled a cuddly 'Joseph' teddy bear, signed by WILL YOUNG and JOSEPH
ROSS no less. Raffle proceeds were shared 50:50 between Mark’s Fund,
and Positive Action South West which provides HIV and sexual health awareness
training: Will Young is a Patron. Many thanks to Lainey and her pals, who
posted very kind messages and raised over £300 for us! See:
http://www.shopatwill.org.uk/about_us.htm
The
tirelesss (!) efforts of our runners and walkers on the 5th September 2004
Flora Light Challenge were much appreciated!
Above, runners Margaret Gates and Verna Rhodes. Well done folks, and thanks to all their sponsors.
Special
thanks to Andy ‘The Viking’ Fordham, World Darts Champion, and caller George
Noble, for joining in our Charity Darts Night at The Rose pub,Dartford in July 2004. This fun-packed
evening raised over £600!
Also
to Orchards Shopping Centre,Dartford’s generous donation after their
2004 pre-Fathers’ Day virtual car rallies. See:
http://www.orchardsdartford.co.uk/pastevents/19-6-04/3_400.htm
A
special tribute to Benedict House Preparatory School, Sidcup,
where Mark’s sons Andrew and Thomas attended.
In the Spring of 2004 the school generously held a Sponsored Penalty Shoot-out
and Sports Day which raised over £3,000!!!!
http://www.benedicthouseprepschool.co.uk/