We neverforget or underestimate our dedicated volunteers who continue to raise funds for so many deserving causes.
Our recent events haveincluded:
October – Halloween party over 200 raised; November – Barberstop Headshaveover 250 raised; November – Zumbathon over 900 raised; December – House O’Christmas 500 raised; February – Valentine’s door knock 55 raised; February – Sponsored Firewalk (amount unknown as yet);March – Charitycise over 500 raised
All funds raised will be distributed in May.
JCF welcomes our new friend well knownBritish Actor Ken Coombs. Ken’s acting career spans over 30 years and has appeared on TV in The Bill, Inspector Morse plus many more and ina range offilms including Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Sherlock Holmes
JCF Devon have completed their Children in Distress “Love in a Box” appeal – the shoeboxes have now been filled with the aid of Santa’s little helper and will shortly be on their way to St Margaret’s Hospice in Bucharest, Romania.
This is the first time that JCF has taken part in the the “Love in a Box” appeal but we hope with the support of our friends and volunteers that we’ll be able to make a bigger difference next year.
JCF London is continuing to fundraise for CID until spring 2015 as one of it’s chosen charities so if you would like to make a donationto this veryworthy cause you can do so via “The Team” tab at the top of this page and then click on the link on the “Our Causes” page.
As a result of thefamily Halloween party (31/10/14) and the Zumbathon (2/11/14) the London JCF team have raised well in excess of 1,000 which will be included in the distribution to the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service and Children in Distress next year.
Many thanks to the team for organising the events, to all at the Isleworth Working Men’s Club and to the Windsor Leisure Centre for hosting the eventsand even more thanks to everyone who supported them and made them such a success.
JCF is pleased that we have 3 new celebrity friends joining our existing list of lovely supporters
We welcomeEnglish Actor Moray Watson who has appeared in many classic Britishfilms and popular TV series
We also welcome the highly respected Welsh sopranosinger Natasha Marsh
Joining Moray and Natasha is Brooklyn based singer songwriter Aaron Paul
New charity single Divine Lullaby recorded by Jaden Cornelious is released for ADCHS
Jaden has recently been inspired by the hard work of the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Serviceand the end of life care that they give to many children in the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire area of the UK. This new song isfor children and their families to relax to and for anyone who is afraid of the dark – that even when times are scary you can stillfind peace and tranquility.
Divine Lullaby is now availableto download from our Music With Meaning download page for a small donation. Theminimum donationto downloadis just 0.99p (GBP) but if you wish to make a larger donation you can do so when you checkout using thePaypal link.All profits from this download will go to the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service.
A total of 15 people took part in the JCF Tarka Hikeon Sunday 27th Julywhich is our best one to date! Many thanks to the following for taking part:
Bernie Austin and Paula Evans- South West GSD Rescue
Karen Gooding, Jo Babband Kathryn Turnbull- Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF)
Nick Dark – K9 Focus Dog Rescue
Janet Skuse – Blind Dog Rescue and South West GSD Rescue
Sonja Cooper, Nick Cooper and Tyler Cooper – Exeter Leukaemia Fund and K9 Focus Dog Rescue
Jaden Cornelious, Helen Gill, Dorota Pasko and Ravi Phull – Children in Distress and Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Services
Macx Adams £ Jevo the rescue dog- Saving the Suffering Strays of Sarajevo
Further to the recent Jaden Cornelious Fundraising AGM held on 26 July 2014, during the year 2013/14 we are pleased to say that the following amounts were raised for good causes:
Alexander Divine Childrens Hospice Services – 160.00
Aspinall Foundation – 110.00
Birdlife International – 70.00
Care for Kids – 150.00
Children in Distress – 160.00
Clic Sargent – 186.50
Dogs Helping Kids – 1,400.00 (charity of the year)
Dogs Trust – 50.00
Great Ormond Street Hospital – 400.00
Headsmart – 165.00
Help for Heros – 219.32
Jim Cronin Memorial Fund – 150.00
K9 Focus Dog Rescue – 580.00
Project Trust – 900.00
RNLI (Ilfracombe) – 400.00
SW German Shepherd Dog Rescue – 710.00
The Voice CIC – 165.00
West Down Community Shop – 252.00
JC Fundraising is grateful for the help of Rick and the team at the Big Sheep for allowing us to hold the annual Firewalk there this year.
The Devon JCF designated causes for 2014/15 are the Exeter Leukaemia Fund and K9 Focus Dog Rescue
The London JCF designated causes are Children in Distress and the Alexander Children’s Hospice Services
If you would like to join the JC Fundraising team please contact cathy@jcfundraising.com
Cathy Edwards
Treasurer JC Fundraising
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On Friday 23rd May 2014 Jaden and Cathy were pleased to visit the Dogs Helping Kids HQ to present Tracey with a cheque for 1,400.00. The money was raised by the JCF volunteersover the previous 12 months byholding a car boot sale, quiz nights, asponsored walk along the Tarka Trail and a charity firewalk.
Other charities and good causeswho have benefitted by the JCF/Blaze Firewalk challenge this year are:
Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Services
Aspinall Foundation
Birdlife International
Care for Kids
Children in Distress
Clic Sargent
Dog’s Trust
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Headsmart
Help for Heroes
Jim Cronin Memorial Fund
K9 Focus Dog Rescue
Project Trust
RNLI (Ilfracombe)
South West German Shepherd Dog Rescue
The Voice CIC
West Down Community Shop
Provisional date for the next charity firewalk is Saturday 28th February 2015
As from May 2014 Jaden and the team are pleased to announce that Julia Romp has agreed to take on the role of London manager/co-ordinator and Helen Gill has agreed to take on the role of secretary.
Both ladies are looking forward to working alongside the Devon team and also looking forward to the challenges ahead!
To contact either of the London ladiesor if you are interested in helping raise funds for JCF in the London area please email info@jcfundraising.com
