A final push for £100,000 target
Reporter: MARINA BERRY
Date published: 08 September 2009
John Stapleton: “Please support this first ever Christie’s Week.”
Rallying call by TV’s John for first Christie Week
THE world-famous Christie Hospital is poised to launch its first Christie’s Week.
The event runs from October 10 to October 17, and appeal managers hope it will encourage fund-raisers to put on their thinking caps to give a boost to the Christie’s At Oldham Campaign.
The appeal now stands at £90,000, just £10,000 short of its £100,000 target.
Christie’s Week will take place exactly seven months after the Oldham campaign began.
The Evening Chronicle joined forces with the Christie Hospital to launch the appeal to raise vital money towards a new £17 million radiotherapy centre due to open at the Royal Oldham Hospital early next year.
It has proved a resounding success, with Oldhamers putting their heart and soul behind the cause to help out.
The appeal had a 12 month target, due to end next March, but it looks set to reach that figure well before the deadline is reached.
One of the Christie’s at Oldham Campaign’s earliest supporters was former Evening Chronicle journalist John Stapleton.
The award-winning TV presenter is now urging Oldhamers to make one final push to hit the target during Christie’s Week.
John, whose wife, Lynn Faulds Wood, beat bowel cancer, sent his own message to the people of Oldham: “I have supported The Christie for a number of years and I am so pleased, as a local Oldham lad, that the new Christie radiotherapy centre is being built there.
“But it is only with your help, support and generosity that the charity can provide the additional services and vital cancer research which helps save more lives. “
He added: “Please support this first ever Christie’s Week. If you have not supported The Christie before, this is your opportunity to get involved and fund-raise for this most worthwhile cause.”
To organise an event as part of the first Christie Week, register online at www.christiesweek.org or telephone 0161-918 7398 for a free fund-raising pack to help promote and organise it.
