Fundraising Fun

Launch of Sam’s Campaign
It was with some misgivings that Tony and I accepted an invitation to the launch of Sam’s Campaign, a reception held at the House of Commons on Tuesday 6th March. We were uncertain if the event would prove too emotional being less than 8 months since Claire died. However, we are glad that we decided to go as it was a privilege to be present and feel the strength of emotion that will carry SDBTT on to even greater achievements. We were also very pleased the Philip Hollobone, MP for Kettering, was able to join us for the reception and to lend his support.
The event received good publicity; it was covered by Channel 4. Our local paper, Kettering Evening Telegraph, also ran an article.

Tea Party
To tie in with Tumour Awareness Month in March, SDBTT invited everyone to ‘Put the kettle on for Sam’s Campaign’. I am not known for my organisational abilities, but I thought that even I could manage cups of tea and cakes. So, having roped in some willing helpers, I invited friends and neighbours to join me one Saturday afternoon to help raise money for SDBTT.
We were blessed with a lovely spring day, which meant that the younger (livelier!) visitors were encouraged to be outside. A steady stream of people arrived bearing a marvellous selection of delicious cakes for the cake stall and an amazing array of books for the book stall.
Helen organised a quiz for those with a sweet tooth – all the answers being types of confectionery- with a delicious edible prize donated by Marks & Spencer.
It was wonderful to see local friends, school friends, work friends and friends of friends! As we are usually rushing around most of the time it was great to catch up with people over a cup of tea. Also, it was lovely to see Peter and Claire’s friends joining in the fun.
Over 60 people visited during the afternoon and between us we raised over £370. As someone said: not bad for tea and cakes!
So a huge thank-you to everyone who joined in and helped to make it such a successful afternoon.

London Marathon
Philip Greenfield, a colleague of Tony’s, is preparing to run the London Marathon on Sunday 22nd April to raise money for SDBTT.
He is running in memory of Claire and is therefore running dressed as a pink pig as shown in this very fetching photo of him on his Justgiving web page : www.justgiving.com/phil-londonmarathon07
We can’t make it to London, but we shall be watching the coverage to see if we can catch a glimpse of this special pink piggy.