We got a knock on our front door and a lovely lady was there. She was from the Toller Church and a friend of our wonderful neighbours Derek and Ruth (who helped us so much with our xmas extravaganza). She told us that Ruth had shared with the church all about me and my fund and the Toller Dance Group hold charity dances and this one they decided to donate the money raised to our fund. It was such a surprise and when we looked at the cheque we were even more surprised.
It was a cheque for £300
Thank you so much, my parents were in such a shock they didn't even offer her a drink lol. All they could say was thankyou over and over x
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Santa Fun Run at East Carlton Park - Craft Stall
As we had quite a bit of xmas crafts left from our xmas extravaganza we searched for another fete/event where we could have a table. We found the Santa Fun Run at East Carlton Park in Corby on sunday 11th dec which was having carboots and various stalls as well as the fun run, walk and santa's grotto. We spoke to a lovely man who was more than happy for us to come along and have a stall.
We arrived at 12 to set up under our gazebo and got loads of support and buyers. We were very lucky as there wasn't another craft stall and the rain held off until 4pm (the wind was so strong our gazebo blew right off the ground lol). We raised
£81.30
Thank you nanny for helping us today xxx
We arrived at 12 to set up under our gazebo and got loads of support and buyers. We were very lucky as there wasn't another craft stall and the rain held off until 4pm (the wind was so strong our gazebo blew right off the ground lol). We raised
£81.30
Thank you nanny for helping us today xxx
Another surprise donation - Irthlingborough library
We received a lovely letter from the friends of Irthlingborough library with a cheque donation of £75 towards our fund!!! This is to say thankyou for doing circus skills at their library fun day. We really enjoyed the fun day and was lovely meeting all the workers at the library. The fun day was fantastic and included a brilliant magician, a very talented face painter, craft table and of course us with the circus skills...everyone enjoyed themselves and had a 'fun day'.
Thankyou so much xxx
Thankyou so much xxx
Our xmas extravaganza - sat 3rd dec 2011
Our xmas extravaganza was a great success!
We had a fantastic time. It was a bit stressful the last few days getting things ready in time....we just managed to get santa the week before (big thankyou to Scott) and daddy only decided to build a giant grotto 2 days before (in our living room using a big gazebo)....but it was sooooo worth all the hard work.
We raised a massive
£432.70!!!!!!
A massive thankyou to all the helpers (we couldn't have done it without you) and all the people that turned up to support us on the day!! We throughly enjoyed ourselves and will definitely be doing another fete (this time we will be more prepared and ready) xxx
We had a fantastic time. It was a bit stressful the last few days getting things ready in time....we just managed to get santa the week before (big thankyou to Scott) and daddy only decided to build a giant grotto 2 days before (in our living room using a big gazebo)....but it was sooooo worth all the hard work.
We raised a massive
£432.70!!!!!!
A massive thankyou to all the helpers (we couldn't have done it without you) and all the people that turned up to support us on the day!! We throughly enjoyed ourselves and will definitely be doing another fete (this time we will be more prepared and ready) xxx
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Our next event - Xmas fete
On saturday 3rd december, we have booked the parish church halls for our next fundraising event. It will start at 9.30 til 12.30. So far we have
- Christmas grotto (meet santa and get a present)
- Homemade cakes
- Teas and coffees
- Homemade fudge and jam
- Handmade jewelery
- Face painting
- Crafts (knitted scarves, knitted cardigans, cross stitch xmas cards + more)
- Bric-a-brac
- Teddy tombola
- Raffle
Raunds library - surprise donation
We had a lovely phone call from the lady from Raunds library...the friends of Raunds library have done some fundraising for us and as a thankyou for doing the sensory story and the circus skills sessions they are giving us a cheque for
£50
It was such a brilliant surprise and felt really good to know that they enjoyed what we did. Thank you so much xxx
£50
It was such a brilliant surprise and felt really good to know that they enjoyed what we did. Thank you so much xxx
2 more carboot sales
We have done 2 more carboot sales at Wicksteed Park. We couldn't believe there was 2 more sundays which were quite warm and sunny in October (good weather for a carboot)!
