Progress All Round

I thought I’d write a final post for 2009 summing up the progress made towards the Breakthrough Challenge during the past six months.

With the skydive still five months away, there is plenty more to do, but 2009 has seen some significant progress in a number of areas.

On 14th July I committed to lose weight by joining the LighterLife programme in order to ensure that the ‘hot pink’ jumpsuit did not make me resemble Bagpuss. As of today, I have lost over 5 stone in weight and am now working my way back to normality with real food back on the menu. Christmas and New Year will obviously be the next challenge!

In terms of the fundraising, with what is on JustGiving and funds raised through auction and raffles, I have now topped £6,000. I’m conscious that I have a long way to go, however!

The Booby Bird Ball is booked for 20th March 2010 at the Marriott Heathrow/Windsor and tickets are available for £85/head or £800/table of 10. The fabulous Comedy Store Players have agreed to provide the entertainment for the evening.

Anyone wanting to book can contact me by leaving a comment below with details. I will not post these comments to the blog but will contact you directly or contact me via Twitter at www.twitter.com/janerowe.

Spicers SOS Auction for Breakthrough

On 8th December we ran an auction at Spicers SOS event for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, to support the Booby Bird fundraising activity for the skydive in May.

With three lots, including two tickets to the X Factor Live Show, a week in a holiday cottage in Devon and a return helicopter flight to Tuddenham Mill for lunch, the auction raised a fabulous £1,600.

Thanks to the successful bidders and to the fabulous companies and people who donated the prizes.

Ladies Indulgence Evening

On 27th November, we held our first fundraising event for the Breakthrough Booby Birds cause. The Ladies Indulgence Evening was hosted by Sophie Brown, one of my fabulous Booby Buddies! At just £20/ticket, and with a host of stalls selling goodies for Christmas, mini treatments and gift bags containing over £20 worth of treats, the evening was a roaring success.

The hall in Newton, Cambridgeshire held just 50 people and we had a capacity crowd, raising over £1,100 in just 2 hours.

Thanks to Sophie for organising this great event and to all the others who provided the support, arranged the stalls, donated the goodies and raffle prizes and catered for the event.

Well done to all!