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NEWS
and EVENTS
Treasurer's
Trove - Chairman's Comments
Well
the Sponsored Walk has been and gone and once again we had fine
weather for it even though it was raining quite heavy on the west
side ofLeedsand in Bradford. A
J McLean,
Colin
Pullan, MBE
LATEST NEWS FROM TAKE HEART NEWS DESK One of our lot has been sampling the facilities at the LGI recently. Just in case you have not heard Colin Pullan has been in hospital in September. I can report he is now home again taking things easy??? So if you wonder why you have not seen him around and about as usual, this is why. He has been told by several trustees to take his time, do his rehab over the coming weeks. I can report he is well, but whenever I have seen him, he has a list of instructions to ensure everything is carried out as normal---even if he isn’t here! If there is anything urgent that needs sorting out either Alec McLean or myself can be contacted Ron Bretherton
Morrish and Co Solicitors offer a free initial advice service to Take Heart members – Contact 0113 250 7792 (Tom Morrish – Yeadon) 0113 245 0733 ( Zoe Nicholson –Leeds) or 0113 257 0523 (Charles Clough –Pudsey)
Many thanks to Claire Speight for organising a dress-down day at Irwin Mitchell, Solicitors where she works.She kindly presented me with a cheque for £116.65 and has also raised more than £100 in sponsorship for our 20th Annual Walk. Well done Claire! Bernie Cass
ORDER TAKE HEART GOODIES ONLINE
Have a look now - you can order the Christmas Cards here or any of the other merchandise here. If you prefer the old fashioned way, you can still order them by Royal Mail from George Harrison 22 South View Rothwell LS26 0NT Bill Stevenson
PAR
3 CLUB
Once
again I was very pleased to be invited to meet members of the Par
3 Club receive a cheque to the sum of £430-00 plus a £5-00
donation. This lovely sum was raised by a golf day for the Ticher
Trophy on behalf of Take Heart. Photo
shows Presentation of cheque by
Some
of our trustees and volunteers collecting at Ikea on the 19th and
20th of July 2008 raised the sum of £532-00 thanks to the
generosity customers of Ikea also thanks to Lindsey Burniston, Charitable
Organiser for Ikea for her efforts making sure we receive a warm
welcome on our visits to the store. From Bristol Dear Mr McLean Pleased find enclosed a cheque for £350-00 in aid of the Take Heart Campaign Earlier this year, my sister Emma and I completed the Bath Half Marathon and collected sponsorship for this in aid of our cousin, James Clough, who sadly passed away while being treated at Leeds Infirmary last year. Despite his condition, James lived his life to the full, often overcoming some fairly tough obstacles and we wanted to attempt something in his memory that was just a little difficult for us. As it was a particularly cold, wet and muddy day, this more than proved to be the case, but we achieved our goal and so have been able to raise the money promised to us. We hope this will go at least a little way in helping with the fantastic work the team at Leeds do and which I know James and his parents were always so appreciative of. Yours
sincerely
From Morcambe Dear All Pleased
find enclosed a cheque for £110-00. Thank
you
From
Penrith I was very grateful to you all for supporting my Dad –Peter Thomas when he spent time having heart valves replaced and lots of other help, over the past 18 months. It seemed logical to raise money for your charity, to say a big thank you. I hope the money helps you to help more patients at the LGI. Two of my friends donated money via the website (N Harling £50-00 and O Ashford 10-00) so my total was £774-61 (Yippee!!). I have enclosed sponsor forms so that you can claim Gift Aid on these sums. I ran as a nun with a friend “Nuns on the Run” Good luck with all your future work and thank you again for all your help to my great Dad Peter
Sincere
thanks During
our last Newsletter packing evening we were visited by two gentlemen
from Thorsby Lodge, Pudsey who presented a cheque for £500.00from
the Leeds Masonic Charities.Colin took them on a tour of the hospital
to show them the projects we had completed before ending up on the
roof garden and receiving the cheque on behalf of Take Heart.
TAKE
HEART CHALLENGE CUP SUNDAY 17TH AUGUST 2008 Once
again the weather took up for us. My thanks to all the bowlers who
took part, to Rawdon Bowling Club and ladies who helped with the
Refreshments, Mrs B Forder selling the raffle tickets, also to all
those who donated Food and Raffle Prizes. My thanks to Mr I Forder
for his help in running the bowls match. To all the Bowlers who
raised the grand total £333-00. Donations from the Otley Lions
Club £50-00 and Guisley Lions Club £50-00, Making a
grand total on the day to £433-00.
Once again the weather was kind to us. My thanks to my wife Brenda, Mrs Eileen Willoughby, Mrs Isabel Kennedy, Mrs Muriel Jefferson, and all the bowlers who provided the refreshments and raffle prizes and bowled in the match. To all the Take Heart Bowlers who at last won the Trophy. With the proceeds from the bowlers, raffle and sale of pens and bowls logos provided by Mr D Lee, the event raised £137-00. Once again my thanks to everyone who took part?
On Saturday I visited Church Grange, Cleckheaton on behalf of take Heart and was pleased to receive a lovely cheque for £921.80.This had been raised over the year by the residents with help from Mrs Brenda Fisher, Mrs Yvonne Warrilow, Mrs Susan Hepworth and Mr Tony Hepworth.They usually raise money over a yearly term for different charities and this year we were the nominated charity. I was made very welcomeand enjoyed my short stay with them being well fed and watered.I told them a little about Take Heart and then made a presentation of the plaques to them.Our picture shows Yvonne Warrilow, Tony Hepworth, Myself, Susan Hepworth and Mrs Brenda Fisher.
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DIARY
DATES 2008 Christmas Draw December 6th 2008 Christmas Dance December 12th 2008
November 22nd 2008 February 21st 2009 These all start at 10-00am to 12-00 noon in the Seminar Room on F Floor, Jubilee Wing LGI. There is usually a short General Meeting after the Coffee Morning. So come along have a chat and a cup of coffee.
These
are on Saturdays and Sundays CLOSING DATES FOR NEWSLETTER ITEMS November 24th 2008 Promotional Stall Dates
Our
Christmas card this year will be “Juggling Santa”. Size:
- 150mm x 150mm at £3-25 per pack of 10 plus 70p p&p per
packet. You can order these online now by clicking
here or you may get them by writing to Mr George Harrison
22 South View Rothwell LS26 0NT
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To
celebrate our 20th Sponsored Walk after a dreadful week of weather
the event was blessed with a pretty nice day. I am sure our walkers
were delighted with the medal and the Certificate to Commemorate
the Event, although numbers were disappointingly low. I believe
we will have raised a nice sum of money for the event. The use of
the two Educational Rooms in the Mansion was really appreciated
for the Registration and Stalls. A full summary will be given inside
this newsletter.
I
am delighted to inform you that we now have the facilities to take
orders for the Take Heart merchandise online. You may pay with your
Visa, Mastercard or Debit Card. The system is secure and we do not
hold details of cards here.
