On 8th July Carol and Paul went to West Haddon in Leicestershire.

Paul & Carol

Paul’s niece, Jane, belongs to the West Haddon Players. The group who put on several performances each year donate the proceeds to a designated charity. This year’s charity was The Eye Fund.

Carol and Paul were presented with a cheque for £1500 at the player’s annual barbeque. What amazing generosity!

Haddon Players presenting their cheque

Another 40 hours of counselling!

Thanks from all of us.

After some furious Ebay bidding, our signed Sigur Rós “Hlemmur” CD/DVD was finally won by Neil Walker, who paid an astounding £360 for it. Well done, Neil!

Many, many thanks go to Sigur Rós for taking the time to sign things for us and for agreeing to meet up with Neil to hand his prize over at their London gig last night. Thanks must also go to John Best, their manager, and Paul Baines for being his usual awesome self. We couldn’t have done this without you, Paul.

The latest fund raising venture was a Race Night organised by David. The venue was the Marine Football club in Crosby (where David and Anne-Marie had their evening do for their wedding).

The evening was a great success and a real family happening. Everyone from Phil’s Nan, Paul’s brother from Leicestershire, Jake from Blackburn and not forgetting Jamie, Ciaran and 2 year-old William. Everyone had a brilliant time and a lovely hot-pot supper (sorry Phil).

After expenses, the amount raised was over £700. Well Done David! (even if he has a few more grey hairs now)

Now! What’s next???

~ Carol Sherry

On September 7th 2008, the Eye Fund Sisters (aka: Helen, Anne-Marie, and Li), took part in the annual Liverpool 5k run around Sefton Park. All three finished with a personal best time and at the time of writing they’ve raised £640! Well done, girls.

Take a look at some pictures of the event in our gallery