Another successful fund raising
“Christmas Wrapping Day”
was held in the Ridings just before Christmas
Many many thanks to the Ridings staff
Esquires Coffee Shop and the generous shoppers
with a big thank you to all of our helpers who did a marvellous job and raised £425
See you next year!!!!
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Levi’s Star Christmas Party
was held at the Kirklands, Outwood
a great time was had by all
Entertainment by Mrs Giggles
and a personal appearance by
Santa accompanied by Rudolph, who by the way was very popular with the children
Many thanks to all the children, parents, Kirklands Hotel and of course a
BIG thank you to Santa, Rudolph and Mrs Giggles
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A fund raising social evening
in memory of Debbie Parker
was held recently in Leeds
Levi’s Star would like to thank everyone concerned, with a special thank you to two ladies Ann and Jane good friends of Debbie
who raised an amazing amount and split the proceeds between Levi’s Star and Breast Cancer
Levi Star is so very grateful for the £390 which we received
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Levi’s Star raised £152 recently by holding their tombola stall in Sainsbury Wakefield and raising awareness of brain tumours – which is a very important aim of charity
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Levi’s Star would like thank everyone
who sold and bought our Christmas Cards
With a special thank you to Nicola Andrews who yet again sold many packs of cards to her colleagues at HBOS, Leeds
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Grove School Stanley kindly invited Levi's Star
to their Nativity Plays
Vicky thoroughly enjoyed the performances and £60 was raised showing
their support for Levi's Star
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Many thanks to Sian Nelson-Jones who has kindly supported Levi’s Star many times. The most recent gift she gave to us was in memory of her mum, Miriam, who sadly died this year. At this difficult time for Sian she thought of our charity and asked relatives and friends to make donations to Levi’s Star in memory of her special mum. Through Sian’s thoughtfulness and the generosity of relatives and friends, £850 was donated to Levi’s Star. We are very grateful to Sian and understand how incredibly hard it is to say goodbye to someone you love.
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Janice Marsden held a jewellery party
and raised £40 for our charity
Many thanks to Janice and her guests for supporting Levi’s Star
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Support for Levi’s Star has now spread to Hull
Lewis Beecher kindly held a charity Golf Day & Raffle recently and raised an amazing
£1,120
We hope to update you with more details of the
Golf Day in the very near future
Many thanks to Lewis and everyone who helped to make the day a successful one
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On 1 December 2009 we were invited to attend
the Mayor’s Charity Fund Cheque Presentation
in Wakefield Town Hall
Much to our amazement we were presented with a
£500 cheque
Levi’s Star had been chosen, by the Mayor,
as one of the local charities to benefit
from her very successful year of fundraising
We are extremely grateful and would like to thank the former Mayor and Consort
Councillor Jacqui Williams and Mr Darran Byford
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Coffee Morning
We would like to thank everyone
who helped out on the day
baked scrumptious cakes,
or joined us for coffee on 28 November
£115 was raised
yet another well supported event
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St Peters School, Stanley
Held a very successful shopping evening recently
Levi’s Star was invited to have a stall there & £118 was raised
We would like to thank everyone concerned
It was a very busy, enjoyable evening
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We would like to thank
Stanley Grove School
for inviting Levi’s Star
to join them recently when they held
a fashion/shopping night
£81.00 was raised and we were made to feel very welcome and had a most enjoyable evening
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Today has been a sad day for Levi’s Star
The funereal took place of Deborah Parker
Much loved niece of Val and cousin of Vicky
There were so many people there
to pay their respect to Debbie and support
Allan, Debbie’s husband and her sons Joel & Luke
The service was a celebration of Debbie’s life.
