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Sorry for the long update delay -Aug 2009 |
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MEMBERS OF ASHLETT CREEK THEY RAISED - £700.00 OUR OLD FRIENDS AT TRANTS WHO RAISED - £1000.00 CHRIS JOSHUA'S PHYSIO THERAPIST DONATED - £100 LIFEBOAT STATION MEMBERS AT CALSHOT SPIT FOREST HOME STAFF AND REGULARS WHO RAISED MONEY THIS WAS USED TO COMPLETE A DECKING SO JOSHUA CAN GET THE SWIMMING POOL, WHICH HAS BEEN ERECTED IN HIS GARDEN. PLUS A LOVELY COUPLE WHO PAID FOR TOP OF THE RANGE PRINTER FOR JOSHUA, THIS IS A GREAT HELP FOR HIM WITH HIS SCHOOL WORK
JON KAYE AND STAFF AND FAMILIES OF ESSO PETROLEUM FAWLEY FOR THE SPONSORED WALK THEY RAISED - £949.67p LAST BUT NOT LEAST ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR JOSHUA'S HOME TO BE ADAPTED FOR HIS AND HIS FAMILIES NEEDS, IT IS AT LAST FINISHED, WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE AN OPEN PARTY TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT, BUT WHAT WITH FAMILY COMMITMENTS, AND THE WEATHER WE HAVE NOT HAD IT YET, BUT WATCH THIS SPACE |
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Williams Shipping -Nov 2008 |
I would also like to thank the wonderful
people at Williams Shipping, who gave us such a good discount on hiring
the container we need to store all the furniture etc. while this work
goes on, especially Tamsine, Elaine & Chris. Bless you all.
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Raise the Roof -Nov 2008 |
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Raise the Roof for Joshua. We are nearly
there, we have received so many donations from wonderful people, £25,000
was donated by Dibden Allotment Charity, we expect the work to start on
Monday 24th November, we still need to raise approx £8,000 to finish,
but I am confident we will get there.
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Mr Kerie Wallace, Velo Ventoux Challenge -Nov 2008 |
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A very Big Thank you to Mr Kerie Wallace of
Trant Construction who raised £650.00 for Joshua after taken part in the
Velo Ventoux Challenge.
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Hythe & District Inner Wheel -Nov 2008 |
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A very Big Thank you to the lovely ladies of
Hythe & District Inner Wheel who donated £150.00 to Joshua's Trust Fund.
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Trants Golfing Events -Nov 2008 |
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A very Big Thank you to Patrick for
arranging Trants Golfing Events, which another £3000 was raised for
Joshua.
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Thank you for donations to our collection boxes -Nov 2008 |
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A very Big Thank you to all who have donated
through our collection boxes.
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Another New Way of Raising More Funds -Oct 2008 |
| Carol's house is starting to burst at the seems, we have received so many items donated by our lovely friends to help raise funds for Joshua, that we are going to list them all on a FOR SALE SITE. -more details to follow. |
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Trant Construction, Golf Day -Oct 2008 |
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GOLF day in Southampton has raised nearly £3,000 for a Waterside
teenager left paralysed from the waist down by a rare condition.Joshua Edwards, 13, requires £1.5m in lifelong care costs after he was struck down by a spinal bleed in December 2006. The Noadswood School pupil is one of 28 people in the world to have suffered a Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Haematoma. Southampton-based Trant Construction, a specialist construction contractor directly employing 550 people, organised the golfing event for 32 clients and colleagues. It took place at Stoneham Golf Course, Bassett, Southampton, over 18 holes, followed by a prize-giving ceremony and supper. One of Trant’s employees, machine operator Colin Edwards, who works at Esso’s Fawley oil refinery, is Joshua’s father. Carol Edwards, Joshua’s grandmother, said: “We cannot thank the Trant staff enough for what they have done in raising so much money for Joshua.” Thank you to Ron Wain of Deep South Media who supplied us with this photo. |
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Forest Home, Hardley -27th Sept 2008 |
 A very big thank you to Soul Mate who played at the
Forest Home, Hardley on Sat 27th Sept. £542.50 was raised for Joshua's
Trust Fund, also a very big thank you to Lorraine, Jan, Mandy, Tanita &
Lucy who organised this event, last but not least a very big thank you
to all the customers who supported Joshua on the night. |
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Solent Wife's -2008 |
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Many thanks to the ladies of Solent Wife's, for your
generous donation of £100.00 to Joshua's Trust Fund.
