NEWS
and EVENTS
October 2009
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Treasurer's
Trove - Chairman's Comments - Morrish
Order Goodies - Bowls
- NHS Chief Presentation
20 Year Celebration - Par 3
Club
- Who Runs Take Heart?
Christmas Cards - Certificate
of Appreciation
Cardiac Nurses - Collection
Boxes - Change of Address - Diary
Ikea - Coffee Mornings
- Promotional Stall in Jubilee Wing
With
deep regret we wish to inform you that
one of our trustees from Killingbeck
John Kenneth Lillie
Passed away recently |
Treasurer's
Trove
We
are at that time of the year when the monies from the sponsored
walk are starting to come into me for banking. I am trying to
acknowledge all the donations individually but as you can imagine
there are quite a lot coming in.
Can I therefore, say a big thank you to all those who did the
walk on our behalf.
I should imagine that its not easy in the present climate to obtain
sponsorship so thank you for all the effort you have put in to
do so.
The depression has hit the charity but not as badly as I thought
it would so at the moment we are ticking over very nicely. Over
the past few weeks we have had two weekend collections at IKEA
and despite the recession we have collected £703.58 and
£587.66 respectively – so a big thank you to those
who stood collecting for us.
Many of you won`t know this but one of the jobs I do is to compile
the donations list. It`s logic really as I list all the money
and reasons for the donations when I bank each week. I have experienced
some problems of late in as much as I have not been able to read
the writing on some of the letters and it`s not always easy to
obtain the right information and names, so if I have made an error
on the list in the past – I do apologise.
A
J McLean,
Treasurer
CHAIRMAN'S
COMMENTS
Dear
Friends
I
would like to start my comments by thanking everyone who supported
our Sponsored Walk, and our week promoting our 20th Anniversary
at the LGI, full reports inside. You will now have received our
Christmas Draw Tickets and I would ask you wherever possible to
support this fundraising effort.
Following our AGM when we re-elected Trustees, our treasure said
he would stand for a further two years. But indicated that following
his term of office 2009-2011 he would like to stand down from
this position with this in mind the charity needs to seek a replacement
for the end of his term. The Post would require some one with
book keeping skills and computer skills and of course time. If
there is anyone among our membership who has these skills and
would like details of what is entailed please get in contact with
me at the address on the front of this newsletter. Of course it
goes without saying the applicants must have impregnable character
references for honesty and trust.
Further to this the trustees are to be asked to draw up a plan
to ensure continuity of operation of the charity after all many
of our Trustees are not getting any younger, including myself.
To close my comments I would like to add that in my work I meet
so many patients, relatives and staff who cannot praise enough
the benefits they have enjoyed provided by Take Heart. Be proud
to belong to this YOUR WONDERFUL CHARITY
Colin Pullan MBE
Chairman
WHO
RUNS TAKE HEART?
Have
you ever wondered what people are behind Take Heart and are responsible
for the day to day running of our charity - well, click
here to find out,
Morrish and Co. Solicitors
As Honorary Solicitors, Morrish Solicitors LLP offers free initial
legal advice to our members and their families. To seek advice
telephone Tom Morrish (Yeadon Office) on Leeds 0113 250 7792.or
Charlotte Bandawe (City Centre) on 0113 245 0733 or Charles Clough
(Pudsey Office) on Leeds 0113 257 0523
Presentation
from the Chief Executive
of Leeds NHS Trust
We
were proud to receive a plaque, presented by Maggie Boyle, Chief
Exec of the Leeds NHS Trust to mark Take Heart's fundraising passing
the two million pound mark.
Full
story and pictures here.
CERTIFICATE
OF APPRECIATION
Bernie
Cass, Colin Pullan and Lucy Pinder
As
you all know we are celebrating our 20th anniversary of Take Heart
and one of the driving forces is of course our Chairman Colin
Pullan MBE. At the last Coffee Morning Colin was presented with
a Certificate of Appreciation for all his tireless work at his
2nd home LGI.
So many thanks to Colin For all his work past and present from
all the members of Take Heart.
TAKE
HEART 20 YEAR CELEBRATION
AND PRIZE DRAW
LH
Paul and Stephanie Kauffman
RH Bernie Cass and Lucy Pinder
During
the week commencing 10th August through to Sunday 16th August
Take Heart was promoting the Charity and selling draw tickets.
A super week down at the LGI many thanks to the many who gave
time to man the stall. Our charity received some wonderful comments
about its work and we got quite a number of new members. Ticket
sales were well supported.
A special thank you to Mrs Stephanie Kauffman who took a weeks
leave from work to look after the event with husband Paul.
The Celebration Draw then went on to our Sponsored Walk where
it was drawn.
My thanks to Mr. Brian Richards who hand-crafted the Rocking Horse
and donated it to Take Heart in appreciation of the care given
to his wife Margaret at the Yorkshire Heart Centre.
