Claire is selling books in aid of Tom’s Fund and CRY at today’s Brentford Festival in Blondin Park, Ealing, W5.
The event runs until 6pm and there are plenty of things to do – more than 100 other stalls and a fun fair are among the distractions – so if you have a moment to visit it would be great to see you.
The Great North Run
Family friend Isabel Turner is running in the Great North Run tomorrow in memory of Tom.
Isa has already raised £2,500 for CRY and said “The run will be a really tough challenge for me but I will be spurred on every step of the way by the memory of Tom’s energy, joie de vivre and laughter which still feel so fresh.”
The half-marathon starts in Newcastle-on-Tyne and ends in South Shields.
Help to prevent 12-a-week.
Claire is striking out into a new venue with her latest book sale – taking one of the 100 stalls at the Brentford Festival in Blondin Park this Sunday.
She’ll be there from 12-6 selling mainly second-hand books in aid of Tom’s Fund.
Other attractions at the show include live bands, food stalls and a dog show so come along and support Claire if you can.
Simon Gillett and Ben Stewart cycled in memory of Tom as part of the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 bike ride in August.
The pair were among a 38-strong CRY team. You can read a full report on the CRY site here.
Christmas is just around the corner – ok, it isn’t really – but CRY are out of the blocks early and have their Christmas cards on sale already.
You can buy them here.
Enid and Graham Maguire, friends of Tom’s grandparents, raised more than £200 for Tom’s Fund with a tea and cake sale at their home in Pyrford, Surrey.
Enid said: “We were pleased to raise money for CRY and awareness at the same time.”
Tom’s grandparents, Gordon and Margaret, attended the event and Margaret was among the cake-bakers.
The afternoon, a joint fund-raiser for CRY and the Samaritans, was held on a perfectly sunny afternoon on Sunday, August 3. The Maguires’ efforts benefited Tom’s Fund and CRY to the tune of £230.
Tom’s Fund has sponsored free @CRY_UK heart screenings for young people every year since 2009.
In that time more than 1,000 young people have been screened, around 800 of them in and around Ealing. Although the majority will walk away reassured, others will need medical intervention.
It currently costs the Fund £3,500 in sponsorship to host a free screening day for 100 people.
Year on year, friends, family and supporters, generally local people, have supported us with fund-raising and donations.
That effort has enabled Tom’s Fund to raise more than £80,000 since 2008. It’s on its way to its target of raising £100,000 by November 27, 2014, what would have been the end of Tom’s 21st birthday year.
If there are any Ealing businesses or organisations that would like to partner us and help to support future screenings we’d be glad to hear from you at thetomclabburnfund@gmail.com or via the message form here.
You can read more about Tom’s Fund on this site or on the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund’s Cardiac Risk in the Young page here.
We have screenings organised for November 2014 and April 2015 in Ealing. We expect that, as usual, they will be oversubscribed.
Nationally, 12 young people a week aged 14-35 die of undiagnosed heart conditions. Tom was one of them. He was 14.
Screening works. It can save lives. Please help if you can.
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