Fundraising
Thyson Technology
One of the directors at Thyson Technology kindly organised a gift card for Sainsburys of £100 towards our winter raffle, however we decided to split the gift card and purchase some much needed essentials to a few different people/ families. The company also allowed us to leave one of our boxes for the stanlaw abbey toy appeal in their staff area. The staff were generous in their donations.
In addition to donations the company have also purchased buffet meals from us for some of their customer events, throughout 2024. It's continued support from local buisinesses that help keep our charity running with the day to day operations.
Pilgrims UK
Pilgrims UK have made some amazing donations to us throughout the year, they reached out to us for the first time over Easter to donate easter eggs to our families and individuals who use our services. This went down extremely well. They then reached out again in the Autumn to donate toiletries and at Chrismas they donated 80 Advent calenders and restocked our shelves with lots of essentials.
The most recent donation was towards our raffle and toy appeal. Because of them we were able to help a lot of children who likely would have gone without gifts this christmas.
Whitby High School
We received another fantastic email from Whitby High school to say they have managed to raise a further £532.80 from completing a sponsored silence.
Fundraising events from Whitby High
We recieved a email to say we are this years charity of choice for Tudor house at The Whitby High School. This term staff and students have had many fundraising activities such as
Glitter face art at our WhitbyFest event, Staff Karaoke, 2 x Bake Sales and a own clothes day. This has resulted in them collecting a total of £525.90. We are always extremely grateful for any donations given to us and this one was a wonderful surprise to find out that the staff and students had thought of us through their fundraising efforts.
Arts and Crafts Donations
We recieved a donation of some arts and crafts supplies from staff at Whitby high school, this will help us with activities throughout the summer holidays and beyond.
Breakfast Bags
At the start of the summer holidays we received a very generous donation of 80 breakfast bags, these contained a box of cereal, long life milk, honey or jam, juice, breakfast bars and a pack of biscuits.
These helped us support so many of of service members, not just families but also people using food bank and those who join us for our weekly lunch session.
The People's Pantry Summer Fair
This years Summer fair was an amazing success despite the grey skies, the money raised went a long way towards helping fund our summer activities. We are looking forward now to our Christmas fair to see how we can support the community throughout the winter. As Always we are grateful for all support we get.
Easter Eggs
We were given a generous donation of over 60 Easter to gift to all of the children and other people that use our services. This was such a incredable donation that really brightened the spirits of a lot of families that would have gone without this Easter
Evening event for Kiki
Saturday 18th November
Kiki's story;
"On 1st December 2022, then eight years old Kiki came home from school with stomach pains. The next day we were in A&E with appendicitis. Scans then releavled that both her kidneys were completely compacted with cysts. Later in the year our family holiday was cut short when Kiki had a major seizure and lost consciousness. At home, we were told it was epilepsy and were put on a waiting list to see a paediatrician.
After consulting with Arrow Park and private paediatrician, Kiki was diagnosed with focal epilesy and a tumour was found in her brain. Later, a seond tumour was found in her fourth ventricle. The first tumour is stable, but the second has grown by 10%. In a few months, Kiki will undergo a life saving operation to remove the tumour. As her family, we want her to get as heathy as possible before she undergoes this operation.
We are currently fundraising in the hopes of purchasing a at home hyperbalic oxygen chamber. For Kiki to currently recieve this treatment, we pay £50 a day and undertake a two hour round trip. We hope to purchase a chamber for at home use, so Kiki can continue to recieve this treatment and get as healthy as possible ahead of her surgery."
