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Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in 2013, Awareness, Ealing

Buy a CRY charity Christmas card in Ealing

CRY are selling a range of charity Christmas cards again this year.

If you live in Ealing you can get them from Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop which is open until 19/12/2013.

It’s at the YMCA, 25 St Mary’s Road, Ealing, W5 5RF and opening times are Monday to Saturday 10.00-17.00, Sunday 1st, 8th & 15th December 12.30-16.30.

The cards are also available online and at other locations in the UK – see http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/christmas_cards_charity.htm for full details.

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Posted by on Nov 23, 2013 in 2013, Awareness

Tom’s Fund Facebook advert supports CRY’s Raising Awareness Week

 

CRY’s 2013 Raising Awareness Week runs from today until December 1.

This annual event is a chance for CRY to promote its message even more strongly than usual. It includes Friday’s Great Cake Bake http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/Great_Cake_Bake_2013.html

Our contribution is to pay for a Facebook advert for Tom’s Fund which will run throughout the week. No money raised for Tom’s Fund or for CRY has been used; it’s something we as a family are funding.

We’re not labouring that point because we want a pat on the back but because we want to make clear that if, for example, you’ve run a marathon on the Fund’s behalf, your hard-raised cash is only being spent on screening or research, not on something that might or might not work.

Given how the nice people at Facebook managed to wreck Tom’s original group page, “Remember Tom, Support CRY”, we’re not overly confident about just how much awareness the adverts will raise. We’ll let you know if it’s worked or not.

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Posted by on Nov 22, 2013 in 2013, Awareness, Fund-raising event

“Oh *%!* I’m climbing a mountain”

Kilimanjaro

“Seriously? You mean he’s going up there?”

Christopher Cockburn, quite heroically in our view, is taking on Mount Kilimanjaro.

The headline, taken from his own words,  probably won’t be reproduced by the Ealing Gazette but it succinctly sums up his feelings.

We’re hugely grateful that Chris, who knew Tom well, is making the climb on behalf of Tom’s Fund and CRY in either January or February 2014.

He has a Justgiving page up and running at http://www.justgiving.com/christophercockburn

Please show your support for Chris by giving it a Facebook like, Tweeting it etc. If you know anyone who wants to donate, please point them in the direction of his page. He’s trying to raise £500 and, just as importantly, he’ll help to raise shedloads of awareness.

So thanks again Chris and good luck from me, Claire and Ellen!

 

 

 

 

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