The sun shone on Fun Run day inSutton Coldfield and Breast Friendshad the most amazing support fromteams and individuals who walked,jogged and ran for the charity. A huge thankyou to each and everyone, including those whoparticipated from Sutton Coldfield GrammarSchool for Girls, Four Oaks Primary Schooland ‘Team Maria.’

We look forward to sharing the total amount ofsponsor money raised after the presentation inNovember.

Thank You Dawn

Grateful thanks to this lovely lady,Dawn Furnell and staff at theImaging Department at the QE.They held a charity night at WishawGolf Club recently and raised a totalof £500 for Breast Friends and tohelp the injured soldiers who aretreated at the QE.

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Christmas FundraisingThank you to everyone who bought and sold our grand raffle tickets,those who attended our festive evening in November and all whoraised funds for us over the Christmas period.

All money raised helped our members to enjoy a fantastic Christmasparty, and for Christmas hampers and voucherswhich were given to members going through aparticularly difficult time during the festiveperiod.

Congratulations to Mrs. A. Cockle who

scooped the 1st prize in our Christmas

Dates For Your Diary

Friday 10th October - Breast FriendsCharity Ball at Moor Hall Hotel.

Monday 27th October - MembersGeneral Meeting, with the ever popularTom Speake and his ‘Next One’Fashions. Come and have a laugh andbag some bargains. You are welcometo bring your friends and family! From7:30pm in the Partnership Centre,Good Hope. Free Parking.

Wednesday the 29th October -Afternoon Tea at Edwards Restaurantin Cookes Furniture Store, Erdington”

Monday 24th November - ‘Festive’meeting at the Partnership Centre atGood Hope at 7:30pm. This year, for achange we will be hosting a Christmasfloral demonstration, the arrangementswill be raffled on the evening and therewill also be a display of seasonal floralarrangements available to buy. Comeand share a glass of wine and a mincepie with your Breast Friends! Allwelcome, free parking.

Friday 21st December - BreastFriends Christmas Party Night at MoorHall Hotel.

Mocha Coffee Lounge girls with cheque

Dawn Furnell

Helping The HospitalBreast Friends were very happy to help the Breast Care Team at Good HopeHospital when they asked if the charity could assist by funding the purchase ofsome small bags for patients to carry their drainage bottles following breastsurgery. The pretty pastel coloured bags are discreet, and for single patientuse. They will now be available for patients on the wards and in clinics.

Fantastic Fashion Show!

A beautiful Breast Friends charity fashion show washeld in June at Fairlawns Hotel. It was a mostwonderful day, raising £1400 for our funds.

All 16 models were cancer survivors, including 18year old Katie Mills who had a bone marrowtransplant for leukaemia when aged 13. Katiemodeled a beautiful Mia Solano ivory lace weddinggown, and there were a few misty eyes in the housewhen she appeared at the end of the showaccompanied by her breast cancer survivor MumSue, who modeled as mother of the bride!

Thank you to all who supported the event, includingLiz and staff of Millardes, Wylde Green for the outfits,The Lingerie Collection at Mitchell Centre, Ellie May Bridal of Tamworth, SpireLittle Aston Hospital who provided the beautiful bouquets and Julie Slater whoassisted with make up, Julie Spriggs of Trendco for providing hairdressing andwigs. Elaine Fox of Bee Bold, Bee Beautiful for the bags and accessories. Alsoto staff at Fairlawns for a wonderful meal.

Dawn Does Good!For the second year running, Dawn Furnell assisted by staff at the ImagingDepartment at the QE hospital held a Charity Ball at Wishaw Golf Club forBreast Friends raising £527. It was such an enjoyable evening. The doctorsand radiologists from the department entertained with some traditional Indianmusic, Bhangra dancing and comedy. Wonderful people, wonderful support.

Donationsa big thank you to the many supporters who donated and

raised much needed funds for Breast Friends

Donations & Fundraising For Autumn/WinterNewsletter No 51Georgina Kennett Lady Captain Maxstoke ParkGolf Club £2241.20Margaret Harrison & The Sutton Coldfield KnittingGroups £1155.00Erdington Social Club Rob Tinkler £850Paul Carr Estate Agents Joanne Ellis ChesterRoad Sutton Coldfield £700.00Customers & Staff of Krypton Jewellers £613.73“Lovely Ladies” Charity Ball £600Spire Little Aston Hospital Staff “Pink Day”£519.48Suki Muttoo Matched by National Grid £495Thompsons Solicitors £484.00Waitrose Customers Community Matters £412Halifax Customers & Staff Kay Green £391.50Gladrags Rosemary Shaw £325.00Staff Nat West Sue WakelinDons IMO Jacqui Williams Nat West MortgageCentreDons IMO Jacqui Williams Royal Bank ScotlandDons IMO Eileen Patricia HallDons IMO Jan BateDon J Sharple WebbDon Pauline SolomonJanet DiamondRos TompkinsAlec Laidler Book SaleSt Peters Church Little AstonCarole PomeroyAtho Lodge No.74St Mary’s LodgeMeg HarrisKathy ThorneBrenda JonesGood Hope Housekeeping Team JeannetteComptonThompsons Solicitors F/R LunchCreative Moments Jeannette ComptonPink Party Angela BagshawStaff Nat West Mortgage CentreGood Hope Summer Fete Rob Jenkins Fun RunSue Mills Fun RunLouis Brooke Fun RunDonations & Fund Raising For Lotus Group“That’s What Friends Are For “ Ball IMO MichelleFlavell £4241.05Gladrags Nearly New Sale Rosemary ShawMr J Dore_______________________________________Easter Chicks Purchased £346 (Big Thank You ToAll The Ladies Who Knitted Chicks)

ContactSue Mills 28 Withy Hill RoadSUTTON COLDFIELDWest Midlands B75 6HS

Tel: 0121 329 3600

Email: sue-mills@blueyonder.co.uk

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Members Christmas Party Our members Christmas Partywill be held on Sunday 21st December at Moor Hall Hotel. There will be alovely 3 course Christmas meal and coffee with entertainment from our goodfriend Paulo Pinto and DJ Paul Kelly’s Disco.

