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The Place Reporter
September- October 2016
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Launch of Partners Evening
We are very pleased to be launching our first every partners evening on Tuesday the 20th September.
This is an evening for our guests and their partners/carers to socialise with others, ask questions from our expert guest speakers. Including a Chemotherapy nurse, Cancer doctor and our very own dedicated counsellor.
This is a free event and BBQ and refreshments have been kindly provided by Sainsbury's Kempshott Store, for more information and to book a place contact us on 07899 970 841 today!
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THE BLUE SPACE
We are incredibly excited and proud to announce the launch of our new and exciting Blue Space sessions. These sessions are aimed towards men in our local and surrounding areas and will commence in November. Sessions will be run on Tuesday evenings from 7pm once a month. These services for men will include, free advice, support, socialising, phone a friend, Curry, Quiz and Game Nights, Counselling, Massage, and more.
If you are interested in helping support us on these much needed events please do contact us. We are also looking for companies that can donate towards these sessions,
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Swishing Party
Our first Pink Place clothes swapping evening raised £294.00 for The Pink Place. Many Thanks to all who supported this event.
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The Hatch Pink Bonanza Event raises an incredible £1400 !
A huge, huge Thank you to Lorna Andrews, Sam Cooper, manager Pedro and the staff at The Hatch, Old Basing for running this event over the August Bank Holiday and raising such a huge amount. Special thanks go to Andy Cooper for his support. Well done to Kathy Williams and all the Pink Place volunteers who helped at the weekend (including the bakers), and to the customers at The Hatch for their support.
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Virgin Media raise a fantastic £290.69
Three lovely ladies from Virgin Media in Hook took part in a collection at M&S Chineham and raised a wonderful total of £290.69 for The Pink Place. Their names are Assetou Dioubate, Corrinne Kinge and Helen Benwell. We will use the money to buy a new nail station and accessories. Many thanks to them and the generous customers and staff at M&S.
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A huge well done and thank you to John Houston for completing the final of his four marathons in 4 months. His final challenge Chiltern Ultra 50K was completed in 5 hours and 52 minutes! John is aiming to raise £1000 for The Pink Place, please support him https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/johnhouston
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CALLING THE BRAVE!
Saturday 6th May 2016.
The Pink Place are calling all brave volunteer's to join us in a tandem skydive, deposit is only £50.00 per person and we ask that you raise £400.00 in order for your jump to be free, this is an incredibly rewarding experience and is not for the faint hearted, will you brave a 1000ft jump?
Invite your friends and family to jump with you or just help us spread the word about our charity skydives. The more people we get to jump the more money we raise for The Pink Place.
You can book online today:http://www.goskydive.com/the-pink-place/ click the book now button for the 6th May 2016, follow on screen instructions and choose £50.00 deposit option, you can then set up a crowdfunding page for your individual fundraising at: https://mydonate.bt.com/events/skydiveforpinkplace/340413
For more information or help with booking please contact Natasha on 07899 970 841 or email: pinkplaceinfo@gmail.com
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Thank You. Penny Ericson & Barbara Parry
Thank you to Penny Ericson (author of The Chemo Cookery Book) and Barbara Parry for providing copies of your book for our guests recently. We are excited to be working in the future with Penny Erricson and thank her and Barbara immensely for their continued support of The Pink Place.
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Over the Summer we have had the pleasure of running our sessions in the comfort of our fabulous Pink Place Garden, guest have thoroughly enjoyed relaxing and enjoying refreshments and cakes in our beautiful haven (donated by The Pink Ribbon)
Some guests have even had the pleasure of enjoying a relaxing foot massage outside! It will also be used to host our Partners evening where we will enjoy a BBQ and refreshments.
We are extremely proud of this new space and invite you to come and take a look if you haven't already!
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Thank you Linde!
Staff at Linde Material Handling, Basingstoke raised £139.05 which was then matched by the company resulting in £278.10 raised for The Pink Place.
Thank you to all those involved.
The Pink Place relies on donations and fundraising to provide its services for free, and every donation matters to us and makes a difference.
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Thank You !
To all the people who have run events or donated money to The Pink Place. You money allows us to run these free sessions and plan new events to help people with cancer and their partners.
Every penny you raise helps us make a difference.
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Pink Place Talks
If you are not phased by public speaking and feel passionately about The Pink Place its aims and values then would you consider being a speaker for us?
We often get asked to attend events and give a short talk to various groups and occasionally a longer presentation. Can you help?
Also if you know of a group that would like a talk from The Pink Place then please get in touch.
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