As Debbie was a big supporter of our charity her family decided to request donations to be made to Levi’s Star in memory of Debbie and we were presented with £1,050
Many many thanks to Debbie’s family and friends
It is because of generous donations that we are able to keep Levi’s Star shining and continue helping children and young adults with brain tumours
*****Shine on Debbie & Levi*****
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Levi’s Star Charity Ball 2009
***What a brilliant night***
The food was good
the company was good
Darren Johnson was his usually self, brilliant & funny
The generosity of the guests was unbelievable
£7,500
was the amount raised
We would like to thank everyone
who joined us on the evening and
supported Levi’s Star &
everyone who donated auction items
& raffle prizes
See you next year!!
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Stanley Starlights invited Levi’s Star
to join them for their coffee morning on 24 October 2009
It was an excellent morning and we raised £40
Many thanks – keep on shining like Levi’s Star
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Wrenthorpe Superstars Cell Group
New Life Christian Centre Wakefield
via their evening meetings
to date they have donated £600
Many many many thanks
Your generosity is greatly appreciated
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Garforth Town F C
Who held a golf day in September
and raised £85 for Levi’s Star
Your support is greatly appreciated
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Tuesday Club
St Johns Methodist Church, Ossett
We visited the Tuesday Club recently
to speak about Levi and Levi’s Star
A very enjoyable evening was had
A £25 donation was made
by the members of the club
Many many thanks to you all
Hope you club keeps meeting
for many years to come
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West Riding’s Nursing Home in Outwood
Summer Gala
Levi’s Star tombola stall raised £46
Many thanks to all concerned
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Vicky's Partylite Candle Party
Was a great success making £85 for Levi's Star
Many thanks to Tracey from Partylite
and everyone who joined us on the night, or placed an order
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Staff from Sainsburys Wakefield
along with Vicky & Layla
completed a 12 mile sponsored walk
on Sunday 16 June
Many thanks to all the walkers
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Levi’s Star Coffee Morning
Stanley Community Centre – 18 July 2009
A big thank you to all our hard working
volunteers, stall holders and of course
those who dropped by for a coffee
A special big thank you to children from
St Peters School Stanley
The shotbread biscuits they made were yummy and sold in a flash
We raised £300
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Stanley Day Care Nursery
Open Day
Supporting Levi’s Star
Raised an amazing £200
Many thanks to Julia & Chris, all staff, parents & children
Your continued support is greatly appreciated
An extra thank you to Jenny & Jade who kindly ran Levi's Star stall & raised £68.50 - well done
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What a good day we had
bag packing at Sainsbury’s on Saturday 4th
A massive £633 was collected from the kind and generous customers at Sainsbury's
We would like to thanks everyone who helped on the day
Amanda
Carol
Ed (Balls)
Emma
Janice
Nicola A
Nicola B
Richard
Sarah
Shannah
Suzanne
Suzy
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The Thatched House - Stanley
On Saturday 20 June 2009
The following very kind people
Giles Hewitt
Brett Woodfine
Kay Tobin
Chris Tobin
Lee Sidebottom
Sarah Fawcett
Russell Baker
Andrew Lawless
Sarah Fawley
David Barnes
David Daniels
Gaynor Waterman
Neil Jowett
David Clarkson
Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Charity Walk
The first in 9 hours and the last in 11 hours
Kevin Skelton & Tina Baker
completed one of the walks
366 miles were covered - absolutely amazing
These miles will be given to International Brain Tumour Alliance
“Walk Around the World For Brain Tumours”
Many many many thanks
From everyone at Levi’s Star
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Thanks to David Barnes
Part of the Thatched House Team
Who kindly created a Just Giving page for
Levi’s Star and raised £481- fantastic
Many many thanks for supporting Levi’s Star
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******Melanie Jordan******
Completed a 20 mile walk on
20 June 2009 at Harewood House
Melanie has raised an amazing £365 for Levi’s Star
Fantastic achievement Melanie
Many many many thanks to Melanie and her sponsors
from all at Levi’s Star
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Completed
"Leeds Run For All"
in 1 hour 5 minutes - well done
Raising an amazing £290.45
In memory of Levi
Many many many thanks from Levi’s Star
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Well done Julia (Stanley Day Nursery)
who raised £120 by conquering her fears of
heights and fast rides
She went on several very scary rides recently
when visiting a theme park
Thank you, thank you
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Linda's Coffee Afternoon
Thank you for
Supporting Levi’s Star
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Staff from the Currys Store, Birstall
Sponsored Walk – 3 Peaks (Yorkshire)
Completed approximately 24 miles
in 10 hours
Cameron Renton
Chris Daniels
Sam Salter
Karen Salter
Phil Taylor
Raising the fantastic amount of £1008.12p
WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!
