Care at Home for children with life-threatening or terminal illnesses Autumn 2012 EVENTS DIARY 2012 Snowdrop’snewslett er AUTUMN TEA PARTY Boxgrove Village Hall. 30 October, 2.00pm-4.00pm 2012 £7.50pp Tickets available from the Admin Office. Tel: 01243 572433 Olympic CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL St. George’s Church, Torchbearer Cleveland Rd, Chichester. 27-30 November & 1-2 December EVENTS DIARY 2013 EASTER CONCERT Dylan Read of Chichester AT CHAMPS HILL was given the once-in-a- Champs Hill, Waltham Park Rd, lifetime opportunity to Coldwaltham, PO18 OPS. carry the Olympic Torch 6 April, 7.00pm on the first leg of its relay £15pp to include drinks tour around the country. reception and canapés. Dylan’s grandparents Tickets will be available from nominated him following the Admin Office in Feb 2013. his three year battle with leukaemia; Dylan is now ANNUAL ARUNDEL almost at the end of his CHARITY WALK treatment and everything points to a successful Arundel Castle Park. outcome. His Mum said, 12 May, 2.00pm-5.00pm “The Sussex Snowdrop Trust has been such a vital SUMMER TEA PARTY helpline to me, Dylan and Boxgrove Village Hall. his sister over the past few 9 July, 2.00pm-4.30pm years, and I really don’t think we would have got QUIZ/CURRY NIGHT through it all without their Boxgrove Village Hall. support.” Dylan said that 19 October, 7.00pm-10.00pm it was excellent carrying the torch and that although CHARITY BALL he was nervous at first, he Hilton Avisford Park Hotel soon started to relax and Yapton, Arundel. enjoy his moment of fame. 30 November, 7.30pm-1.00am THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS CONCERT Walberton Village Hall 14 December Full details TBC Past Events It’s Just a Walk ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO OUR in the Park... VALUED VOLS Snowdrop are exceptionally lucky to have a dedicated group of office The much-loved volunteers who regularly give of Snowdrop Charity their time to help support the Trust, Walk took place again and these much-valued helpers were in May in the wonderful invited to a special ‘Coffee & Cake’ surroundings of Arundel thank you morning at the Trust’s Castle Park. Over 1,000 Admin Centre in West Stoke. Snowdrop supporters enjoyed an afternoon of gentle exercise, fun with Thank you! the family and delicious cakes! The 2012 event has seen the best-ever income result for this annual fundraiser with over £10,000 being received by the Trust in sponsorship and donations. Autumn Tea Party Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 2.00pm-4.00pm, What’s Boxgrove Village Hall With 160 full-size flags in his collection, Vexillologist (collector of flags), Christopher Darby, has kindly agreed to Coming Up? give freely of his time and entertain guests with a talk at our Autumn Tea Party. The history of flags and how Chris came to have so many will provide an educational, interesting and amusing afternoon. Which flags are different shapes? See SNOWDROP Reaches if you can name the countries the flags represent. With tea and delicious cakes being served, an enjoyable time can be ITS 20TH Birthday experienced by husbands, wives, partners and friends, the talk having been heard by many appreciative audiences. Our very special local charity was founded in 1993 and therefore 2013 will see the Trust celebrate its 20th Birthday. Events being held during the year are shown on the front page Snowdrop joins the modern age! of this Newsletter; further details will be available when events have been confirmed. Do come along where possible and help Rosemary Hodge, a local businesswoman, having us to celebrate this fantastic achievement for Snowdrop. received her copy of our newsletter using a royal mail postage stamp, very kindly offered to pay for a year’s rental of a franking machine. This offer was very quickly taken up and we are grateful to Rosemary for giving us the ‘push’ to move us along with the times. To help us reduce our postage costs, please do let us know if you have an email address to which we can send future Newsletters; please email your details to [email protected] Snowdrop 2012 Christmas Cards Snowdrop will have a new selection The Old Court Room, The Council Capron House, of Charity Christmas Cards for sale House, (The Assembly Rooms) Midhurst Grammar School, again this year. The cards will be on North Street, Chichester North Street, Midhurst. sale via the Cards for Good Causes 29 September-18 December 29 October-17 December. shops and can be purchased from: Mon-Sat, 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri, 10.00am-4.00pm Please visit the Snowdrop website to view this year’s designs. www.thesussexsnowdroptrust.com Snowdrop’s Splendid Supporters Brambletye’s fundraising Concert in action! Scaling the Heights for Snowdrop Brambletye Beats In April Nick Hitchman of Own Record! Emsworth organised a sponsored Brambletye