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  A pop-up vintage rock’n’roll coffee bar is being organised by the Alzheimer’s Society in York as part of Dementia Awareness Week.
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  A BRAVE youngster will climb 210 steps and jump off a bridge 160 feet high tomorrow to celebrate her 14th birthday and raise money for the transplant unit at Leeds General Infirmary.
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  THE family of a mum-of-two who has undergone treatment for cancer three times is fundraising to create a new courtyard and garden area for York Hospital patients.
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  A motorcycle dealership and service centre in York is looking to vroom and bloom tomorrow.
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  VOLUNTEERS are being encouraged to negotiate the 24 jumps of Bramham International Horse Trials famous cross-country course in aid of The Fire Fighters Charity.
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  A group of staff at the Skipton Building Society are preparing to make a great escape to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
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  A SOLICITOR who aims to walk 100 km in 30 hours has raised £1,600 for charity – but hopes to double that by the time he sets out on his marathon trek.
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           <title>Hospital’s National Railway Museum ball promises plenty of sparkle</title>
           
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  ONLY five tables are left for this year’s Star Ball to raise funds for York Hospital’s charity.
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  FOUR charities are to receive donations of £2,242 each after members of committees at the now closed Allerthorpe Park Golf Club, near Pocklington, met to decide on the appropriate use of remaining funds.
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  A three-foot Easter Egg designed by a 12-year old York girl and made as her prize is being donated to York’s St Leonard’s Hospice.
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  MORE than £1,600 has been raised following a fundraising curry night hosted by the chairman of Ryedale District Council.
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  A MUSICIAN has been reunited with a rare bouzouki instrument, which was stolen near York in a £10,000 haul.
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  Plucky York woman Gemma Lumley is putting her best foot forward to raise money for a good cause – and undertake a gruelling challenge.
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  A Yorkshire heart charity is calling on workers to use Walk To Work week next week to exercise their limbs and get their hearts pumping.
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  ORGANISERS of the Macmillan Charity Raceday on Knavesmire are hoping to top last year when more than £250,000 was raised.
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           <title>Tickets still available for hospital Star Ball</title>
           
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  THE final few tables are up for grabs at next month’s York Hospital fundraising Star Ball, say organisers.
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  HUNDREDS of pounds have been raised in a bake-off challenge in aid of Age UK.
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           <title>Selby District Council chairman's parting gift to York Hospital</title>
           
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  THE breast cancer unit at York Hospital has been handed a cheque for £2,600 by the outgoing chairman of Selby District Council.
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  A YORK woman who agreed to have a tattoo chosen by bidders at a charity draw will find out tomorrow what the design will be.
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  A SOLDIER based at York’s Imphal Barracks has painted a series of pictures depicting his experiences while serving out in Afghanistan.
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  A MILITARY firefighter from York is about to realise a burning ambition as he tackles three marathons in as many days for charity.
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  A YORK charity formed in memory of a young boy who had a brain tumour has raised £4,500 from two events in its quest to help other families.
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  RUNNERS and spectators at this year’s Race For Life in York have the chance to win a weekend of luxury motoring thanks to a York car hire company.
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  A PLUCKY teenager from York has had her head shaved to raise money in memory of a close family friend who died of cancer.
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  CHARITY fundraiser Andrew Fair has revealed details of his 2013 annual sponsored walk.
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