Fundraising with Handbands

A Ripon woman has launched fundraising wristbands to pay for a life-changing operation for her grandson who was refused NHS treatment. So far Avril Ogden, of Westgate, has raised £500 towards a £40,000 operation for Oliver, two, who has spastic diplegia – a form of cerebral palsy – and relies on a frame to walk. “We were devastated when we found out that we would need to raise the money ourselves,” said Avril, who indicated the complex spinal surgery –called selective dorsal rhitzomy – would allow Oliver to walk unaided. The NHS has said the operation for Oliver would be too risky to peform, forcing his parents – who live in Wiltshire – to seek private treatment. Fundraising Wristbands for Oliver Continue reading →

HARTSVILLE, S.C. _ Wearing pink shirts, jackets, hats, flowers and a breast cancer awareness bracelet, guests filed in to the Village Café Wednesday morning in support of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Talk Show Host Sharman Poplava broadcast every Wednesday morning live from the restaurant, and she joined the celebration with her “Get Your Pink On” themed “Good Morning Hartsville,” show at 8:30 a.m. Show guests included men and women breast cancer survivors. In addition to the breast cancer guests, Poplava interviewed Doug Bush with the Friends of the Library and Audrey Tripp, director of the Hartsville Memorial Library, about the upcoming book sale; and Wes Daniels and Tiletha Lane of Coker College about Coker’s homecoming activities this weekend. Continue reading →

A schoolgirl has been banned from wearing a Help The Heroes wristband in support of injured soldiers - because of safety fears that it can get snagged on door handles. Ellie Sandywell, 11, had the band confiscated by teachers after she insisted on wearing it in lessons. She says she wears the bracelet because her 17-year-old cousin, Ethan Millard, is serving in the RAF, and her brother, Joshua Brayford, aged 20, is in training for the Royal Marines. Sara Stevenson, executive headteacher at the University Primary Academy in Kidsgrove, Staffs, claims the wristband could endanger pupils. Continue reading →

There are a pair of fundraisers this week in support of Gaylord Intermediate School fifth-grader Emily Lauster, who was recently diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma, a fast-growing form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She is receiving treatment at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott’s Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. Lauster is a member of the Gaylord Lightning girls’ soccer team, which is offering “Kicking Cancer for Emily” bracelets at Gaylord High School’s Homecoming football game Friday night. There is no set cost for the bracelet, but donations are being asked. Continue reading →

To celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the American Cancer Society Saturday, Tammy Gagnon said that with the Making Strides Against Cancer Walk they hope to raise just that: $100,000. Gagnon, the publicity chair for the Litchfield chapter of Making Strides said that the hope is to beat last year’s tally of $92,000 donated and break six figures. “It’s a very inspiring day,” Gagnon said. “It’ll leave you, you know, you’ll be changed.” The walk to fight cancer will begin at the White Memorial Conservation Center on 80 Whitehall Road in Litchfield. It is a three-mile walk, but people who can’t handle the walk don’t have to do all three, Gagnon said. “The ground is beautiful to walk on,” she said, describing the path of the walk at White Memorial. “And it’s through the woods. It’s great.” Continue reading →