Sunday 16th October - we raised
£67.20
Sunday 23rd October - we raised
£34.60
Thank you to the other carbooters who generously donated some of their unsold goods to our fund. I think this is our last carboot sale for a while....got a xmas fete to organise...ps the weather is getting far too cold to sit outside!!!!!
Sunday 16th October - we raised
£67.20
Sunday 23rd October - we raised
£34.60
Thank you to the other carbooters who generously donated some of their unsold goods to our fund. I think this is our last carboot sale for a while....got a xmas fete to organise...ps the weather is getting far too cold to sit outside!!!!!
Monday, 3 October 2011
Carboot sale- sunday 2nd october
We finally managed to do another carboot sale at wickstead park. It was such a lovely sunny day and loads of people were there. Our lovely friend Cathy had a massive house clearance and gave us loads of bits for us to sell on our stall. We met some great people who were interested in our fundraising and offered items for us to sell and offered to help out at our next fundraising events. It was so nice to meet such caring people. Also at the end we had a few people come up to us and because they heard we were fundraising they gave us some more items to sell at our next carboot/event. It was so kind of them and one lady who donated us loads was Linda and her family. She stopped and had a long chat with me about George and our fund, she was a lovely lady and offered to help us. Thank you so much Linda for your kindness and thank you for everyone that brought stuff of our stall, we raised
£105
wow... what a great amount x
£105
wow... what a great amount x
Christening - sunday 18th september
Our first party booking!!!
A lady heard about us at Irlingborough libary and booked us for an hour at a christening party in Stanwick. Unfortunately we were all feeling poorly except daddy, so poor daddy had to go alone. It was in a large hall and daddy walked around doing circus skills, magic tricks and making balloon models. The children seemed to enjoy themselves as well as the adults. Daddy did a fantastic job and did us proud. hopefully next time we can all go as a family of clowns x
A lady heard about us at Irlingborough libary and booked us for an hour at a christening party in Stanwick. Unfortunately we were all feeling poorly except daddy, so poor daddy had to go alone. It was in a large hall and daddy walked around doing circus skills, magic tricks and making balloon models. The children seemed to enjoy themselves as well as the adults. Daddy did a fantastic job and did us proud. hopefully next time we can all go as a family of clowns x
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Kettering Carnival 20th august 2011
While we were at the Irlingborough library on saturday 20th august.....3 fantastic people were raising money for our fund at the Kettering carnival. My nanny, Auntie Elly and their friend Ivy held a tombola stall for charity. They split the money raised between our fund and another charity and raised us
£65
Wow!!! Thank you so much....It was such a shock as we didn't know they were raising money for us as Auntie Elly and Ivy do the carnival stall every year for various charities and it was so lovely for them to chose us this year.
Thank you, love you so much xxx
£65
Wow!!! Thank you so much....It was such a shock as we didn't know they were raising money for us as Auntie Elly and Ivy do the carnival stall every year for various charities and it was so lovely for them to chose us this year.
Thank you, love you so much xxx
Irlingborough library 20th august 2011
Irlingborough library was doing an open day and asked if we would do some circus skills for them. Of course!
On saturday 20th august we all got dressed as clowns and from 11 til 4 we helped the children of Irlingborough with circus skills (juggling, diablo, plate spinning and rola bola). There was also face painting, a magician and a craft table....it was a fantastic atmosphere and a real fun day! The organisers were so kind and allowed us to have a donation bucket for our fund and we raised
£15
Thank you so much xxx
On saturday 20th august we all got dressed as clowns and from 11 til 4 we helped the children of Irlingborough with circus skills (juggling, diablo, plate spinning and rola bola). There was also face painting, a magician and a craft table....it was a fantastic atmosphere and a real fun day! The organisers were so kind and allowed us to have a donation bucket for our fund and we raised
£15
Thank you so much xxx
Raunds Library Events
We were very lucky as this years library summer reading theme was circus stars. We phoned Raunds library and they were more than happy for us to come in and do some events for them. We didn't charge as it would be our first time performing as clowns together. We all have our outfits on and looked very funny!
