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November 2011 - Second Annual Footloose Fun Walk
February 2011 - Night at the Court Theatre
November 2010 - First Annual Footloose Fun Walk
September 2010 - 2010 Carnation Day Street Appeal
September 2009 - 2009 Carnation Day Street Appeal
August 2009 - The Big Bog Beard-Off
Second Annual Footloose Fun Walk - 6 November 2011
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The second annual Footloose Fun Walk was full of family fun. Around 90 people participated on Sunday 6 November in North Hagley Park. While some chose to walk 2km, others pushed themselves to complete 5km and still others rounded the park twice for a 10km run. Over $1000 was raised through registration fees and sponsorship. We would like to thank those who volunteerd their time to help marshal the event and run the sausage sizzle. We would also like to thank: Hoyts, Orana Wildlife Park and Willowbank for providing vouchers as spot prizes, Mitre 10 for supplying the bouncy castle, Coupland's Bakeries for donating bread and especially to Ellesmere Butchery for donating all the food for the sausage sizzle. If there are any outstanding sponsorship forms please return these to: PO Box 32135, Linwood, ChCh 8147 We look forward to seeing you next year! |
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A Night at the Theatre - 20 February 2011
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A Hilarious Night of Entertainment! The Court Theatre presented a private showing of The Court Jesters to an almost full house of 270 people on 20 February. The Society would like to say thank you to all who purchased tickets and especially to all who sold tickets on behalf of the Society. The night was a huge success and the Court Jesters are a group of amazingly talented people! The Society would like to thank the following sponsors of our raffle and silent auction: |
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First Annual Footloose Fun Walk - 7 November 2010
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The First Annual Footloose Fun Walk was full of amily fun. Around 150 people participated on Sunday 7 November in North Hagley Park. While some chose to walk 2km, others pushed themselves to complete 5km and still others rounded the park twice for a 10km run. Over $1,500 was raised through registration fees and sponsorship. We would like to thank those who volunteered their time to help marshal the event and run the sausage sizzle. We would also like to thank Ellesmere Butchery for donating the food for the sausage sizzle and Coupland's Bakeries for donating the bread. Thank you to all who participated in the Footloose Fun Walk and we look forward to seeing you again next year! |
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2010 Carnation Day Street Appeal
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This year's annual street appeal was a huge success. More than 400 volunteers collected on Friday 3 September at 50 locations throughout Canterbury. Together they raised over $28,000. This money will go directly into providing support for our members with MS and Parkinson's. |
2009 Carnation Day Street Appeal
A huge thank you to all who helped make the 2009 Carnation Day on Friday 4 September a big success. We had over 300 volunteers, including high school students, local MPs, Society members and community volunteers. Several local businesses also placed buckets on their counters during MS Awareness Week.
The Big Bog Beard-Off - A Huge Success
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Thank you to all involved for making The Big Bog Beard-Off a huge success. The Society would like to say a huge thank you to The Bog Irish Bar and especially 'Ma' (aka Chris) for being the inspiration for this fundraiser and Matt Kamstra for seeing the idea to fruition. Over $4,000 was raised for the Society, which will go a long way to provide support for people with MS and Parkinson's in Canterbury. |
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A big thank you to Man Up Hair and Body for donating their time to do all the shaving. There was talk going on that after the beards they chopped through the razors might need a sharpen. |
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Tom Gregg - Before...during...after!!! |
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