CHRISTMAS TREE SERVICE DECEMBER 2010

We held our annual Xmas Tree Service on Sunday on 12th December 2010. Before the service we reflected how the time has flown. At the first one there was around 12 of us standing in Kingsthorpe Cemetery in the rain, holding lanterns and singing carols. This year over 250 of you our friends came to join us. We know how special we feel the Xmas Service is and speaking to you on the Sunday you obviously all feel the same. Thank you so much for coming.




DRAGON BOAT RACE

It was suggested some months ago by one of our fathers that it would be good to put a Sands team in the annual Dragon Boat Race which is held in Northampton, so on Sunday 18th July 11 brave souls took to the river hoping above hope that they wouldn't fall in and that they wouldn't be last. As it was they came a very respectable 18th out of 36 which for a first attempt is excellent. Family and friends came to support them and everybody has said what a great time they had. It was muted that they do it again next year!!!





FAMILY FUN DAY

We decided to hold another Family Fun day this year and throughout all the planning we hoped that the weather would be kinder to us then last year when it rained non stop the whole time. We were in luck as the weather was absolutely glorious - perhaps even a bit too glorious - it was the hottest day of the year so far. As well as having various stalls,face painter, a tiny tots play area, live music and a reptile display, we had planned to organise traditional games - sack race, 3 legged race, tug of war etc but general concensus was that it was just too hot! We also had one further problem as although we had planned the day not to clash with any local events it was the afternoon that England played Germany in the world cup!! Fortunately we have very good helpers, friends and supporters, we had an amazing turnout and raised just under £500, so thank you one and all.

We held out first ever balloon release at the fun day and we were all moved as we saw our balloons flying free and high in the sky. It was a poignant moment for us all.





MAY REMEMBRANCE SERVICE

We held our annual May service on 16th May 2010 at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Abington, Northampton. It was good to see so many of you there. As we have all said in the past this service gives us a chance to get together with other parents and to take time out of our busy lives and remember our precious babies.

We would also like to say thank you to you our friends, we have received some lovely comments from you following our service. We think the one that sums it up best is the parent that said ' its the best one i've been to you got it just right'.


VALENTINE'S BALL

We held our first ever charity ball on 6th February 2010 at the Marriott Hotel in Northampton. It was a sell out and 180 guests enjoyed a 3 course meal, live entertainment by Ricky Swann with surprise guests the 'Singing Waiters' who entertained us with popular and classical arias.

During the evening we held a raffle and auction and due to the generousity of our guests raised a tremendous amount of money. Thank you one and all. We would also like to express our thanks to our sponsors for their invaluable support. Details of our sponsors is attached. Click here to download this file




CHRISTMAS TREE SERVICE

We held our annual christmas tree service on Sunday 13th December and would like to say thank you for coming it was good that so many of you coud make it. We think we exceeded last years total of 200 attending. The local paper reported the event and gave us good coverage. We would like to thank Craig and Tina for telling their stories. See attached news reportClick here to download this file

MILTON KEYNES 5KM BIG FUN RUN

We would like to say a big thank you to our runners at this event - 7 of you ran to support us - Andy, Martine and daughters Dallas and Devon in memory of Sky, Roy in memory of Millie, Helen in memory of Elise and Craig in memory of Charlie. It was a lovely sunny day which was good for the spectators but not so for the runners so well done to you all. Just to let you know Maggie and Viv have said that they will walk it next year!!
Photos of our runners during the day.





FAMILY FUN DAY

Our first ever event was a family fun day held at the Hungry Horse Pub at Sixfields, Northampton. Unfortunately the weather couldn't have been worse as it rained all day with no respite. We had several inflatable games, face painting, live groups and a bungee jump. Despite the awful weather some hardy souls turned up to give us their support and we managed to raise £647 on the day, a very big thank you to all who shook tins and cajoled the public to part with their coins.

Some hardy souls on the inflatables.