Focus On Spring 2013 - Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

FUNDRAISING THANK YOU’SThank you to everyone who helped with our Think Pink! Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign:- Augher/Clogher Cancer Focus Group raised £1,300 at CorickHouse Hotel- Newtownstewart Cancer Focus Group raised £1,700 at 10Square Restaurant- Enniskillen Cancer Focus Group raised £904 at Squire’sRestaurant- Classic Wine Bar and Restaurant Limavady raised £708- Foyle Ladies raised £550 at a golf competition- The Granary Coffee and Sandwich Bar, Belfast, raised £636- Department for Employment and Learning, Belfast, raised £324- NRC colleges raised £1,867- Armagh Rugby Club raised £1,330- Ballyclare Secondary raised £938.48, reaching an outstandingtotal of £16,797- Blus h Beauty’s clients donated £79- Joan McKay raised £123 selling pink goodies- Ballyclare High School raised £394 selling pink healthy lollipopsto pupils- Lagan Locks Hair and Beauty raised £120 selling pink goodies- Julie and the team at Silk Hair Design, Glengormley, raised £355Kesh Friends Bunny Walk raised £575 andColeraine Bunny Walk raised £1,006Meadowvale Shopping Centre collection,Magherafelt, raised £111Skinners Bakery, Holywood, held a cake andbiscuit auction raising £397Holywood Dental Practice patients andstaff raised £621Loreto Grammar School raised over £500in memory of teacher Frances Lilly. Nearly£7,000 has been raised in totalGeorge Pescod, Banbridge, raised £174from a sponsored midnight swim inCamlough LakeCarmel Carville, Downpatrick, raised£1,220 in lieu of 70th birthday presentsBelmont Playcare, Belfast, raised £100 at aGenevieve Pyjama PartyTracey Gilmore celebrated her birthday instyle by raising £5,000The Rice Family held a coffee morning inmemory of their mother Bridget Rice atKillough Youth Club raising £1,965Angela McErlain and Debbie Patton raised£765 at a disco and BBQ held at BallymoneyRugby ClubKylia Smith and the staff of NIEA raised£149 at a bun saleBallyeaston Presbyterian Church donated£88YPI donated £1,000 when Cancer Focuswon their December Tweet-a-ThoncompetitionThanks to Lisburn Harmony Ladies Choirwho generously presented £431 to us atthe Sing for Life choir’s first concertMovember:- Eamonn Magill raised £219- Clifford McILwain raised £142- Decky Eccles raised £154- Wil McMurran raised £128- Sean Barker raised £493- John Darragh, Tim Strain, Killian Kerr, IanCoulter and David Carville raised £806- Stephen Shannon raised £320- Ruari Doherty, Pearse Timoney, PaulDevenny, Nigel Russell and Gordon Reillyfrom Danske Bank raised £940- Gordon Black raised £140- Jason Ling raised £416- Stuart Craig raised £132Probation Board for Northern Irelanddonated £653 raised through Think Pinkand Movember fundraisingConor Creen raised £48 by growing a beardin DecemberStormont Hotel and Diva Dolls raised£1,144 at a Take Me Out event held at thehotelSt Mary’s Primary School, Portaferry, held ahealthy fun day raising £1,050Cleansing Service, Belfast, raised £436.79at a Christmas coffee morning and raffleMembers of the Linfield SupportersClub raised £600 at a charity snookercompetitionCookstown High School raised £250 at acoffee morningDraperstown Celtic FC raised £405 at asocial eveningA huge thank you to the Carlisle families ofCarlisles’ Fresh Foods, Ballynahinch, whoorganised a festive, fun Christmas partynight at the Millbrook Lodge Hotel. Theevent raised an outstanding £8,200 whichwas received by fundraiser Rosie ForsytheStephen Brunt and Sean Lambe, Belfast,trekked in Morocco and raised a fantastic£3,012Serco staff at the Invest NI building raised£300 at a cream tea afternoonA group of brave men from Stewartstownhand over £2,089 raised at a Shave or Dyeevent to fundraiser Sylvia Lucy – thanks toallSPORTS EVENTS 2013Obel Abseil23rd - 24th MarchScafell Pike19-20 AprilPaddle the Bann27-28 AprilGlens of Antrim Trek12 MayCeltic Mountain Challenge 31 May – 2JuneSlieve Donard Moonlit Trek14 JuneBen Nevis Challenge21 -23 JuneAnnalong Valley Trek12 AugBen Nevis Challenge 6-8 SeptemberGreat North Run15 SeptemberUnite & Bike Against Cancer 5-13 OctoberKilimanjaro Challenge Trek 14-25 OctoberNew York Marathon3rd NovemberFor further information or to registerplease contact: Sarah on 028 9068 0765,sarahatcheson@cancerfocusni.orgorNeill on 028 9068 0758,neillgrainger@cancerfocusni.orgFor information on our upcoming events log ontowww.cancerfocusni.orgFollow us onPAGE 8PAGE 8For information on our upcoming events log onto www.cancerfocusni.orgFor information on our upcoming events log onto www.cancerfocusni.org