Many thanks from Levi's Star
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Ben Reed who is "Horbury Lights"
Thank you for raising an amazing £108.26
Through a week of displaying
"Horbury Lights"
Levi's Star is very grateful
Good luck in the future!!!!
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Kate Meadows
Held a Phoenix night
Supported by friends and colleagues
Raised £29.00
Many thanks Kate & everyone who joined us
From Levi‘s Star
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Elvis did Levi & Levi's Star proud today
running the Wakefield 10K Run in just over one hour
An incredible £1,200 was raised
We are so so grateful to
James Millican (Elvis)
and everyone who sponsored him
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Julie Hanson
who took part in the Wakefield 10K Run
finishing in an amazing 51 minutes
Julie will also be running
the Great North in memory of Levi
Julie works for Sainsbury's in Wakefield
who are our fund raising partner for 2009
A huge thank you to everyone
who sponsored Julie
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Levi's Star - Shine Oc
Supporting Children with Brain Tumours
Sponsored Walk
Saturday 14 March 2009 at 1.00 pm
New Miller Dam
Many many thanks to everyone who supported Levi's Star
The turnout was amazing - over 100 walkers - children, adults & dogs
We are so grateful and hope
you enjoyed the walk as much as we did
with some sponsorship money still to come in
(by the way the ducks were well fed!!!)
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Pocket Panto's
“Mother Goose”
Saturday 3 January 2009
was just amazing entertainment
everyone enjoyed the performance
young and old alike
A big thank you to the cast who were brilliant
to Darren for donating the performance
and of course to the audience who supported us once again
£450 was raised
See you next year!!!
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Christmas Card Sales - We would like to thank everyone who sold/purchased Levi’s Star Xmas Cards 180 packs of cards were sold amazing as this was the first Christmas for Levi’s Star A special thank you to Nicola & her colleagues at HBOS, Water Lane, Leeds who sold an amazing 40 packs.Their total raised was matched by HBOS
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Xmas Gift Wrapping Saturday 20 December 2008 The Ridings Shopping Centre was hectic to say the least but was a fantastic day we raised £400. Many many thanks to Santa's little helpers who did a wonderful job and many thanks to the shoppers who donated generously. We will definitely have another wrapping day next year
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Children’s Christmas Party Sunday 14 December 2008 was a great success despite being let down by Crosskeys Youth Centre (local authority staff) who had forgotten we had booked the centre The Vicar of Stanley kindly stepped in and let us have the party in the church Everyone enjoyed the afternoon and all the children received a gift from Santa Many thanks to the Vicar, Mrs Giggles (who was as always a hit with the children and the parents) and of course Santa
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Saturday night 15 November bar stanley"Easy Street" playing (excellent band) The evening was extremely enjoyable "Easy Street" are an excellent band - easy listening Raising over £600 for Levis Star Many thanks to Tracey, Mark, Easy Street Staff and all customers
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Levi’s Star Coffee Morning Saturday 15 November 2008 Stanley Community Centre Busy morning - raising £165 Thanks to all who supported us
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Wednesday 12 November 2008 The evening of fun, health and beauty!
was a good night Supporting LEVI’S STAR Many thanks Linda
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Bonfire at bar stanley Saturday 8 November Was a great success Big bonfire Big crowd Brilliant fireworks Tracey & Mark great Hosts - Thank you
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Travellers Rest Stanley The western family fun day held on Sunday 19 October
was another great fund raising event for Levi's Star
Sam and Scott worked so hard organising the day so we say a
big thank you to you, your staff and customers
Once again kind, caring and generous people wanting to help
Levi’s Star to help children with brain tumours
The amount raised was an amazing £1,000
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BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG THANK YOU To everyone who attended our ball & to companies
and individuals who donated auction prizes and everyone involved in this successful evening
It was amazing – we could not believe the generosity and caring shown on the night.
