Sponsorship Fundraising News
In Spring 2020 the coronavirus epidemic halted all sponsored fundraising for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and countless other charities.
Now, in June, we are starting to look forward again. Matt Shopper, a BNI member, is planning a 100 mile bike ride to raise money for us (date to be announced). Please sponsor him generously via his JustGiving Cherry Lodge Cycle page.
In March, the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon, due to have taken place on 26th April, was confidently re-scheduled for Sunday 4th October. However, there is currently no certainty as to whether, or in what form, the event be able will go ahead. For more information, see the Open Letter dated 20th May from Events Director, Hugh Brasher, on the London Marathon website.) The event organisers will make a further announcement on 21st June. Cherry Lodge has five runners registered to take part. All of them set up online donation pages ahead of the original event date, which you can access by clicking on their names: Andy Georgiou; Ismail Mehmet; Kyri Papasavva; Giles Pratt; and Gary Withers.
If you would like to plan or take part in an event of your own choosing, please contact our Fundraising Events Coordinator, Tina Papasavva, on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
Highlights from 2019
Fundraising for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care through sponsorship got off to a good start in 2019, when all five of our runners successfully completed the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 28th April. Running for us were: Molly Burgess, Tony Chapman, Jennifer Oxley, Kieran Storey and Michael Storey. We congratulate them for their combined fundraising total of just over £10,000
A team of four runners (all from BNI – Business Network International) raised in the region of £2,000 for Cherry Lodge by taking part in the Asics London 10k (organised by Virgin Sport) on Sunday 21st July 2019. Running for us were David Gross, Harshil Metha, Jatish Pindolia and Harsha Rathnayake.
On 10th November 2019 David Piha, a member of BNI, swam a very impressive 5k in the London Olympics Pool and raised £1,295 (+ £198 Gift Aid) for Cherry Lodge in memory of his mom-in-law,
