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NEWS |
The TREAD Cream tea at St Leonards in July was very successful and raised £632 . Thanks to all who supported and helped us on the day. |
James Western of St Leonards completed the Hastings Mini Marathon on 11th March 2007 in 13th place out of 500 of the 11 to12 year old runners at an amazing speed of 5min 15sec per mile. He was sponsored for Friends of TREAD and raised £101 . Our congratulations and thanks go to James. |
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Saturday
Dec 9th 2006: The
Christmas pantomime of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST -
Performed by the Maplemead Guides and directed by the Steadfast
Sea Rangers at St Peters Church Hall, Henleaze, Bristol
They raised £500 with
our thanks. |
| September
17th 2006: Megan
Vowles of Bristol recently ran the Bristol Half Marathon. She raised £581.31 for
TREAD through sponsorship. Our thanks
to her for this great effort. |
| Thanks to the Panto Pals group of Rangers in Horfield Bristol. In addition to their regular support they raised a fantastic £480 from a pantomime they wrote and produced. |
| 11
year old Ben Dart of Bristol raised £186
through a sponsored fast and selling of some Christmas cards that
he made. Thanks to him. |
| Our
auditor Martin Fletcher is currently the national president
of his union the First Division Association ( The FDA ) which
represents senior public servants. For the duration of his two year
term of office he has nominated Friends of TREAD as the union’s
supported charity. They recently held a quiz night in London with
the result that £410 was raised for us.
Many thanks
to Martin and his colleagues for this great effort and for their
ongoing support. |
| The Coffee Morning at Chapel Park Road Baptist Church on March 29th raised over £360 for TREAD . There was a generous donation of £100 from UK Online at an occasion that marked trustee Tricia Owen’s departure as manager of the Online Centre |
Compassion
Proposed New Project
Compassion International have asked us to set up a project in the
Bhadrachalam area. More information to follow. |
| The Catenian Association Bexhill on Sea Circle has sent us a wonderful £2035 as a result of their fundraising efforts for TREAD over the last year . Our thanks go to them. |
Use
eBay to sell unwanted items, and help us too
There is now a facility on eBay so that you can sell your surplus
and unwanted items. Some or all of the sale proceeds can be donated
directly to us. See the Help
Us page on this website. |
WINTER 2007 Newsletter
Now available on the Newsletter
page |
