Jackie Lewis© Newsletter Edition 13 John Hartson is a supporter of this fund raising campaign GIVINGGIVING SOMETHINGSOMETHING BACKBACK Fundraising for St David’s Hospice Care Edition 13 16/03/2017 In Memory of Steven Lewis elcome to the 13th Edition of our t was almost as though we could WNewsletter—number 13 unlucky for some but not for us. Iforesee what was going to happen to our This has been one of the most successful periods of our target when this was taken last summer, fundraising. If you should bump into us you would see that we all seem to be smiling. From left to we are glowing with excitement and our eyes are shining. I right—Teresa, Jackie, Mo, Gill, Sue and wonder why!!!! Maybe it could have something to do with this: Anita. We are normally 7 but Denise was unwell and unable to join us. We still have 8 more events to organise for 2017 and we are very excited because 3 of the events are new for this year. You will find details on pages 5, 9 and 10. The first of our events is a quiz which will be on Friday 17th March. As well as the new events we like to hang on to the tried and tested and our quiz certainly comes under that umbrella with our amazing quizmasters Hilary and Russell. The quiz is both fun and competitive and worth winning, the first prize is £30 and second prize is £15. We are also looking forward to announcing our next target. We have continued to do exceptionally well with our raffle donations and in the last few months we have had more interest and support from businesses which we are extremely grateful for, not forgetting those that manage to secure the We did it!! With your help we smashed our 5th prizes. A list can be found on pages 11—13 of the Newsletter. The construction of the new in-patient unit started in January 2016 and now year target by £5 and 3 months ahead of schedule. just over a year later with the approach of its completion, Fiona Wong PA to Chief Executive has provided us with an update on page 7. I hope you enjoy catching up with what we have been up to and thank you once more for your continued support. 1 Jackie Lewis© Newsletter Edition 13 John Hartson is a supporter of this fund raising campaign n evening of Bingo that was A added to our programme half way Carol from through last year was held in October. Izzy Wizzy We never thought that this would lead to the £334.10 we raised. We invited Jane and Carol to come along from Izzy Wizzy crafts to sell their wonderful craft items mainly designed for Christmas. Jane and Carol constantly make items throughout the year to raise money for St David’s and we were so glad that they could come along giving them an opportunity to add to their total for the year. Our amazing MC and Bingo Caller We also invited Joan to come along from the Rogerstone WI Roses to sell books, raising more money for their fundraising year for St David’s—more about that venture later. We were lucky enough to have hand made wooden stakes for the garden Left to right, Jane from Izzy Wizzy Crafts Joan from WI donated by Ian Giles (Ian is Laura and Zoe who kindly modelled our bingo ‘dabbers’ photographed at the bottom right- hand side of this page) which we were able to sell and of course the bingo tickets were flying around the room as fast as the flyer at the end of the Bingo session. We had an incredible evening, lots of money won on the Bingo and everyone gave generously to the raffle. The lyrics of one of my favourite songs begins ‘If a picture paints a thousand words’ - I think that the photographs So happy to report back to everyone, after paying out the Bingo prize money last on the right definitely tell the story of what a fabulous evening we had. night we were able to donate £334.10 to St David's. Thank you for your support. 2 Jackie Lewis© Newsletter Edition 13 John Hartson is a supporter of this fund raising campaign The comments below are testimony to this event, in fact we had a ‘gas’. Dean and Mike were incredible as Lennon and McCartney and we danced and sang the night away. B B E E A A 2 2 L L E E S S Well, we had an amazing night at The Newport Indoor Bowling The Day the 60’s came Centre for The St David’s Foundation in memory of Steven The food was brilliant Jackie, and Fab night with the Zumba back to the ‘Port’ Lewis. Dance floor was full from start to finish. The lovely people very substantial and of high girls for Christmas do and even there really made it a night to remember for us. Easily one of the quality. Couldn't fault it, and all better as it was supporting a most enjoyable shows we have ever done. We'd like to say a huge part of the cost of the ticket!! Ivy good cause. another fab night thanks to Jackie for having us there. It was a real pleasure for us to Henson Hellena Tutton perform for such a worthwhile cause. Dean Mack & Mike Nova Gill, Anita, Sue. Denise, Teresa, Mo and I were excited and could hardly wait to see and hear the Bea2les. What a fab way to Fab night Samina Viner raise money for St David's. All of us were very proud to offer this Fantastic evening Christine Snowball show in our fundraising calendar. Thank you Dean and Mike for supporting us. What a night with the Bea2les at the Newport Indoor Bowling Centre Helping raise money for St David's, as always thanks Amazing night, fab music, raffle prizes, buffet on each table and Jackie Lewis for another amazing time. Kelly Newcombe fab company, making just under £1000 after expenses for St Fab night. Rhianne Holvey David's Hospice . Sue Murphy Amazing Night. Sue Edwards 3 Jackie Lewis© Newsletter Edition 13 John Hartson is a supporter of this fund raising campaign I enjoyed helping out at the St David’s pop up Christmas shop in Skinner Street. Many of the public showing their support for St David’s. That included a special little visitor who had to see what was going on. Could it be Molly being thoroughly spoiled?? 4 Jackie Lewis© Newsletter Edition 13 John Hartson is a supporter of this fund raising campaign Before we leave Christmas 2016 behind I have to include our #7Fours4Steve Christmas get together. Our team of 7 very often find it hard for all of us to get together at one time. These days everyone has such busy lives and that has always been accepted. However, there was a difference this time— Christmas lunch at the Newport Indoor Bowling Centre provided by Tnt caterers. That was enough temptation to get all 7 of us there. We are very lucky to have 2 locations for our fundraising who have been loyal and supportive throughout. We hold the quizzes and bingo nights in the St Julian’s Conservative Club and the larger events at the Newport Indoor Bowling Centre. Knowing the quality of the buffets and hot meals at the Bowling Centre we knew we would be in for a treat and we were not disappointed. Thank you Darren, Tina and Tara and all the staff at Tnt Caterers, highly recommended. Last year I spoke with Gemma fundraising manager at St David’s about our fundraising and she suggested maybe we could try something new, a Bollywood evening in January 2017. As we all know January is always a month when everyone feels a little bit lifeless, the exciting time surrounding Christmas is gone, what can we do? The Bollywood night could be the perfect solution. On the 28th January we held our Bollywood evening which included a choice of 3 delicious curry's and barbecued chicken, accompanied by garlic bread and popadoms and lots of quality raffle prizes. After a slow start to ticket sales largely due to ’Christmas Overspend’ we had a wonderful night, it certainly was lively, energetic and colourful. After expenses we raised £433.20 Thanks to the Bollywoodettes, Rav and James for the fabulous entertainment. It was a brilliant night and to see everyone up dancing was amazing. Thanks also to Darren and Tina and Tnt caterers for providing the perfect venue and lush food. 5 Jackie Lewis© Newsletter Edition 13 John Hartson is a supporter of this fund raising campaign he 4th of March was approaching and with target. Jon Fisher joined in with enthusiasm and over 100 tickets sold for our Gary Barlow suggested having photographs taken with him if they tribute evening our hopes were running high would like to make a donation to St David’s and I T th that we might get to our 5 year target of £50,000. If have to say the queue was long. We also had a game we didn’t quite get there we knew it would be close. of Heads and Tails with participants donating £1 each Leading up to the 4th our total had quietly crept up to for the opportunity of winning a bottle of wine. £48702.94 so with £1298 to go and many tickets sold When we added all that money to our total we had we had every reason to be hopeful.