Help Harry Walk Fund

Hadrian’s Wall

On Monday the 12th of September me and 4 of my work pal’s will be traveling north to embark on a 84 mile walk alongside Hadrian’s wall . This is a personal quest for me just to get out and push myself for my son Harry one of my three beautiful children whom i love all equally. Our goal on the first day of  walking (Tuesday) will be to walk in the region of 30 miles. So a big thank you to my pal’s Andrew, Mark, Ryan and Jonathan and to my employee’s Kimberly Clark for their support and help and to all the work force that have sponsored me your genorosity will ensure that Harry will have the best aftercare possible. Will miss my family while away Good Luck Harry on your first day at your new school and love to you all especially Shane and all my family.

We have done it !!!!!!

In a whirlwind of 4 months and 4 days that Harry’s site has been up and running we have hit our target of £60,000 our family are utterly amazed in the generosity of so many people in such a short time. If  you are reading this and you have donated or helped in anyway to our son to our grandson to our brother or to our nephew’s cause then you have started a new journey in Harry’s life. We now as a family will now do all we can to ensure harry will fulfill his potential and the hard work will start from the moment Harry leaves that operating table on the 1st of November 2011 in a different country from which he was born. We as a family are under no illusion that this is a quick fix and we will have to work Harry hard and put him through strenuous physio and therapy regimes for years to come that most 3 year olds would never have to encounter, their will be tears and upset from Harry and from ourselves but it will be worth it to see our precious son slowly take the small steps to a better future. Words are not enough and thank you seems such a small return to all you people that have helped supported and dug deep into your pockets we owe so many people a debt of gratitude and i owe my partner Shane my rock our children my Mum and Dad and my Sister Nicci and her family so much for their support and hard work  and understanding. We love you all and all of you take care of the people that mean so much to you xxx

More Thank you’s… And sitting at the Round Table

We would like to start with a massive thanks to all the guys at Weling Round Table for their fantastic donation of £5000 this has pushed our fund to within touching distance of our target figure of £60,000 a chance meeting at the Furze Wren with one of the members got the ball rolling and a couple of months later we get this fantastic gesture a couple of the guys even joined us on a sponsored walk . we cant thank them enough and if anyone reading this know of anyone who need help then get in touch with these guys at http://www.welling.roundtable.co.uk  We would like to say a thank you to Colin Jerwood for all his efforts at the Eltham Park South Festival for raising awareness and over £200 for Harry’s fund, A thank you to Richard an Margaret, Harry’s friends nanny & grandad who held a stall on this day and donated £80 to him, also Lee Inns and friends at the cafe raised £95.

A big thank you to our friend Katherine for arranging a Zumba Night in aid of Harry, also Emma Lock for teaching us some great latin zumba dances,  its was a great evening, fantastic atmosphere and very tiring, the event raised with the raffle included  totalled £665.50  thanks so much Katherine,Emma and friends who helped on the night.

Thank you to the generosity of the staff, Doctor’s and patients  at the Albion Road surgery Bexleyheath  where their was a combined collection of £254.87.

And again to the customers of the Greenman Public House in Welling for their 4th collection pot this one had £79.70 Thank you Dave and Becky for your continued support.

Last but not least the Heer Family for getting involved off their own back and raising over £600 fantastic work from you all x

Boys V Girls Charity Footy Match

Thank you to all that were  involved in the Charity football match on the 20/08/2011 held at Coldharbour sports centre the game was between the side i have been involved with for over 20 years Woodside celtic against Bromlian Ladies. The girls ran out winners 6-4 after being 4-1 down great stuff  girls. Big thank you to Clare and Della from the girls & Ant and Stuart from the boys and Sandra from Coldharbour making it all come together . And to Clare’s mum Dee who was dressed as a teenage mutant ninja turtle and still managed to come out of her shell to sort out the raffle!

Thank You’s

To all mentioned on this post a massive Thank you for your donations and sponsor money; Julie Hill , Mim & Rob , John & Mary Green , Jean Spinks , Victoria Greenwood , Ron Evans Nanny & Grandad’s Neighbour , Kev & Nikki Everett , The Money donated in the memory of Bill Smith 94 by Ray and Joan , My sisters Husband Kev and their friend Julie who did their sky dive and to all the people who sponsored them , the money donated in the memory of my friend Ryan’s Great Great aunt Eileen 92 our love to you all xxx