We will let you have details of the amount raised when we have recovered
from this fabulous ball & of course we have a lot of thanking to do
Once again many thanks to everyone!!!!!
Stop Press - £6,100 raised
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bar stanley held a weekend of Levi's Star fund raising events On the weekend of 3rd, 4th & 5th October Friday evening's entertainment was a sponsored Karaoke Saturday evening was a charity auction Sunday brought a tug of war and sponsored head shave/wax. It was a great weekend's entertainment and raised an amazing £1711 for Levi's Star Many many thanks to Tracy and Mark, their staff and enthusiastic and generous customers
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West Riding's Nursing Home in Outwood On 20th & 21st September 2008 several members of staff from the nursing home completed "Three Peaks Sponsored Walk" An amazing £655 was raised Many,many thanks to Nicki for organising the event and all concerned walkers, staff, sponsors and patients We would also to thank Bupa for their donation of £150
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A BIG thank you to Zander and his sister Alexia, Levi's little friends Who raised an amazing £42 by holding a mini gala in their garden v Hotdogs v Chocolate fountain v Buns vTombola - Were a great hit with the visitors Well done - Levi would have been very proud of you both As we are XXXXX
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Helen, a teacher at Spen Valley Sports College,
made some scrumptious cakes and sold them
in the staff room and raised an amazing £70.
Many thanks Helen from Levi's Star
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Outwood Grane College held an evening of "Outwood's Got Talent" in July. It was an amazing evening of entertainment - all of the acts were brilliant. Levi's Star will receive half of the proceeds raised on the night. Many thanks to Outwood teachers, pupils and most of all the entertainers.
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Stanley Day Care Nursery recently held their Gala/Open Day and raised £162 for Levis's Star - many thanks to Julia and all her staff, the children and parents for supporting us. xx
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Marie Gibson kindly ran Levi's Star stall recently at Stanley St Peter's School Gala Day and raised £92 - well done Marie and many thanks from Levis's Star. xx
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Michaela Goes Red
A HAIRDRESSER turned heads in the direction of Levi’s Star after she opted to turn her barnet bright red in memory of our little star, Levi. Michaela Layton, of the Sirocco Hair Studio on Lower Warrengate, Wakefield undertook the transformation to raise funds for Levi's Star.
The 34-year-old has raised more than £700 so far and money is still coming in.
"What Michaela did was excellent and everyone at Levi’s Star wants to say a big big big thank you to her." xxx
Thank you from Michaela
Over £700 raised and counting. Whilst Levi’s family have ploughed all their efforts and energy into organising this charity – I wondered what it was that I could do to help in also trying to raise sponsorship. I asked what had been his favourite colour and that I would colour my hair it – the answer came back RED, so that was it I’d colour my hair red in his honour and raise awareness of his charity. Every time I’ve panicked about going bright red his little smile has popped into my head and the thoughts of other children with the same condition simply took the panic away.
I’d like to thank all the “STARS” who’ve helped, listened and sponsored me. Everyone in the up town night scene pubs, Moodies, Black Swan, Exchange bouncers (door men), Wrenthorpe Football Club, Tracy Metcalfe, Nigel Wright, Faisals Restaurant, my parents and family, customers at Sorocco and all my friends – you are all truly stars, many, many thanks in aiding Levi’s charity to shine on.
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Irwin Mitchell Solicitors held a charity day at the Royal Armouries recently their charity being Yorkshire Air Ambulance and invited us to have stall there for Levi's Star. They helped with our stall by donating prizes for a hoop-la game. The day was a great success - many thanks to Irwin Mitchell (by the way they also donated £250 to Levi's Star for which we are very very grateful) - Many thanks to all concerned.
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