Mr. John Thompson MD Metropolis NLP Ltd for donating the London
Weekend.
Wayne and Sharon Parkinson of the Golf Café Bar, Leeds
for donating simulated golf round and refreshments for four people.
Further prizes donated were:
Two tier fruit cake donated by Cake Craft at Armley
Basket of fruit donated by Ian Manager Dyson Green Grocers Armley
Gift voucher donated by Marks and Spencer to the value of £25-00
The
winning tickets were:-
1st prize 1720
2nd prize 2256
3rd prize 2573
4th prize 2699
5th prize 2477
6th prize 1645
PRIZE
DRAW
All the prizes have been claimed.
Thanks to all who supported us?
The Grand Total Raised Was £1439-00
ORDER
TAKE HEART GOODIES ONLINE
We
now have 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 never have sight of credit card details
here.
You
can now even become a member of Take Heart online. Have
a look now - you can order the merchandise here.
If you prefer the old fashioned way, you can still order them
by 'snail' Mail from George Harrison 22 South View Rothwell LS26
0NT
Bill
Stevenson
Trustee
TAKE
HEART v RAWDON BOWLING CLUB AT HORTON PARK
Ian
Forder, D Lee, J Calvert
Once
again the weather was kind to us. My thanks to all who donated
refreshments and raffle prizes. Thanks to all the ladies who served
the refreshments and run the raffle. Mr Ian and Barbara Forder
and the bowlers from Rawdon, all the Take Heart bowlers who at
last won the Trophy with a score of 238, Rawdon 228.
The
event raised £230-00 from the bowlers, the raffle and Bowls
Logos provided by Mr D Lee.
Once again my thanks to everyone who took part.
J Calvert
PAR
3 CLUB
WIKE RIDGE GOLF CLUB
2nd
from the left Mrs Sybil Pillar, CP, Mrs Arlene Chambers
Once
again I was pleased to be invited to go along to Wike Ridge Golf
Club and receive a cheque from members of the Par 3 Club to the
lovely sum of £520-00.
Every year the Club hold a Golf Tournament for the TICKER TROPHY
on behalf of Take Heart. The two main organisers of the event
are Mrs Sybil Pillar and Mrs Arlene Chambers with the help from
other members. The Par 3 Club have raised over£2000-00 along
with £1116-00 today Take Heart being nominated as Mrs Arlene
Chambers Charity during her year of office as Lady Captain.
After the Presentation I was able to tell members about the recent
work of Take Heart and thank them for all their efforts and warm
welcome.
Colin Pullan MBE
CHRISTMAS
CARDS
This year we have a choice of two cards.”Winter Flowers”
size 150mm x 150mm and “Festive Collage” size 215mm
x 150mm (limited stock). Both cards come in packs of 10 at£3-25
per pack plus 75p per pack for postage and packing.
You
can order them by mail or directly online here.
Availability will not be until August, but if you wish to send
your orders in early I will despatch them as soon as possible.
Please forward your order to George Harrison, 22 South View, Rothwell,
LS26 0NT together with cheque to cover made out to Take Heart.
I hope you will continue to support us.
George Harrison
CARDIAC NURSE
SPECIALIST HELPLINE
Available on Leeds
0113 392 5645(Medical)
0113 302 5646(Surgical)
0113 392 5647(Surgical)
COLLECTION
BOXES
If you require a collection box, or your collection box needs
empting. Contact Jack Calvert on 01274 882 034
Or the Take Heart
Office on 0113 392 2888
CHANGE
OF ADDRESS
Please
be sure to let us have full details if you move house so that
we can keep our data base up to
date for posting out newsletters etc
DIARY
DATES 2009
TURKEY AND TINSEL
Friday/Sunday, November 6th/8th
CHRISTMAS
DRAW
Saturday, December 5th
CHRISTMAS EVE
Ward visits
Newsletter
Closing Date
December issue - Monday November 16th
IKEA
COLLECTION DATES
All
collection dates are Saturday and Sunday
November 28th and 29th
COFFEE
MORNINGS
These are held in Leeds General
Infirmary in
Jubilee Wing on F Floor adjacent to the Take Heart Office
from 10am - 12 noon
Everyone
is welcome - please drop in for a coffee and a chat
Saturday November 21st
Saturday February 20th 2010
These are followed by General Meetings.
Promotional
Stall
In Jubilee Wing
In
our last Newsletter it was stated that the promotional stall would
be in the Reception Area of the Jubilee Wing every Friday.
This has now changed and the dates when the stall will be there
are given below.
October
2nd, 16th and 30th
November 13th and 27th
December 4th and 18th
It is hoped that next year the stall will return to every Friday
(We've
moved a little.... We're round the corner from the hospital Flower/Card/Refreshment
Shop in the Reception area)
