CHARITY | Family Affairs and other matters

MOVEMBER

Friday, November 18, 2011

How are you all getting on?? My teenage son is looking forward to visiting a nearby pub who are offering a free pint for everyone involved in growing a moustache for November month - I'm not really sure he'll get away with it though - I've taken a photograph so that you can see the problem he might have - it's a little bit bum fluffy ("no offence" - as my daughter would say to cover anything bloody rude that comes out of her mouth).....we may need to add a bit of dye to it or mascara before he turns up so that they don't have to use a magnifying glass or worse still turn him away...:- Whereas on the other hand, here is my brother's splendid effort thus far. Now he has two more weeks to start developing the handlebars:- Gosh. Don't their nostrils look huge taken out of context....So. Let me see your efforts? Otherwise the donation I'm offering is going to one of my family members to add to the charity. Photos please (nostrils included - it's funnier).

MOVEMBER COMPETITION

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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GET GROWING THAT FACIAL HAIR - I've started - there really is no excuse. For this month - formerly known as November, men (and women??) will start to sprout and sport splendid moustaches. This is all for a very good cause - check it all out here:- http://uk.movember.com/about. It is to raise much needed funds and awareness for men's health - especially prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. I have been thinking about my father hugely of late and no more so than today - the first day of Movember. He died almost exactly a year ago now from bowel cancer and we have all recently agreed that not having him around seems to be getting harder, not easier and we are all missing him hugely. He had one of the most splendid moustaches so this month will be hard. We all keep seeing similarities in other people .... SO why not turn a sad situation into something more positive. Could you please send in photos of your moustaches from around the world and at the end of the month we will pick a winner. I promise to give generously to the charity for the best moustache - I want your stories of where your hair growth takes you, who you meet and general updates over the month too. Let the battle begin. Ready, steady, GROW.... Here, in honour of my father and just to start things off is his effort. Beat that:-

PINK POWER WALK 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011

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We walked the walk, again, yesterday – 16 miles to raise money for breast cancer. It was a glorious day, not too hot, but sunny. Everything looking splendidly green, in amongst the pink. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, did it in the rubbish time of 4.5 hours but it didn’t matter. We stopped at every opportunity [...]

MAGGIE’S CANCER CARING CENTRES

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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I am delighted to have been asked to be on the committee for a fashion show a girlfriend of mine is putting on in support of “Maggie’s” in February next year. Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres is a charity that provides support, free of charge, for people who have been diagnosed with any type of cancer. [...]