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Thursday, November 24
BBC Children in Need 2011
by
Zoe
on Thu 24 Nov 2011 18:39 GMT
What a
lovely afternoon! We enjoyed a tea party in aid of Children in Need on Friday 18th November
with the residents, staff and friends & family of Valerie Manor and I am
delighted to say that we raised over £250.00. The residents enjoyed getting the Manor ready with Pudsey
decorations and thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon tea party which again brought
the old and young together – all of course enjoying the fantastic cakes,
chocolates and cookies baked by Chris our wonderful chef. Thank you to
everyone for their support and to staff for their hard work in helping raise money again this year
for this worthy charity.
Thursday, September 1
Valerie Manor's Blooming Great Tea Party!
by
Zoe
on Thu 01 Sep 2011 12:31 BST
We had a fantastic day last week at Valerie Manor's 'Blooming Great Tea Party'. We were so lucky with the weather and had a great turn out.
I am absolutely delighted to say that we have so far raised over
£600 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
 This is the most that Valerie Manor has ever raised for
charity so I am absolutely thrilled – there's still time to raise more though and if
you were unable to attend you are still able to donate online, or send a cheque
to us for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
I have to say a huge thank you to all the staff who assisted
us on the day and made it so special for the residents and our guests.
A special thank you to Chris, our chef who made all the cakes
and scones for everyone to enjoy during the day and take home with them.
Another special thank you to Sarah Watson Saunders, one of our resident’s
daughters who donated her time for the afternoon for face painting by ‘True
Colours’ – this attracted a lot of interest with the children and
adults alike.........yes, I had to have the Valerie Manor ‘V’ on my face as well!
For those who did not see the cake, a picture is above; Truffles in Steyning kindly donated the cake for our ‘guess the weight’ competition. It was
made by one of our carers mums – Spectacular!
I also have several thank-you’s for relatives who donated raffle
prizes and local business’s who were so generous with their gifts for the
raffle. Thank you so much to all who donated;
Alison & Clive Barrett
Barry Budibent
Jan Wilson
3663 Catering Supplies
Beeding News (Upper Beeding)
Bunce's (Steyning)
Calico - Creative | Print | Marketing (Hurstpierpoint)
Nisa Local (Upper Beeding)
The Old Tollgate Hotel & Restaurant (Bramber)
Roberts Butchers (Steyning)
Swains Farm (Henfield)
Truffles (Steyning)
Whites Restaurant (Steyning)
Thank you again for your support for this great cause. You can view photos from the day in our online Picasa album...
Wednesday, August 17
A Blooming Great Tea Party!
by
Zoe
on Wed 17 Aug 2011 14:23 BST
 The staff and residents at
Valerie Manor are at it again! We are having a 'Blooming Great' tea
party in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care on the afternoon of Friday 26th August from 3pm to 6pm. There will be lots of fun including a raffle, Face Painting by True Colours, a Tea Teaser Quiz, and a
wide selection of delicious homemade refreshments for sale.
All the money raised from the tea party will help Marie Curie Nurses to provide more free care to patients with terminal illnesses in the comfort of their own homes or one of the charity’s hospices.
The tea party is part of many others that have been taking place across the
country as part of Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Blooming Great Tea Party
campaign, which hopes to raise one million pounds for the charity this
summer.
We are also taking donations online and would welcome any amount you can give at; http://www.justgiving.com/valeriemanor-teaparty.
Monday, November 22
Children in Need 2010
by
Zoe
on Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:13 GMT
Thank
you to everyone who supported the Valerie Manor Children in Need day again this
year.
The
day started off with Emma and myself decorating the car park with Children in Need banners, balloons and bunting.... of course whilst wearing bandanas, tee-shirts
and Pudsey ears!
I
was thrilled when the contractors, Hilife’s site manager Dan supported the day
by taking donations from the labourers in exchange for bacon butties!!
In
the morning the residents enjoyed making the paper chain again which ended up
quite long this year – watch out for the pictures in the Herald. The afternoon
was filled with support from our local community and relatives and friends of
Valerie Manor who joined us for Pudsey afternoon tea – filled with Pudsey
biscuits and cakes!
I
would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated so far and
encourage you to still support the event as the online donation page still
remains open. To date we have managed to raise over £350, nearly to our target
of £400. You can donate online on our JustGiving page.
I
would like to say thank you to Robin (my mum) for organising and planning the
event with the residents and staff. Unfortunately she could not attend as her dance school were busy tap dancing for Children in Need all day and managed to raise a
staggering £1500.00! Well done mum!
Monday, November 15
Children in Need 2010
by
Zoe
on Mon 15 Nov 2010 12:27 GMT
 Last year the residents and staff at Valerie Manor raised over £400 for BBC
Children in Need. This year we’re at it again and this time around the resident’s
are keen to revisit a previous fundraising activity with the Valerie Manor
Paper Chain Marathon – this year they’ll be working hard to beat their previous
record of almost 50 metres in length!
