On Saturday 31st March, led by Lynda Orr, a group of volunteers ran a very successful tombola in the Pavilions to raise funds for the hospice. The total raised was £895 and this will be matched by Barclays Bank, so £1645 was raised in total.
So well done to all those who helped at this event. Thank You.
Chuckles galore were to be found at our first ever Comedy Night on Thursday 15th March at Baroosh in Uxbridge. We had a terrific line up of comedians for a bargainous £5 per ticket. In fact, it worked out that you paid £1 per comedian! Watch this space for similar events and laugh your socks off while raising valuable funds for the hospice.
On Tuesday 13th March, Harlington hospice took a pirate themed treasure hunt to the 1st Hayes Scout group! The children enjoyed hunting for the treasure and solving clues to give them pieces of the pirate map! The lucky winners found 'gold' in the form of toys from Hasbro! The decorate a biscuit challenge went down particularly well. A fantastic £75 was raised for the hospice. Ahoy there me maties!
The Mayor started 2007 with an ambitious task- to walk the boundaries of the borough of Hillingdon in five days. This is an admirable personal goal as well as raising sponsorship for his charities of the year, including the hospice. On Thursday 4th January the walk began at the hospice and several intrepid hospice staff members did the walk with him! Put your best foot forward as they say and there were NO reports of aching legs!
For the first three weekends of December Santa made a special visit to Ansells Garden Centre in aid of the hospice. He also bought his reindeer and various gifts for children. His kindness and the generosity of parents around the borough meant that nearly £1000 was raised for the hospice.
A very merry Christmas indeed!
On the 15th December Rita Hinton organised a brass band from West Drayton to come and sing and play carols for the hospice at the Baptist church in Harlington. The singing was beautiful and everyone enjoyed the mince pies and hot drinks afterwards. We raised a welcome £25.00.
An intrepid team of 27 staff and volunteers took to Trafalgar Square on the 13th December to sing for the hospice. Old favourites such as Silent Night ran alongside Slade and Elton John. We raised £101.18 for the hospice, although there were some claims that this was to get us to be quiet! Next year we will be taking to the stage with percussion and guitars, sign up now!
'Light Up A Life' took place on Thursday 7th December at the hospice. It was a multi-faith event with speakers from the Christian, Humanist, Sikh and Jewish communities. We also had a visit from the Deputy Mayor. This special annual event allowed us to remember our lost loved ones and light candles in their memory. Our tree was kindly sponsored by A. Cain Funeral Services.
As part fo the Help The Hospices partnership, Royal Mail held a golf day at Stockley Park with a guest appearance by Mayor, Counc David Routledge. Individual and team prizes were up for grabs, being won by Ray Carter and 'Komfort Kronies' respectively. The day'teed up' a well placed £4,000
In March, as part of the Royal Mail/Help The Hospices charity partnership, a party of posties, hospice staff and local businessmen cycled from London to Paris to raise over £40,000. This is their story.....
At the August Bank Holiday, a celebration fo the L2P 2006 Bike Ride was held. The evening also doubled as a 'Thank You' to outgoing Hospice Chairman, Alex Orr
How far would you go for HHA? Angela, Lorraine, Beena and Priti went to 12,000ft by plane, then jumped out!! Thankfully all four landed safely and the Hospice landed a whopping £3,000.
