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Fundraising From runs to skydives, view all Children’s Heart

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Community The Heart Helpers Get reddy for...
Wear Red Day

The Heart Helpers are a group of 10 year olds who
Fulneck School live in North Lincolnshire and all go to the same Once again we’ll be turning the region red
school. for our flagship fundraiser Wear Red Day!
CHSF was voted Fulneck School’s Inspired by a sibling of one of the Helpers, the girls On February 1st wear something red to show
charity of the year for 2017/2018 as decided they should raise awareness and money for your support of congenital heart disease.
a number of students have personal the charity that had done so much for their friend’s
connections with, and have been sister and family. Get your school, nursery, business or club
supported by, our charity. to turn red and help us raise funds to help
They spent much of their Summer holiday organising
Through non-uniform days, tuck shops, raffles, hand table top sales, baking for cake sales, making support children and adults with CHD across
delivering flowers with messages for Valentine’s Day bracelets and slime, running the Humber Bridge Run Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
and a staff team entering the Kapow! Obstacle race and making awareness leaflets. You can wear red, bake red cakes, spray Sign up to receive your
at Temple Newsam the school raised over £4,000 for your hair red, the redder the better! Why fundraising pack at
CHSF. A fantastic achievement! They involved their whole community not organise your own red party with friends chsf.org.uk/event/wear-red-day
and worked so hard to support CHSF.
Earlier this year, the School visited the Children’s Well done to the amazing Heart and family?
Cardiac Ward at the LGI. They were introduced to Helpers - you should all be so proud
patients and were able to see for themselves the of your achievements!
incredible difference their money will make.
Could your school raise money for us? Find out about
Wear Red Day overleaf, or contact Lisa below to talk Corporate
about CHSF being your Charity of the Year! The Cook Family
The Cook Family organised a Coffee If you are looking to support a good cause through your workplace then do get in touch with us. From team
& Cake afternoon with games, stalls challenges to volunteering, we have loads of great opportunities for you and your colleagues to get involved in.
Emma Brook & Rebecca Auty and a raffle for CHSF. If that wasn’t
enough, Barclays Bank also agreed to
Emma & Rebecca organised another match fund all the money raised! #AllLeedsAllHeart
amazingly successful family fun day in aid of icelolly.com
CHSF. “We will never be able to repay the We were delighted to welcome Leeds
LGI for what they have done for our family and the
Emma said “From my 20 week scan the heart unit at future they have given our daughter Martha” On 6 October, 27 of the icelolly.com United stars Adam Forshaw and Kalvin
LGI have been there to support us. This is why CHSF is team went the extra mile (23 to be Phillips to the Paediatric Intensive Care
the charity that means the most to us.” exact!) and challenged themselves Unit (PICU) recently as part of our
to walk the gruelling Yorkshire ongoing partnership with LUFC.
“We’ve stayed in accommodation, Alfie has played on Three Peaks in less than 12 hours.
the ward with toys provided by CHSF, and he has an The McDonald Family Forshaw spoke about his new
INR home testing kit funded by the Charity.” Emma McDonald organised two incredibly successful Thanks to their resilience, they were able to secure a ambassadorial role and said: “When the
staggering £4,383 for CHSF, smashing their initial goal of
charity balls, most recently Louie & Freddie’s £2,500. club asked me to come along the first
time I just said. ‘Definitely!’.”
Celebration Ball, which have in total raised over
The Scott Family £25,000 for CHSF. Thanks so much icelolly.com – we are so grateful for your “I recently had a son and for me to be
continued support! able to come along to these visits and
Oliver Scott was born with Tetralogy of Emma’s sister also arranged for 21 just put a smile on the families’ faces
Fallot so to say thank you to Children’s Heart kids to do the Junior Warrior this year for half a day, it’s the least I can do.”
Surgery Fund who have helped Oliver since which raised another £2,000!
he was born, his parents Lorraine and Chris Emma said: “We chose to fundraise 30th Anniversary Ball
organised yet another fundraising event in support of
CHSF! for CHSF following our son Freddie’s We would like to say a massive thank you to all our
diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis when he corporate partners who sponsored our 30th Anniversary
For Chris’ 50th Birthday he asked for donations to be was 2 and a half.” Ball. You helped us raise a whopping £44,048!
made to the family’s fundraising events and held not
one, but two casino evenings. “CHSF has supported us during both Freddie’s open
heart surgeries and I am very happy we have been
Chris said: “CHSF do amazing work and this is our way able to contribute especially knowing that Freddie is The aim of the #AllLeedsAllHeart
of giving something back.” likely to need future operations.” campaign is to raise funds to purchase
vital medical equipment, including
Super Life-Support Machines and a
Visit chsf.org.uk/news-blog to see more incredible community fundraisers and dialysis machine.

get some ideas for how you could raise money for CHSF! For all corporate enquiries Other generous donations will also go
Georgie Abbott Fay Richardson towards completing the refurbishment
georgie.abbott@chsf.org.uk fay.richardson@chsf.org.uk of the CHSF family unit.
We’d love to talk to you about your fundraising! Contact Lisa Williams, 0113 831 4810 0113 831 4810
Community Fundraiser, at lisa.williams@chsf.org.uk or call 0113 8314810

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