We’d love it if you could give some encouragement by making
a small donation...
Friday, May 28
Go Green Day – Charity Event for St Barnabas
by
Zoe
on Fri 28 May 2010 10:22 BST
The
residents and staff are at it again! As you may know, we like to keep busy at
Valerie Manor and if we can combine it with raising money for a good cause then
even better!
We would
like to invite you to a Go Green for St Barnabas tea party on Thursday 17th June
2010 at 16:00. We will be asking visitors to make a donation for their tea and
‘green’ cake and of course the pleasure of seeing the residents and staff all
dressed up for the afternoon! All donations will go directly to St Barnabas,
whose staff have supported several residents, families and staff at Valerie
Manor through difficult times. (Please see detailed information regarding the
fund raising event below)
Robin (mum) is
also busy organising the lounge / diner to be decorated in green, creating a
green quiz for the residents and flower arranging during the morning which the
residents suggested themselves.
If you are
not able to attend then please do visit our just giving website to make a
donation online for this worthy cause:
Information
about the fundraising project:
The
Herald and Gazette have been asking people to Go Green for St Barnabas for the
past two months. St. Barnabas House is a local independent charitable hospice,
first opened in 1973 by a local GP Dr. Francis Gusterson. It is a non-religious
organisation that offers palliative care for patients with advanced cancer and
other advanced life-limiting diseases. They are hoping the appeal will raise
£5,000 which St Barnabas will put towards the cost of their new hospice,
currently being built in Titnore Lane, so far they have raised just under
£3,000.
We have
taken on the challenge and the residents, staff and Robin, our activities coordinator, have been coming up with ideas to help raise money towards this
worthy cause.
>Find out more on the St Barnabas website
Tuesday, December 22
Brief Children in Need Summary
by
Zoe
on Tue 22 Dec 2009 15:41 GMT
Just a brief summary to say that our final total raised for Children in Need
was £415! Thank you so much to everyone who donated and supported the residents
and staff at Valerie Manor.
Thursday, December 3
New friends...
by
Zoe
on Thu 03 Dec 2009 17:00 GMT
 We're very lucky at Valerie Manor
to have Lola, a beautiful black labrador, and volunteer owner Derrie come to visit us from Pets As Therapy. They visited for the first time on 26th November and have asked if they could come back
every week to spend more time with the residents. The residents
love their company and not only enjoy stroking Lola
and having the comfort of her being so close it also generates a lot of
conversation and memories for them all. Several residents had memories and stories to tell about dogs that they have owned in the past or have known throughout their lives
which was so lovely to hear about.
 Thank you to Derrie and Lola and we
look forward to seeing a lot more of you both at the Manor.
Pets As Therapy is
a national charity and is unique in that it provides temperament
assessed/vaccinated PAT Dogs and PAT Cats with registered volunteers to
hospitals, hospices, residential care homes, day centres, special needs schools
and many other establishments, providing comfort, companionship and therapy.
There are approximately 4,500 PAT Dogs and 108 PAT Cats bringing benefit to
more than 130,000 people of all ages every single week throughout the UK.
Find out more on their website at; www.petsastherapy.org
Thursday, November 26
Lets Dance! for BBC Children in Need
by
Robin Bates
on Thu 26 Nov 2009 20:38 GMT
 
Whilst Zoe and our lovely
ladies and gentlemen at Valerie Manor were busy enjoying themselves
with various activities to raise money for Pudsey Bear, Sally-Ann and I
were also having a great time running two Sponsored Tap Dancing
Sessions at Let’s Dance!
During the afternoon pupils from 3 years old donned Fancy Dress to tap
away for 1 hour being sponsored by family and friends and in the
evening older pupils and adults spent 2 hours doing the same. I am
delighted to tell you that we were pledged £2,126.60 for the Sessions!
Sore feet, happy feet. Smiley faces!
Robin of Let’s Dance! (Hassocks)
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The residents wanted to make some fresh flower arrangements which Joyce kindly
arranged for the morning bringing in lots of greenery from her garden at home.
They all looked lovely around the home for the day. The lounge was decorated
with St Barnabas banners, balloons and bugs along with green helium balloons,
glitter curtains and serviettes. We had green tea and cake or a green punch
with friends and families of Valerie Manor and were selling green cup cakes for
people to take away with them. Thank you to Maria who had been up since 4am
baking for everyone. We also had a green raffle which staff and local people
kindly donated to. Not of course forgetting that the wonderful staff at Valerie Manor joined in with the spirit of the day by wearing green outfits with green nail varnish,
face paints and glitter wigs! Of course the residents were all in green clothes
and hats for the day and the majority of visitors also turned up wearing green.