School in East Grinstead chose Snowdrop as abseil down the Spinnaker Tower their ‘Charity of the Year’. One of the teachers raised £1,000 and raised £165 for the Trust. Nick is running the London Marathon, whilst one pupil busked and seen here ready to ‘go over the top!’ another cleaned streets. An amazing donation cheque for £21,283 has been presented to the Trust with this sum being the Concert at Chichester University record amount ever raised by the school for charity fundraising. We hope that the pupils, parents and staff are extremely proud Nick Reynolds, a music teacher at Chichester University, of their fantastic efforts. helped to raise £411 for the Trust by organising a concert in memory of Lara Cork, who died in September 2011. Nick BOGNOR PROM 10K Road RacE wanted to raise money for Snowdrop as he knew how much The Rotary Club of Bognor Hotham chose Snowdrop the charity had supported Lara’s family during her illness. as their 2012 event charity partner. 1,500 runners took part and both the fastest man and woman set record timings for the event. Easter Charity Ball at Chichester Sponsorship received from runners, together with a ‘top- up’ from the Rotary Club, resulted in Snowdrop receiving College and ‘2 in 7 Marathons’ funds of £5,687. Kirsty James and Mark Richardson organised an Easter Ball and ran marathons respectively, and raised a Wet in the Witterings whopping £4,860 for Snowdrop. £172 was the fabulous amount raised in sponsorship for Snowdrop by Aislin and Easter Eggs for all... Elizabeth of West Dean. The two youngsters braved very Adecco Recruitment in Chichester supported cold and wet weather to cycle Snowdrop by way of donating Easter Eggs. Adecco staff to West Wittering. The photo approached local businesses and were inundated with certainly says it all! chocolate eggs of every shape and size! Thanks to Adecco staff for the organisation and to all of those companies who made a donation Sainsbury’s Store, Chichester In the summer of 2010, staff atSainsbury’s Store in Chichester chose Snowdrop as their local Charity Partner, and by way of holding many fundraising events during the 12 months ending Bognor Brides summer 2011, they were able to donate an excellent £5,000. 2013 Calendars have been produced by supporter Paul Snowdrop were then further delighted to hear that the staff had Inskip, who took photos of ‘brides’ in and around Bognor. agreed to extend their support by a further 12 months, and a superb additional £3,770 has been raised. The calendars are on sale now and can be purchased from Paul’s Studio in Bognor or via his website: www.bridesonbognorbeach.co.uk Please visit the Snowdrop website to view this year’s designs. www.thesussexsnowdroptrust.com Local Trust provides funds for Snowdrop Family summer outings This summer, many families helped by The Sussex Snowdrop Trust have enjoyed special days out across the county, all due to a generous £5,000 donation being received from The Boltini Trust and further funds from another anonymous donor. Over 60 Snowdrop Families were asked to choose a BIG DAY OUT, with the majority of them visiting such attractions as Paulton’s Park, Chessington World of Adventure, Drusillas Park and many more. “It was amazing! We had the sunniest We know how hard it is these days day ever - the children did the for parents to fund this type of treat Zoolympics challenge, milked a cow and for their children, but with the monies even hatched themselves from an egg! being generously donated specifically We were the last to leave the park, just for this purpose, we were able to as the gates were being locked. I can’t organise the opportunity for lots of thank you enough for giving us a day to family fun and special times together. remember. It was Nicky’s special treat The photographs below certainly for being so incredibly brave in hospital indicate good times! recently.” “A big thank you to the Sussex Snowdrop Trust for my fun day out.” “We just want to say a big thank you for helping with the insurance. This holiday would not have been possible without the help of the Snowdrop Trust; we never knew the insurance would be so expensive. We had a great time and it was a much needed break for all of us.” Snowdrop bids Farewell In the language to Rosy Turner... of flowers, Rosy Turner retired in September, having been one of our very special Snowdrop Children’s Nurses for 11 years. Rosy has been a the snowdrop wonderful friend to many parents and children who will always be grateful to her for her professionalism and kindness. means hope and Rosy and her husband now look forward to their retirement consolation and although she wonders how she will feel when she is no longer a member of the Team, we know that her days will be filled with her hobbies and her Grandmother duties! In the New Year Rosy ABOUT US plans to join Snowdrop’s Chairman, Diana Levantine, when Di gives talks to local groups.