Moving onwards

Our family and friends have had some much needed rest as far as fundraising is concerned and i think we all needed that break…. It can take over at times and sometimes you can forget about all the people that matter to you. Well moving on, Harry’s fund stands today at a phenomenal £47,682.58 a truly amazing amount of money and their is more to be added soon! Watch this Space.The last two weeks have seen us getting ever nearer to that £50k mark so thank you too all those that have donated and we had another anonymous donation of £1000. On Saturday the 30th we had a sponsored fun walk we had nearly 70 family and friends with us all dressed up and looking really good and i think they all enjoyed themselves (hopefully anyway). Thanks to you all for making the effort and hitting the pubs on route and to all the people that donated and to the pubs in letting us come in and collect. We collected nearly £1200 in the buckets which included two cheque’s totaling  £300 . This does not include sponsor money some has come in some is outstanding. Big shouts to Tom Nugent and Dave Chips Baldwinson for the effort they went to in raising sponsorship. Thanks to my cousin Mandy for getting involved and getting Harry in the paper again. A big thank you to Terry Wheeler for getting involved and arranging a upcoming event in October. Good luck again to my  Sisters husband Kev and their friend Julie in their second attempt at their skydive on the 12th of august.

One other mention we have had confirmation of Harry’s operation. The 1st of November…! The reality of all this is so much closer thanks to so many people. You know who you are……………..

Catch up

This post is a catch up of thank you’s to all the people who have been fantastic over last couple of week’s first are 1st Lamorbey Brownies who my two niece’s  Madison and Mimi are members, well done and thank you for doing the sponsored walk. Thank you too Martin Bouchard his wife Tina and Shannon and Georgia for all the hard work you have put in. Thank you too my sister Nicci for holding a raffle at her birthday party and for everyone who bought tickets. Thank you too Charlton School and Sheila for holding a sponsored swim and to all the Mum’s and Dad’s for letting the little one’s take part and getting sponsor’s. Thank you too Vicky Wilkinson at Eastcote School Welling for letting us have a stall at the school funday. My friend Ryan from work his Mum Val travelled down from Derbyshire to complete a 10k run in London… Well done and thank you Val too think you would do this for Harry when you have never even met us is amazing. Thank you too Zey a friend of shane’s who hosted a ladies night at her home for 25 friends and family and cooked a 3 course meal and held a raffle. Sorry that Kev and Julie’s sky dive was cancelled due to weather its re booked for 12th August good luck. Harry’s sister Charlotte’s school Rockliffe Manor held a sponsored walk at their sports day thank you to Mrs Vinante and Mrs Clifford for allowing this to happen and for also holding a non school uniform day on the 19th of July. We have had a quite a few cash and cheque donation’s from Family and Friends and also from Friends  of the St Marys Parish a Big Thank you to you all. Mention to Geoff and Sarah who donated a collection what was meant for the Newborn daughter and was collected at Geoff’s work congratulations and thank you for thinking of Harry.Thank you too all the kindhearted people who have donated online that don’t even know us. Again to all our family members and friends who are helping behind the scene to make this dream a reality.

Asda Bag Packing Bexleyheath

After the great Psychic night it was all hands to the pump or should i say to the carrier bag for a bag packing experience of a life time at Asda’s Bexleyheath Kent. Without you guys and girls that turned up and put in the effort we would have not raised a absolutely fabulous £1873.01. We cant thank you enough Gavin & Kathryn , Ann & Stan , Tina , Dawn and her girls Jamie & Toni , Clive , Pollyanna , Stuart , Pam , the two Linda’s , Maggie , The fabulous Drummond Family Who are John & Billie , lillie and the precious Poppy , Caroline who traveled all the way up from Maidstone.  And Family members.. Nicci , Madison , Mimi who came up on her 8th birthday , Jessie , Lisa & Alfie ,  Mum And Dad who are Amazing, Myself  Shane and Harry. Thank you too Asda’s for giving us this chance and too all the customers who donated money. Finally on this post one person who really wants to help in our campaign  but cant is Shane’s mum , Frances. Frances was 60 on Friday but was admitted to hospital the day before  She has been battling a illness for  over 15 years and this last three years have been absolutely  grueling for the family and obviously Frances herself ,  but she continues to battle away . So i just want to wish her well and i know i can speak on Shane’s behalf and say that she love’s her mum so very much !

Psychic Night

Friday the 1st was our Psychic night held at the Kirkham Street Social Club in Plumstead . Thank you too Lisa Jayne the Medium for giving up her evening for Harry thank you too Dawn for all the hard work in helping set this up and thanks to Graham for letting us have the venue for Free. Along with the raffle we raised a huge £760.00 and thanks to all that came and supported us on the night .

This weekend! 1st & 2nd July..

This Friday the 1st,we have a psychic night on at the Kirkham Street social club,plumstead,£6 on the door,7pm,bar open,raffle,all welcome,proceeds to helpharrywalk.org please come an support us!

Then Saturday the 2nd we really do need some help at Asda Bexleyheath Bag Packing,from 10.30am if you can spare a morning/afternoon please get in touch with me! Thank you,Shane x