NMD Appeal
Tracey’s Story.
I will always clearly remember the day that Mum told me Dad had MND… though strangely the days that followed seemed to pass in a blurr.
It happened one Saturday morning, when Mum sat me and my brother Paul down with Dad and said she had some bad news.
It took a while for the news to [...]
An Update on Chris.
Things have changed quite dramatically for Chris since we first met him & Pat on holiday in Majorca. Chris told me the only thing he can do for himself is breathe, he needs help to do everything else. He has lost the use of his arms & hands, his neck muscles have gone & he [...]
Publicity from 2 Different Newspapers.
Tracey & Chris were in the feature in the Eastern Daily Press on Friday 7th April & a friend of Chris who is running the Charity football game was featured in the Watton & Swaffham Times on the same day. The responce has been amazing, they have had people who know them do collections amongst [...]
A Day Out To Bury St. Edmunds.
Wednesday 5th April, we are taking Chris & Pat to Bury St. Edmunds. They arrived at our home at Swaffham at 10am we then took them to Bury to see the Market. It was a lovely sunny day & we arrived at Bury around 11am. We could see Chris wasn’t so well [...]
Chris’s 50th Birthday.
Monday 3rd April was Chris’s 50th Birthday & it was a family day at home with Pat & Tracey. They all enjoyed the day with Chris, took him for a ride out round the North Norfolk coast. Their son Paul & his young lady joined them for a meal at home in the evening, birthday [...]
Local Press Interest.
On Thursday Bob Matthews, Senior reporter of The Eastern Daily Press, who is based in Kings Lynn read the Appeal Letter in Papworth’s Shop in Swaffham. He came in & asked if Tracey would be interested in being in a feature in the Press on the Marathon. He was moved by reading the letter & [...]
Special Donation For Motor Neurone Disease.
Sunday 2th March was Lynn’s 50th Birthday, (Jennies Mum) & Beryl & I have made a contribution Of £15-00 to our fund raising effots on Lynn’s behalf. We felt sad not giving a present to Lynn, but feel that perhaps this money will help this just cause to achieve is aim of finding a cure [...]
Still rolling in.
This week has kept up it’s momentum with people still giving their donations to our fundraising efforts. We are pleased to say we are approaching our aim to reach £2000.00 & as we are approaching April it seem that we will achieve this & go to even higher amounts.
April being the month of the Marathon, [...]
The Money keeps rolling in!
We have had another great week as the money keeps rolling in! We are now approaching £1800.00 with still 5 weeks to go before the Marathon. It’s just fantastic to think people can be so generous! The biggest donation received in the shop was £10.00. It was given by a young lady whose Grandfather died [...]
On & On.
We are still receiving plenty of support in our aim to reach £1500.00 with people still donating money to this needy cause. We have recieved just over £50.00 during the past few days, so our total is now nearing £1100.00. We also have great news that the Halifax, where Tracey works in Norwich, will be [...]