Tickets are subsidised at £20 each, with a limit of 2 tickets per person, as wewould like as many of our members as possible to come along and share theChristmas cheer. Please contact Jackie on 0121 378 3037 or Gill on 0121350 0615 for more information and to reserve your tickets.

Breast Friends...Here For You

An update about the Breast Friends Charity andhow it helps local people who have beendiagnosed with breast cancer.

Breast Friends is a small, local charity run by anetwork of unpaid volunteers who haveexperienced breast cancer themselves, offeringemotional and practical support followingdiagnosis, surgery, during treatment andbeyond.

The direct practical support offered for patientswho are referred by a health professionalfollowing surgery, chemotherapy or illnessincludes:

l Domestic help, door-to-door laundryservice, childcare and gardening. (Allservices are provided by trusted localbusinesses) l Provision of aids and equipment:Wheelchairs, electrically operated riserreclining chairs, and rental of stairlifts. l Make up workshops for those undergoingchemotherapy.l Help with hair loss.l Small grants for referred patients in need.

Members meet regularly on the last Monday ofmost months at the Partnership Learning Centreat Good Hope Hospital. Speakers can often bemedical professionals and others may givepresentations on light hearted subjects, such asfashion or beauty or crafts. Meetings are veryfriendly and informal and there is alwayssomeone to talk to. Breast Friends also holdfundraising and social events throughout theyear that are open to anyone.

The Lotus Group - is a small sub group ofBreast Friends offering specific information andemotional support to those patients who havebeen told their cancer has returned and for thosediagnosed with secondary cancer. The groupmeets at 2:30pm on the first Thursday of themonth at the St Giles Centre, Lindridge Road,Sutton Coldfield, B75 6JB. For more information,please telephone Jackie on 0121 378 3037.

The Pink Peonies - This friendly support groupwas set up for those patients living in Tamworth,who find it more convenient to meet locallyrather than travelling to Sutton. The meetingsare held on the first Monday of the month(excluding Bank Holidays) at the Sacred HeartChurch Centre in Glascote. For moreinformation, please telephone Yvonne on 07817855717.

Breast Friends are truly grateful to all who

continue to help, support and give so

generously, enabling the charity to continue

offering ongoing support to local people with

breast cancer.

Afternoon TeaCome to afternoon tea at 2.30pm atEdwards Restaurant in CookesFurniture Store on Wednesday the 29thOctober 2014. Tickets £12.50 ContactJackie on 0121 378 3037 or Gill on0121 350 0615 to book.

Carl Is Our Marathon Man

Bravo to Carl Jones who completed the London Marathon for Breast Friends.

“This year I managed to secure a ballot place for the Virgin London Marathon. I did four hardmonths of training. On the day it was a very hot in London and the runners and crowds were outin force.

I found it a very tough marathon, as the crowds of runners never seemed to disperse so I found ithard to get into a rhythm, and the heat made it all the more difficult. I have managed to raise £453for Breast Friends” Carl Jones

Well done Carl, and many thanks for the support you and your family have always given to thecharity.

Cockle’s ClimbersA massive thank you to the fantastic ‘Cockle’sClimbers’ who in June, despite horrendous weathermade it to the summit of Mount Snowdon, the highestpeak in England and Wales.

Cockle’s Climbers team members are colleagues &associates of Brookes Stephens, a firm of charteredaccountants based in Lichfield, with a wide range ofages and abilities. They wanted to show support forAmanda Cockle, who bravely underwent treatment forbreast cancer following her diagnosis last year at theage of just 33.

Amanda and the team chose to support BreastFriends in recognition of the invaluablesupport provided to her and other localwomen. Together they raised over£3500 in sponsorship!

“Despite appalling weather conditions andtorrential rain the whole team made it tothe summit of Mount Snowdon where wemanaged to share our elation withAmanda on Facetime.

The climb was physically very tough, we were soakedand very cold, there was zero visibility from the top;but all along we were spurred on by the incrediblesupport and generosity shown to us by everyone whohas donated to Breast Friends. It made every stepworth it.” Leon Stephens

Thank you so much to all the climbers and to all whoso generously donated and supported them. Youhave made Amanda and the Breast Friends charityvery proud...Well done Leon Stephens, JulieStephens, Emily Upton, Mark Griffiths, Alison

Williams, Phil Baker, John Stylianou, Stuart

McIntosh, Ann Pearsall, David Grose, Robert

Cockle and Amanda Cockle.

Golf Club Supports Breast Friends

Breast Friends were delighted to meetGeorgina Kennett, the Lady Captain fromMaxstoke Park Golf Club recently when sheattended our meeting to present a chequefor £2241.20.

Breast Friends were one of the club’schosen charities for the year 2013/14. Wewould like to thank everyone involved inhelping to raise such a substantial amount,and the funds will be used to providepractical support for patients undergoingtreatment.

...to the BallBreast Friends Grand Ball at Moor Hall Hotel,on Friday the 10th October is a sell out!Tickets for the Grand Ball have sold out fast,with entertainment from the “Partners in Crime”Band it should be a fantastic evening!