York Press | Fundraising fun

Badger Hill Bakery makes pies for St Leonard’s Hospice charity walk

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:47:15 +0000

Badger Hill Bakery is getting ready to make the pies which are given out at the end of the annual 20-mile Challenge Walk for York’s St Leonard’s Hospice.

Fundraiser dives in to help Thomas, 4

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:40:00 +0000

AN estate agent from York swam ten miles to help raise money for a very ill boy from Selby.

Charity team gets ready to say it with flowers

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:47:06 +0000

A PLEA has been made for volunteers to help York’s Marie Curie Fundraising Team during the annual Great Daffodil Appeal.

£25,000 donation to Sadie Rose Appeal

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:11:41 +0000

AN anonymous donation of £25,000 has put a campaign to help a seriously ill two-year-old one step closer to achieving its goal.

Celebrities pitch in to raise money for Thomas Cammack's cancer treatment

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:08:18 +0000

THE campaign to send a four-year-old cancer sufferer to America for potentially life-saving treatment has received celebrity endorsement.

World Cup final ref in whistle-stop visit for fundraiser

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:42:40 +0000

WORLD Cup and Premiership football referee Howard Webb was the main speaker at a fundraising dinner hosted by the Lord Mayor of York.

Thai boxers' skipathon raises £2,500

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:12 +0000

A TEAM of Muay Thai boxers endured sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow to undertake a six-hour skipathon in York in aid of the city’s Special Care Baby Unit and Help For Heroes.

Soldiers’ 36-hour challenge to boost funds to help sick York boy

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:12:28 +0000

SOLDIERS serving in Afghanistan have cycled and trekked the distance to York to raise funds for a little boy with a life-threatening health condition.

Tommy Cannon spreads Selby charity cheer

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:18:57 +0000

A COMEDY veteran has returned to Selby College to celebrate the success of a charity recipe book put together by students.

Gallery donates artwork to charity ball auction

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:03:44 +0000

Castle Gallery in the York Coppergate Centre has donated two of its works to be auctioned for charity at next week's Lord Mayor's Valentine Ball.

Over £4,600 raised for Macmillan in Ryedale

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:48:47 +0000

MORE than £4,600 was raised at 32 different events across Ryedale as part of the 2011 World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Penny and Graeme chosen for charity projects

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:43:07 +0000

TWO York residents have won a place on a national programme which will see them work for a charity of their choice.

Choir brings musical boost to search for missing

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:25:12 +0000

Rock Choir, which claims to the UK’s largest amateur contemporary choir, with about 16,000 members, has raised more than £13,000 to help support the charity Missing People’s search for the 250,000 people who go missing in the UK every year.

Couple’s 1,800-mile trek to Italy for charity

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:11:42 +0000

LESS than two years ago she could barely walk due to severe arthritis – now a York woman is preparing to set off on an 1,800 mile fundraising trek to Rome.