July 2008 Archives

Midnight walks are becoming synonymous with fundraising at Hospices and normally they are women only events.

The Princess Alice Hospice is always looking to do something different and that is why the first Princess Alice Hospice Midnight Walk will be open to men, women and children over 14 years of age.

Bupa volunteers toiled in the rain on to transform the garden of Meath School for special needs children.

The 40 workers spent time at the Brox Road school redoing the overgrown and previously unused pond area to create a quiet space for children. It will be used for science lessons.

The Community and Event Team at the Princess Alice Hospice, is launching an exciting new campaign for 2008 with the aim of hitting and exceeding their £10,000 target.
After last years very wet summer, the team are making the most of the sunshine this year and is now calling for Hospice supporters, schools, social groups, sports teams and local businesses to hold a Summer Sizzler BBQ in July and August. This is a simple, social and fun way to raise funds for this wonderful local charity.

The "SUMMER SIZZLER" campaign is proud to have the generous support and sponsorship from local business and long-term Hospice supporter Garsons.

The Castle Inn pub in Brox Road, Ottershaw is holding a quiz night on July 20 from 8pm.

It will raise money for Girlguiding LaSER New Zealand 2008, a project which is sending fourteen 14-17 year olds to New Zealand in August 2008 to work in with disadvantaged children in Christchurch.

A New Haw aquatics centre staff member will deep clean a 5ft fish tank on a children's ward at St Peter's Hospital on July 16.

Rory Kingerley, 24, a sales assistant from Maindenhead Aquatics in New Haw Road, is preparing to take on the grimy tank so that children will have something nice to look at.

He reckons the job will take about three hours, adding: "Fish tanks are for looking at, it's not nice to look at a brown one. It's about giving the kids something nice to see when they go into hospital."

One of his customers, Byfleet mum-of-two Linda Futcher, suggested he clean the tank as a favour to the hospital. She said: "I think it's really nice of him to sort it out."