On saturday 30th july it was our sensory story session. My daddy made up a brilliant story ' A day at the circus' and we all performed it with sensory story bags for everyone, juggling by daddy and plate spinning by mummy. It was great fun and the little children and their parents seemed to enjoy it.
On saturday 13th august we came back to do circus workshops. We had 2 groups and had a fantastic time helping the children learn plate spinning, diablo, juggling (balls and scarves) and we all learnt how to make a balloon dog and a balloon sword (which the children thought was funny to attack dede with). One of the children's mum gave us £5 towards our fund which was lovely of her. We didn't get her name but thank you so much x
On saturday 30th july it was our sensory story session. My daddy made up a brilliant story ' A day at the circus' and we all performed it with sensory story bags for everyone, juggling by daddy and plate spinning by mummy. It was great fun and the little children and their parents seemed to enjoy it.
On saturday 13th august we came back to do circus workshops. We had 2 groups and had a fantastic time helping the children learn plate spinning, diablo, juggling (balls and scarves) and we all learnt how to make a balloon dog and a balloon sword (which the children thought was funny to attack dede with). One of the children's mum gave us £5 towards our fund which was lovely of her. We didn't get her name but thank you so much x
Childrens Entertainers
My mummy and daddy have come up with a fantastic fundraising idea......They are going to be childrens entertainers and hire themselves out for party's and events and donate all the money earned to my fund. My daddy was in the circus and is a great clown...he can juggle with balls, clubs or even fire!!! He also makes brilliant balloon models!
Thank you for doing this for me
Love you loads George xxx
Thank you for doing this for me
Love you loads George xxx
Monday, 26 September 2011
more donations from lovely people!!!
Avery good friend of mine called Leasa has a wonderful mum who fundraises for charity. As soon as Leasa told her mum about me she so generously donated £40 to our fund!!!!
Thank you so much Leasa's mum xxx
Thank you so much Leasa's mum xxx
Friday, 19 August 2011
Thank you Tracey!!!!!
THANK YOU
A very very MASSIVE thankyou to my cousin Tracey. She has so generously donated £500....I cannot believe it. When you wrote to us we thought you'd put too many 0's down. Thank you from the bottom of our heart....this is a great start and well on our way to our first 1,000.
We can't thank you enough,
lots of love George xxxxxxx
A very very MASSIVE thankyou to my cousin Tracey. She has so generously donated £500....I cannot believe it. When you wrote to us we thought you'd put too many 0's down. Thank you from the bottom of our heart....this is a great start and well on our way to our first 1,000.
We can't thank you enough,
lots of love George xxxxxxx
Monday, 15 August 2011
Update
Sorry its been a while. It been so busy at home with appointments then us going away on our camping holiday with The Special Kids In The Uk. We met some amazing people and had so much fun....just what we needed. The only thing is we haven't really been doing much organising for our fundraising. We were hoping to do a summer fete but we're a little late so we have decided to do a christmas fete instead.....hopefully start getting this one planned and in plenty of time. If any one has any ideas on venue, stalls, anything please message me. Finding this a bit more harder than what it looks,
Thank you x
Thank you x
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Corby Carnival 9th july 2011
Wow. The carnival was amazing!!!!!!! Thank you to my mummy, daddy, Penny and all my grandparents for helping out. We had a fantastic day... the walk was a little tiring for everyone (not me...i was comfy being pushed in my 'throne'), then at the park we got to speak to a lot of great people and guess what......our float came 1st place in the walking catergory yayyyyyyyy!!!!
Thank you to everyone of Corby we raised
£159.71
Brilliant x
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Thank you to everyone of Corby we raised
£159.71
Brilliant x
Thank you x
Friday, 8 July 2011
PREPARING FOR CORBY CARNIVAL
We have finally finished decorating my wheelchair for the corby carnival tomorrow. Oooh what a rush...didn't think it'll be ready in time. If any of you are watching the carnival, you won't miss me....my wheelchair is a castle, i'm dressed as king George and i have a massive colourful dragon over the top of me!!!! My little sister will be in her trike decorated with flowers and ladybirds (thats if she stays awake) and my helpers are wearing bright yellow t-shirts.