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Summer Thank You's -2008 |
| Thank you to everyone who has helped us, hope you all have had a good summer break. |
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Dibden Purlieu Line Dancers -2008 |
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A very big thank you to Dibden Purlieu Line Dancers, who
raised £50.00 towards Joshua's Trust Fund.
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Trant's Sponsored Walk, Beaulieu Road Station -29th June 2008 |
 A big thank you to everyone who took part in the sponsored walk by Trant Construction, we all raised £15,000 for Joshua's Raise the Roof fund. Everyone involved enjoyed a good day & a big thank you for the lovely lunch provided by Trant's. Thank you to Ron Wain of Deep South Media who supplied us with these photo's.
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Crowne Plaza Hotel, Heathrow -2008 |
A very big thank you, to all the staff at the Crowne Plaza
Heathrow, where Joshua's grandma Irene works, over the past 18 months
they have been
busy raising funds for Joshua. They've held events such as Easter cake
bake sales, three legged pub crawl, car wash day, and Christmas raffles.
They have had a lot of donations from kind people either working for the
hotel or associated with it. In total they've have raised £5399.09 and
they are
still going. Future events being planned are a sponsored leg wax (for
the men!!) and a golf tournament for later on in the year.
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Southampton Football Club, Publishes Joshua's Story -2008 |
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Thank you to Southampton Football Club for publishing
Joshua's Story in your program for the Bristol City Match.
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Dave Downing, Conservatory Blinds 4 Less, Burton-Upon-Trent -28th May 2008 |
| A Very Big Thank you to Dave Downing from Conservatory Blinds 4 Less, Burton-Upon-Trent, who donated £500.00 to Joshua's Trust Fund. He also came to Carol's house to fit new blinds in her conservatory along with the itv show 60 Minute Makeover, on May 28th April 2008. -And they are lovely blinds, Carol : ] |
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Ray & Members of Hythe Club -2008 |
 Thank
you to Ray & the members of Hythe Club for a wonderful night, with guest
speaker Lauri Mc Menemy who presented a cheque to Joshua for £3,000.00,
plus presents for Joshua, his brothers & sister. |
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Gabriel Connolly, Belfast City Marathon -2008 |
Thank you to Gabriel Connolly, who did The Belfast City Marathon to raise money for Joshua's Trust Fund. |
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Richard Halford, Esso Mainline Pipelines, Wolverhampton -January 2008 |
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A Very Big Thank you to Richard Halford @ Esso Mainline
Pipelines in Wolverhampton, who generously donated £1,005.00 which he
raised at their annual conference back in January 2008.
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Trant Construction, Golf Day - 2008 |
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Another one from Trant Construction : ] They
had a Golf Day & raised £1,904.00. Again a Very Big Thank You to you
ALL.
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AstroFlame & StormFlame - 2008 |
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Thank you to AstroFlame & StormFlame who donated £500.00
plus a lovely Southampton FC flag for Joshua. Which is displayed above
his bed. : ]
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The Old Mill, Hythe, Charity Golf Game - 2008 |
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Thank you to all the staff and customers at The Old Mill,
Hythe for making a donation of £750.00 from their Golf Charity Game.
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The Messenger, Public House, Swindon, Wiltshire - 2008 |
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Thank you again to our Friend in Swindon who raised
£104.00.
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Jill Trant & Members, Charity Tennis Match - May 2008 |
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Thank you to Jill Trant and the members of Lyndhurst Lawn
Tennis Club for raising £384.00 in a charity tennis match with was held
in May 2008.
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Trant Construction, St. George's Day Raffle - 25th April 2008 |
A very Big Thank you to Trant Construction for their
£500.00 donation raised with a raffle at the St. George's Day lunch for
directors & clients, with guest speaker Cecil Parkinson. Held at
Cromwell Arms, Romsey on Friday 25th April 2008.  |
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Thank You Andy - January 2008 |
| We would like to say a very big Thank You to our friend Andy, who has helped us so much throughout the last year. Bless You! GOT A PIC? SEND IT TO US |
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Callum, Sponsored Walk - January 2008 |
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A very big thank you to Callum & friends who did a
sponsored walk last May they sent £100.00 for Joshua's Trust Fund.
