Harry Mills, aged four, is suffering from tuber sclerosis. The disease causes epilepsy and poor Harry can suffer from up to ten fits per day. His mother has organised the fun day on Saturday September 15th to raise funds for the two charities helping Harry, the Tuberous Sclerosis Association and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Graham Richardson was joined by Mark Richardson Richard Amery and support driver Brian Holland. They left Stifford Clays in Grays on Sunday and covered the 240 miles in just three days, arriving in Exmouth.
DOVE Spa at Lakeside is preparing to host a coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, with a fantastic ‘menu’ of treatments. Guests will be invited to pre-book appointments for the coffee morning on Friday 28th September and just need to donate at least £15 for their treatment which will go directly to Macmillan.
THE campaign to build a community centre in Corringham dedicated to the memory of Karis May Darling takes to water at the weekend as her father John and a team of rowers aim to cross the channel.
Sainsburys store manager Mike Agha said: "Every year at Sainsburys Chafford Hundred we have the privilege to work closely with a charity that has been nominated by colleagues and our customers from the local community.
MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT are the key phrases for the Paralympics and a team of injured service-men will be in Thurrock on Wednesday to bring some of that spirit to the borough. The four men are on a 3000 mile trip round the UK. They started on Saturday and are not hanging around as they spend just 30 days as they blaze a trail.
A SIGN OF THE TIMES. Not only the fact that we have a foodbank but that they are now looking for premises to store the foodstuffs. The Foodbank teams have been out and about outside the supermarkets in Corringham, Tilbury and Lakeside to name just a few.
A CHARITY Barn Dance in aid of Macmillan nurses in Essex will be hold next month in Orsett. The dance will be held on September 15th at 7.30pm until 11pm at Orsett Village Hall, High Road, Orsett
MARTIN Steel from the Rotary Club of Butare, South Rwanda, visited while on Annual leave to update the members on the work of Veterinaires Sans Frontiers. This is an organization based in Belgium that instigated the Proxivet Project where the farmers in Rwanda are taught how to keep their animals healthy and thus the community.
Money was raised through various activities; a rugby game in the baking heat, auction and raffle, waxing, have a go at pole dancing, hog roast and BBQ, Karaoke, and many other silly ideas that raised a few quid to the cause. The original target of £1,000 was set when the idea was purely a game of rugby but it just goes to show the generosity and club spirit as the event took off into a major fund raiser.
BASILDON and Thurrock Samaritans will be holding their annual Summer Fete and Garden Party this Saturday. The Samaritans provide a vital service to individuals who often feel that they have nowhere else left to turn, and this service relies on the community to keep going.
A National Lottery spokesman said: "We urge every player to check their tickets as they could be one of our missing millionaires. The clock is now ticking for these ticketholders and we want to be presenting them with their giant cheque so they can start enjoying their win as soon as possible.
Nine crew members used the machine to scale a height equivalent to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, The Great Pryamids, Space Needle, Petronas towers, Empire State Building, CN Tower, and the Sears Tower.
Crews will be using a step machine to scale a height equivalent to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, The Great Pryamids, Space Needle, Petronas towers, Empire State Building, CN Tower, and the Sears Tower.
