Ladies who knit.....

Many thanks to the ladies of 'Yarnit' (a local knitting group), who held an extra meeting this week, in order to help boost our funds. They all had a relaxing evening of knitting, tea / coffee (and wine!) They also held their own raffle, raising £42.50 in total. Thank you to host Sophie, and to Julie and Christine for contributing raffle prizes.

 

 

Finally, don't forget our brilliant auction! A few new items are due to be added this week, so it's worth checking back there every so often.......

The auction is live......

Our 'Help Daniel Find His Feet' charity auction is now live. Firstly I must say thank you to Emily, Ben, David & Grace, for the considerable amount of time and effort they have put into this, as well as Alice and Harriet and all the many people that have donated promises for the auction.

You can find the auction at
www.32auctions.com/helpdanielfindhisfeet

You can also access it via our facebook page.

Please do have a look at the auction, there are so many fantastic and varied items from different areas of the country, and the world. Please, please, please also forward the address for the auction page to anyone you know who might be interested. The more publicity we can get, the more potential bidders!

There are also a few more items due to be added in the next few days, so it's worth checking back there to see what might be new. (Also if you would like to donate anything for the auction, it is not too late, please just get in contact with us and we will gratefully accept any offers).

If you have any questions about any of the items in the auction do contact us, and we will do our best to get the answers for you!

The auction closes at 4pm on Sunday 2nd September. Happy bidding!!!

Dance-a-thon!

Everyone had great fun at the dance-a-thon on Monday. The children danced for an hour, and showed off their many talents. We had hip-hop, disco dancing, and even ballet! Admittedly there was also quite a lot of jumping around with balloons!

Very well done to Emma, John, Abigail, Ella, Daisy, Ruby, Daniel and Lucy! Thanks also to Emma's mum Rachel for hosting the event. I will add the final amount raised when all the sponsor money is in.

 

A third of the way there.......

Although things have been a bit quiet on the fundraising front, due to the school summer holidays, this week has been exciting because we quietly went past 18k, so we are officially one third of the way to our target!

Coming up in the next few days, we have Michael Cartwright's cycle to work and back. Don't forget this is a 120 mile round trip, with a day's work in the middle, which will be a massive task, so please sponsor him if you can. You can do that on his Justgiving page, which is www.Justgiving.com/michael-cartwright0, or text CART75 and the amount (up to £10), to 70070 (eg to sponsor Michael £10 text CART75 £10 to 70070).

Tomorrow Emma and friends (including Daniel and Lucy) are doing their sponsored dance-a-thon. We are all looking forward to that (while also being grateful that the weather has cooled down a little as it will be hot work!)

Finally, we now have our facebook page up and running, which is exciting. It can be found at www.facebook.com/helpdanielfindhisfeet. It is worth a look because this week we will be launching our auction of promises, and the details of the promises and how to bid will be published on the facebook page. There should be some really exciting promises, so well worth a look, and hopefully a bid! A massive thank you to Emily, Ben, David, Grace and others for all their hard work in getting the auction organised.

Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.....

Well OK, admittedly this post is really only about heads and toes, with not much in the way of shoulders or knees, but I liked the idea of that title.....

So, we have made it to the end of term at last, and everyone is exhausted but relieved to be on holiday (and of course the sun has come out at last, which is exciting). However, we did manage to squeeze in a last couple of fundraising events this week before school finished for the summer.

On Tuesday Leckhampton School had its Funny Feet Day. It was great fun, and there was some very interesting footwear on display! A magnificent £671 was raised - thank you so much to everyone for getting involved, and for your generosity.

On Wednesday, we had the much-awaited shaving of Fraser's head! Thank you to Bournside School for allowing Fraser to do this in his lunch hour. Fraser was extremely brave, and allowed his Mum and his Head of Year to attack his hair at the same time! Fraser was warmly supported by more than 50 members of Year 9 and 10, all of whom had made a donation to watch the event! Fraser raised a fantastic £173.40, and we are tremendously grateful to him.

Feeling a bit nervous?

Starting to think this was all a bad idea after all?

Looking a little patchy at this stage....

But a good end result!

Things are a little quieter over the next few weeks, with the schools off and many people away. However, Emma and her friends are doing their dance-a- thon, Jade is planning her sponsored silence, and of course Michael Cartwright is planning his bike ride to work and back. (See www.justgiving.com/Michael-Cartwright0).

There is also the online auction of promises, to be launched very soon. There should be some really interesting promises that you can bid for, so keep checking back here, and I will publish details soon).

If you suddenly feel a little bored over the summer, and are overtaken by the urge to do some fundraising, then there are some resources, such as flyers and a general sponsorship form on the 'Contact' page of Daniel's main site (www.helpdanielfindhisfeet.com). We are about a third of the way to our final target, but there's a long way to go, so we continue to search for new ways to raise funds, and would love to hear from anyone with ideas!!

Sweet things...........

Well, it's been another busy (and dare I say sugar - filled) week!

Broadlands Pre-School have been selling cups of sweets at the end of each session this week. Thank you so much to all the parents that sold on different days. Here are Sarah and Harry in action on Wednesday!

On Friday we had the cake sale at Leckhampton School. A massive thank you to everyone that baked, we had offers from across all age groups of the school. An incredible £231.82 was raised - that's a lot of cakes! Very well done and thank you to Alanah, Rhianna and Bonnie, as well as their siblings and friends, plus Laura and the other wonderful Mums, and Dad Vijay.

As well as cakes, they also sold lots more wristbands.....

Also selling lots of wristbands on Friday were the staff of Nursery Rhymes Nursery. It was their graduation ceremony for the pre-school leavers. The staff kindly told everyone all about Daniel (who went to Nursery Rhymes when he was younger) and then encouraged them to buy wristbands! Thank you everyone, we will miss you all when Lucy leaves nursery.

Then on Saturday the Thursday Mums Group were once again refusing to be beaten by the rain, and held their Table Top Sale. Thank you to the Exmouth Arms, for allowing them to use the pub garden for this event. A fabulous £184.38 was raised - extraordinary when you consider the pouring rain did not encourage very much passing trade! Thank you so much to Sonya, Leanne, Niki, Laurie and Lara for all their efforts.

Also, in the middle of the sale, along came Fraser, who is 12 years old and runs his own fudge-making business in Cheltenham. Fraser usually gives 10% of his profits from any event to charity.  However, he was sufficiently touched by Daniel's story that he generously donated £50 on the spot to help, which was wonderful. Fraser's fudge looks amazing; have a look at his website, which is
www.frasersfudj.com

We are all staggering towards the end of term now, but we have a couple more events to enjoy this week before the schools break up. On Tuesday, Leckhampton Primary have their 'Funny Feet' day, where pupils can wear any sort of silly footwear with their school uniform, while making a donation to Daniel's fund.
Also, on Wednesday, Fraser Hopkins is shaving his head for Daniel! Good luck Fraser!

Coming up in the next few weeks (if it ever stops raining) is Michael Cartwright's sponsored bike ride to work and back. Michael lives in Cheltenham and works in Newbury, so that will be no mean achievement, especially fitting a day's work in the middle! You can see more detail and sponsor Michael on his Justgiving page.
www.justgiving.com/Michael-Cartwright0

Some more sponsored walk photos.........

Many, many thanks to Matt Davis Photography for these wonderful pictures of the afternoon sponsored walk last Sunday.

 

 

My personal favourite (below)- it's not often Daniel has the chance to put on a burst of speed like this, and have his friends running to catch up!  He couldn't stop giggling........................