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Netley View Shop & Post Office, Raise Over £700.00 - January 2008 |
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We would like to say a very big thank you to the Staff &
Customers at the Netley View Shop & Post Office who throughout the last
year have raised over £700.00 towards Joshua's Trust Fund.
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To All Those Local Trades, Hythe - January 2008 |
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Thank You to the trades of Hythe who through the
Christmas events (Rescuing Santa, Carol Concert & Victorian Evening Fare
collection) donated £306.11 towards Joshua's Trust Fund, also to the
Lady & Gentleman who sold roasted chestnuts that night sent £50.00,
Thank You.
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British Legion, Woolston - January 2008 |
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A Very Big Thank You again to British Legion, Woolston,
who sent another cheque for £800.00, money collected in the Charity
Football Match in which Vospers FC played against The Tin Hut in
November '07.
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The Freemason Grand Charity - January 2008 |
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A very Big Thank You to the Freemason Grand Charity who
donated £100.00
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Ashlett Creek Social Club - January 2008 |
 A very Big Thank You to all our lovely friends at Ashlett
Creek who again donated £1100,00 to Joshua's Trust Fund plus all the
money you have raised throughout the past year. You are all Amazing!
-Cheque presented to Joshua's grandmother Carol & his two younger brothers, Ben & Colin-Adam. |
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Southampton Lions Club, PS3 Treat - December 2007 |
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Thank you to Southampton Lions Club, who gave an early
Christmas present a Playstation 3 to Joshua, his 2 brothers, Ben &
Colin-Adam and his sister Georgia. This was wonderful.
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Trant Workers - December 2007 |
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Workers of Trant in the Fawley refinery who raised
£155.18 for Joshua, a very Big Thank you.
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Waterside School, Hythe - December 2007 |
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Waterside School donated £148.00 raised by KS1 & KS2,
Christmas Performance. Thank you to the pupils, staff & parents.
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Special Thank You - November 2007 |
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The Messenger, Public House, Swindon, Wiltshire - November 2007 |
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Thank you to the staff & customers at The Messenger pub
in Swindon, who again raised £37.00 for Joshua's Trust Fund.
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New Forest Lions Club - November 2007 |
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A big thank you to the New Forest Lions Club who donated £320.00
to Joshua's Trust Fund.
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Vosper Thorneycroft Football Match - November 18th 2007 |
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Vosper Thorneycroft & The Tin Hut held a football match in honour of Joshua. What a wonderful time we had, a very BIG thank you to Dave Diaper, George Bower and all you other wonderful people who made that very wet day into a wonderful day, Joshua & his family had a great time, you made us all feel so special. So far to date you have raised £1363+ and there is still more to collect. Thank You!
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Trant Workers in Esso - November 2007 |
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We would just like to Thank all the
Trant workers in Fawley Refinery for your collection of £155.18p for
Joshua.
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Directors Play Golf - September 2007 |
 We would just like to Thank all the
Directors & Managers who took part in a game of golf to raise money
towards Joshua's Trust Fund, Nearly 30 Directors & Managers from Esso
Distribution Centres, BP, Cognis, O'Hare Engineering, National Grid and
Trant took part and played a 18 hole game of golf they raised £1130.00 |
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The Jeremy Kyle Show - 21st August 2007 |
 Joshua
travelled to Manchester to be
filmed on The Jeremy Kyle Show which will be shown on TV on 10th October
2007, we would just like to say Thank You to everyone at the studios who
looked after us.
Click Here to Watch the Interview |
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Well Child Award - October 22nd 2007 |
[1].JPG) Well done to Joshua, he has won The Well
Child Award 2007 for boys aged between 12 - 16, he has to travel to The
Lords Cricket Ground on October 22nd 2007 to receive his award by Prince
Harry. |
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Tough-Guy Challenge 2007 - 2007 |
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"I STILL THINK YOU NEED CERTIFYING FOR WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH, LOL"
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Cyclocruze 2007 - July 2007 |
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Thank you to all who took part, you
collected £2,309.00 in the collection boxes.
