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Don`t forget our quiz night this Friday 28th November, 8 pm start.
I`ve had a bit of a mare this week, I put the wrong month ( December) on our posters advertising the quiz and on some of the web-sites I`ve put the WRONG day ( Saturday 29th ) Too much homemade wine I think!!
Sorry to anyone for the confusion but it is definitely this Friday. Hope to see you there.
We will hopefully have a couple of tombola at Cofton Nursery open weekend, in the two weeks before Christmas.
Unfortunately we are short of a few prizes, so if anyone has anything that could be used on a tombola and would like to donate it to us, please give us a call on 874072 or E-Mail
Had a great evening with the race night, click on past events to see how well we did.
Check out Matts web-site, I think he needs our support. Matt is raising funds for M.S the hard way.
The M.S society has lauched incentive to raise funds for M.S with a pamphlet and guess who`s on the front cover?
You may have noticed that we`ve been `off air` for a while. Thats because we have changed web-site hosters. Instead of paying £7 a month, we`ve now got hosting for £28 for TWO YEARS! a great saving.
I`ve been a bit busy lately to organise any events but we have a few in the pipeline so keep checking our web-site.
We`ve decided to call a close on Martins hair shave, unfortunately it was hard work chasing some people for the sponsorship money, so we`ve cut our loses and decided to call an end.
Thats the only down side, I cannot believe how much we raised from something so simple ( I mean the hairshave not you Martin !! but there again....) I thought we would maybe raise £500 with the evenings entertainment but hey, we far exceeded that. Wait for the fanfare...we raised a fantastic and unbelievable £1,764.36
Thanks to everyone who came along on the night or supported with donations or gifts and most of all thanks to Martin for being such a sport.
`Who loves yer baby`
Jackie & Yvonne was helped by Marcel at the Blue Cross.
We handed over a cheque for £10,000 to local BBC newsreader Suzanne Virdee, who recieved the cheque on behalf of the M.S Society. Thanks Suzanne for coming along. Also a big thank you to everyone who has supported us in one way or another to get to this fantastic amount, without your support this would not have been possible.
Bromsgrove beer festival 2008.
What a great time we had and we raised lots of money for M.S and supped some beer along the way !!
Sent a few stamps off to be recycled this week.Hopefully they will make a bit of money for the M.S society.
Well we got up at six ready for the Elizabethan market and it was hammering down with rain. After last nights weather forecast which predicted heavy rain all day, we reluctantly decided to not go to the market. The market stall would not have kept our prizes dry, so it may have been a waste of good prizes. We also could not leave the site until 4pm, so if we were soaked to the skin and fed up we would have been stuck there. We also felt that there would not be as many people about.
Sorry to everyone who went along to see our stall.
Had a nice surprise tonight, Julie from up the road came round with some cosmetics sets, lotion sets, body creams, etc that her daughters didn`t want from Christmas/Birthdays, but they are ideal for our tombolas. They will do very nicely for our Elizabethan market tombola, thanks girls. Also had a call from Dave who had a bin bag of cuddley toys that his daughter didn`t want. They also will be great for our tombola. We either put them into our tombola or we give them a gifts to the children who didn`t win anything. Thanks Dave.
If anyone else has anything new that would be suitable for a tombola or raffle prize and you would like to donate, then please let us know. Just click the contact button.
Bourbon tasting, pictures in the past events page.
Sponsored hair shave.
What a great night and great sport Martin is. Pictures in past events.
As soon as all the sponsorship money is in we will let you know how much we raised.
Cake break ~ yummy
REIKI
A spiritual journey through hands on healing to improve general health and well being.
HEART AND SOUL
What a great night of music and dance, click on past events for pics
Look whos been in `pick me up `
They have done a feature on our curry night fund raiser.
Malt whisky tasting - Speyside region.
A lovely contrast of malts, click the pic for more details.
A couple with M.S and a love of music got together to produce this album about and for M.S sufferers, also the profits are going towards M.S. Have a listen and see what you think.
A interesting article in the Mirror paper.
After our host for our last guestbook closed down we have found another one.
Please take a moment to leave us a message and let us know how we`re doing.
Yoga for M.S
Check out this site for people with M.S to learn about yoga, it`s taught by Sue Lee.
Purchase a DVD, mention J.A.Y.S and Sue will then donate 50p to us for each one sold.