Hope to see you tomorrow xxx
Hope to see you tomorrow xxx
WE'RE IN THE NEWSPAPER!!!!
Our local newspaper wrote an article about George's funding. It was very exciting and got loads of responses from people. THANKYOU for reading x
Published on Wednesday 6 July 2011 09:30
Little George Butterworth is a medical mystery whose neurological condition has doctors stumped.
The three-year-old, of Silverwood Road, Kettering, needs five pieces of equipment just to get around his house and was not expected to see his first birthday.
His family is raising £20,000 to buy a new wheelchair which would give him freedom and independence.
Mum Donna Carr said: “When he was nine months old he had a seizure that lasted for four weeks.
“The doctors told us that was it and to prepare for the worst, so we had him christened and he had end-of-life care.
“They didn’t know what was wrong with him and said he was a palliative case so to just enjoy every day with him while he’s here.
“He gets frustrated because he sees his sister Penny moving around wherever she likes but he has to move from piece to piece of equipment.
“The new wheelchair would give him more control over what he does.”
Doctors can find no physical problems with George’s body but his seizures mean he cannot do anything himself.
Mark Butterworth, who adopted George earlier this year, said: “We’ve done a car boot sale and we’re at the Corby Carnival on Saturday.
“We’re decorating his wheelchair like a float and taking him around the fair.
“Donna and I are engaged but the wheelchair is more important than a wedding.”
For updates on George’s condition and fundraising for his wheelchair, go to georgeandthedragon.blogspot.com or, if you can help, email marksparksbutterworth@yahoo.co.uk
Published on Wednesday 6 July 2011 09:30
Little George Butterworth is a medical mystery whose neurological condition has doctors stumped.
The three-year-old, of Silverwood Road, Kettering, needs five pieces of equipment just to get around his house and was not expected to see his first birthday.
His family is raising £20,000 to buy a new wheelchair which would give him freedom and independence.
Mum Donna Carr said: “When he was nine months old he had a seizure that lasted for four weeks.
“The doctors told us that was it and to prepare for the worst, so we had him christened and he had end-of-life care.
“They didn’t know what was wrong with him and said he was a palliative case so to just enjoy every day with him while he’s here.
“He gets frustrated because he sees his sister Penny moving around wherever she likes but he has to move from piece to piece of equipment.
“The new wheelchair would give him more control over what he does.”
Doctors can find no physical problems with George’s body but his seizures mean he cannot do anything himself.
Mark Butterworth, who adopted George earlier this year, said: “We’ve done a car boot sale and we’re at the Corby Carnival on Saturday.
“We’re decorating his wheelchair like a float and taking him around the fair.
“Donna and I are engaged but the wheelchair is more important than a wedding.”
For updates on George’s condition and fundraising for his wheelchair, go to georgeandthedragon.blogspot.com or, if you can help, email marksparksbutterworth@yahoo.co.uk
Sunday, 3 July 2011
CARBOOT
Our first fundraiser!!!
Me and my family did a carboot sale at Wicksteed Park in Kettering last sunday. It was a gorgeous sunny day and we meet some lovely people. We sold loads of our unwanted stuff and raised....
£68.12
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what a great start x
Me and my family did a carboot sale at Wicksteed Park in Kettering last sunday. It was a gorgeous sunny day and we meet some lovely people. We sold loads of our unwanted stuff and raised....
£68.12
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
WELCOME
Hello everyone. Welcome to my blog.
My name is George and i'm trying to raise £20,000 for a new powered wheelchair, the snap dragon. I've had a try in it and its brilliant. I don't have a lot of movement but this chair has large switch buttons which will enable me to control my position It also has a standing adaption which will help with my chest problems and will let me 'walk' out and about, standing tall.
Thanks for reading x
My name is George and i'm trying to raise £20,000 for a new powered wheelchair, the snap dragon. I've had a try in it and its brilliant. I don't have a lot of movement but this chair has large switch buttons which will enable me to control my position It also has a standing adaption which will help with my chest problems and will let me 'walk' out and about, standing tall.
Thanks for reading x
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