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Bill & Shelia Gregory, Donated Printed T-Shirts - 2007 |
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Thank you to Bill & Shelia Gregory of
Swindon, who kindly donated T-Shirts with Joshua's Photo & website
printed on them, also for raising many fund raising events around
Swindon
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Parents & Staff of Waterside School - 15th June 2007 |
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Thank you to the Parents & Staff of
Waterside School, who have raised a staggering £749.19 at the Race Night
on Friday 15th June 2007 a good time was had by all
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Thomas Black, Blackwater Club - 2007 |
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Thank you to Young Thomas Black who is
only 8 & the members of his club (Blackwater Club) from Burgess Hill,
West Sussex for raising £46.56 for Joshua's Trust Fund
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Martin Weston, London Marathon - 2007 |
 Joshua's
dad Colin has received cheques from Martin Weston who ran in the London
Marathon for Joshua's Trust Fund, he raised £1525,90 so a BIG Thank You
to you! |
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Barry Prophet, Queens Meadow Bike Ride - 2007 |
 Barry
Prophet who with many others did the sponsored Bike Ride around Queens
Meadow at Easter, they raised £3673,61 for Joshua's Trust Fund, so a BIG
Thank You to you! |
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Trant Construction, Fawley Refinery - 23rd May 2007 |
 Joshua
received a cheque from James Trant & Eamond Flynn of Trants Construction
for £2,000 which also included money collected by Joshua's dad
Colin's colleagues in the Fawley Refinery for his Trust Fund A VERY BIG THANK YOU |
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The Messenger, Public House, Swindon, Wiltshire - May 2007 |
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The Messenger Pub in Swindon Wiltshire
raised £241 for Joshua Trust Fund A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL
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A Touch Of Brass, Noadswood School - 3rd May 2007 |
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On Thurs 3rd May Michael Bryant, a
young boy from Noadswood School arranged a concert in aid of Joshua's
Trust Fund. The band who are called A Touch of Brass, were amazing,
everyone enjoyed the wonderful music performed by these talented
youngsters, there was also a raffle. and an auction of prizes kindly
donated by numerous companies. Well done Michael, for all the hard work
in putting this together, and to all the members of the band, last, but
not least to your director G. HUW LLEWELLYN, who must be so proud of you
all. I would also like to thank the staff of Noadswood School for the
use of the school hall.
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British Legion Show, Blackfield - 17th March 2007 |
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On Sat 17th March Julie Wilson and friends arranged a show at the Blackfield British Legion Club, and raised around £305 for Joshua's trust fund, WELL DONE JULIE AND EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED, AND A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.
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Glen Eagles, Quiz Night - 17th March 2007 |
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Also on Sat 17th Louise Jones arranged a Quiz night and raffle at the Glen Eagles Hythe which was a great success, and raised over £500 for Joshua's trust fund, those that attended told me it was one of the best nights they have had in a long time, WELL DONE LOUISE AND EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED AND A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL |
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Esso Refinery, Presentation - 16th March 2007 |
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Street Collection, Hythe - 7th March 2007 |
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Just to say thank you, to Bill, Joan, Pearl & David for spending the day in Hythe collecting for Joshua on Weds March 7th They raised £34.05 Well done to you all!
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Charity Presentation, Ashlett Creek Social Club - 25th February 2007 |
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Thank you to
Adam Olden for your donation of £50, raised from your achievement on the
tough guy challenge weekend
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Joshua has had another wonderful weekend, on Friday 16th march, we were invited to Fawley Refinery, where he was presented with many cheque's one for £3000.00 from the Esso turn around team, for completing an accident free, period of work, another for £1500.00 from the Esso Fawley Maintence Organisation, another for £1000.00 from Trants Construction Workers. Plus one for £250.00 from DSL. and another for £400.00 from ENDE COM. Plus more
cheques to come. We were also privilege to be shown around the whole of the refinery, which we all, especially Joshua enjoyed. We would like to say a big thank you to Rob Tarbard, Ross, Colin Monagham, and all of the many men who attended the presentation to Joshua. Plus of course Larry Langdon who arrange this event, but sadley could not make it. A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE WORKERS IN THE REFINERY WHO DONATED ALL THIS MONEY TO JOSHUA'S TRUST FUND.
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presentation
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Sunday
25th
February
by
Vice-chairman,
Ken
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