I have also put a link in our link page.
Have a look at this web web-site of a M.S sufferer who is a little `extreme` in his raising of funds for M.S.He is also in our links section.
His name is Ray Sabbatini and is the founder of Multiple Sclerosis Extreme.
"I might have MS but, MS doesn't have me"! Stay Strong, Ray
Winter Warmers
Warm front provides grants for insulation and heating improvements to householders in England who are in receipt of certain benifits, including Disability Living Allowance (DLA). Grants are given up to £2,700 ( £4,000 if oil-fired central heating is involved.
To find out if you qualify for a grant call: 0800 072 9006 or visit www.warmfront.co.uk
TEN QUICK FACTS ABOUT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
· An estimated 2,500,000 people in the world have multiple sclerosis - including 85,000 in the UK - it is more common in countries further away from the equator
· MS is the most common potentially disabling disease of the central nervous system affecting young adults in the Western world
· Every week around 50 people in the UK are diagnosed with MS
· Diagnosis is usually between 20 and 40 years of age - rarely under 12 or over 55
· Three women have MS for every two men
· Prognosis is uncertain - ranging from benign through 'coming and going' to severely disabling
· Common symptoms include pain, deadening fatigue, problems with sight, mobility and co-ordination
· MS is not hereditary - but there is a slightly higher chance of getting it if a relative has it - and it is not contagious
· There is no cure for MS but there are now drugs which can modify its course for some people and many symptoms can be successfully treated or managed
· MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is giving neurologists better understanding of MS, helping diagnosis and research into treatments
As you can see from the right hand side of our web site, we have a `buy.at` logo, the `shopping bag`.
If you are shopping on-line, then click this logo and we will get a percentage of what you spend for no extra charge to you or the company involved. No catch, no gimmicks, it`s easy. It does not matter if it`s £10 or £1,000 log on through our site because every little bit helps and don`t forget to tell your friends.
Some of the ways that J.A.Y.S can earn money
~ 90p just for filling in a consumer products survey from Experian and you will be entered into a prize draw.
~ switch gas and electricity provider through your webshop and you`ll get the cheapest rate guaranteed and switchandgive.com will give up to £14 for each household that switches.
~ 5p for each brochure ordered from brochurebank.co.uk , thinking about your summer hols ?
~ Buy a subscription with Sky and we`ll get £50
~ Get broadband from any of the suppliers and we can get up to £27.50
~ Capital one will give us £22 for credit card applications which are accepted instantly and £7 if the application is referred for futher checks
Another wet day, but still rasied £150.00
Despite the terrible weather we still had a great time and raised £137
A lemon sponge, A chocolate sponge and a fruit loaf were all devoured on our 1st cake break
According to the Aprils editition of the Readers Digest
Caucasians with the highest levels of vitamin D in their blood are 62% less likely to develop MS than those with the lowest amounts.
That was taken from - Harvard school of public health
Want to know more about Vitamin D - Click here
Is this too good to be true, an egg to help M.S. sufferers.
Irish whiskey tasting night
Some great whiskeys, click on past events.
Quiz night
Thanks to everyone who came and supported our Easter quiz. More details at past events.
We raised a total of £127.06
Yippee...We have reached our £5,000 target that we set ourselves.
This week we handed over the cheque for £5,000 to Mr Chris Diggines, the chairman of the Worcester & District branch on behalf of the M.S society.
We would like to thank everyone who has helped, donated and supported us in raising this great amount.
With the money raised, half will go towards research and the other half towards local specialised nurses.
With your continued support we hope we can achive this fantastic amount again.
We`re in the local papers.The Standard, Advertiser & Birmingham evening mail.
Click on the pictures to read the story.
We had a interesting talk and demonstration of Aromatherapy by Don Campbell & Penny.
We raised £83 on the night, have a look a the pictures
New card for M.S. sufferers
People with multiple sclerosis often need help quickly and find it difficult or embarrassing to explain why.
A discreet new ‘assistance card’ from the MS Society explains that a person has MS,
reassures that it is not infectious and describes everyday situations where help could be given.
For more info and to order a card, click here
Burns night 26th Jan
A great night was had by all with some very enjoyable malts tasted.
click on past events
Our Christmas quiz raised £246
Oh No, my fifteen minutes of fame.
Jackie sent this photo of me at this years carnival to `Pick me up` magazine.
