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Zumba For A Reason

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

On Friday 11th of March at 8pm 119 people packed out Hazelwick school to “Zumba for a reason”

That reason was to raise awareness and funds for The Cystic Fybrosis Trust, Organised by Joanne Cooper.

Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food.

* Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis.

* Each week, two young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis.

* Average life expectancy is 38 years.

 

I didn’t realize just how many people around me are affected by Cystic fybrosis until I started organizing the event. Mums at my childrens school spoke to me about there experiences, ladies in my classes, A neighbor of mine even knocked to donate £30 as she had lost a close friend to CF.

Lots of fantastic local instructors gave up there spare time to come down and to teach for everyone…. Vicky Hayes, Mandi Zumba lloyd, Sarah Cubitt, Ellie Cubitt, Sarah Broadley, Sarah Ray, Jayne Nicola and Nicole Wizotzki.

We Zumba’ed for a full hour and a half and raised £1090.08!!!

We had a special surprise at the end of the evening. The wonderful Sam Kenneally who attends Joanne’s Wednesday class sang the last song for everyone… bringing the night to a fantastic end….

Thank you to everyone who donated xxx

7:45pm till 8:45pm
Zumba
Hazelwick School
South Hall
Mill Lane
Three Bridges
Crawley
RH10 1SX

Cost: £5

 

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Elite support for charity

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

On Thursday 24th September ’09 Crawley Happy Times had the privilege of attending the Crowne Plaza Hotel’s Elite Health & Fitness Club to hear about some amazing people.

Why are they so amazing?

Twenty-six members of the Elite Health Club at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Gatwick, have completed an epic swim covering the distance of the River Thames – 220 miles! This equated to swimming 23,066 lengths of the pool. The members only had 50 days to complete the challenge of swimming 462 lengths each day between them.

Staff & Ladies from Elite Health Club with Michael Beasley STCH

Staff & Ladies from Elite Health Club with Michael Beasley STCH

This latest challenge follows other successful challenges and social events including swimming the English Channel and also to run, walk and cycle the length of Route 66. So far these challenges have helped raise nearly £5,000 for St Catherine’s Hospice.

We met up with Michael Beasley, Corporate Fundraiser for St Catherine’s Hospice who said: “We would like to thank the Elite Health Club and its members for their valued support. The challenges and social events are great activities for the members to get involved in and also helps raise valuable money for the hospice. Their support will help us continue to deliver vital end of life care in our community.”

Katie Brindle, Elite Health Club Manager said “I would like to say thank you to all the members that have taken part in our challenges and for their sponsorship.  They have made a tremendous effort to get to the club and swim their lengths to complete the challenge on time. Thank you to Stuart who designed the challenge.  If it wasnt for his creative mind we would not be able to run events like this! St Catherines is our local charity and all our staff and members are happy to help raise money for such a good cause.  I would like to say thank you to St Catherines for their support with our money raising.  Raising over £5000 for St Catherines so far is a brilliant well done all”.

We were very impressed with this great achievement, especially as the participants we met and spoke to were ‘mature’ ladies. Well done ladies.

For further information on Elite Health & Fitness visit their website here or call 01293 608614. Maybe you would like to be part of their next challenge :-)

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The Harvester are making wishes come true throughout August

Friday, August 14th, 2009

The Harvester, Crawley2

This Saturday, 15th August, marked the third event for Harvester’s fundraising events for The Make A Wish Foundation. The staff donned their uniform-themed outfits and entertained the visitors while they dined.  Their aim is to raise £800 by the end of August.  We spoke to the manager Lisa.

The Harvester’s previous events have included a Country and Western theme night: staff dressed up as saloon girls and cowboys to name but a few, and there were children’s cowboy hats available to purchase. All proceeds were donated to the Foundation and will be again this year. They also held a cake sale.  Claire Halton, who works at The Harvester, told us “staff cooked or provided cakes and cookies for customers to purchase. There was face painting available for the children. This proved to be a lovely day for the whole family, though desserts weren’t popular on this day… I can’t think why not! Everyone had a wonderful day and we are hoping this year will be just as much fun; along with funds being raised for the Make A Wish Foundation“.

In this photo: - Claire Halton (policewoman), Lisa Wood (Secretary), Cheryl Halton (policewoman), Scott MacArthur (general manager), Cullum Stuart (Builder), Sham (footballer), Joanna (policewoman), Milan Jaros (life guard), Tony (pilot), Sam (nurse), Luigi (russian army), John (chef), Dani (foxy cheerleader), Paul Jacob (fred flintstone), Anna (army personnel) and Trisha (hawaiian waitress)
In this photo: – Claire Halton (Policewoman), Lisa Wood (Secretary), Cheryl Halton (Policewoman), Scott MacArthur (General Manager), Cullum Stuart (Builder), Sham (Footballer), Joanna (Policewoman), Milan Jaros (Life Guard), Tony (pilot), Sam (Nurse), Luigi (Russian Army), John (Chef), Dani (Foxy Cheerleader), Paul Jacob (Fred Flintstone), Anna (Army Personnel) and Trisha (Hawaiian Waitress)

Claire continued: “Make A Wish Foundation is such a fantastic charity. The Harvester set a target of £800 to raise and they are half-way to this target right now. It would be brilliant to see some new faces showing support, and you will get fed well at the same time.  We are raising money throughout August, so if people can come down and make a donation, this would be greatly appreciated”.

All of the staff and management team have put time and effort into organising and carrying out these events and are proud to be doing this for Make A Wish Foundation.

Why not release yourself from the shackles of the kitchen and take a trip down there tonight?! You won’t regret it!

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