Maya's Grand Total!!!

10 year old Maya raised a grand total of $1038.27 for Chelsea!!! She generously dedicated her time and talent to help the Douthwaite family. We are so proud of Maya and are so incredibly grateful to her and her family for their support. Thank you Maya, Owen, Charlene and Spencer!!! XOXO

Aunty Sara's Abseil Fundraiser Huge Success!!!

A note from Aunty Sara:

"I wanted to thank you personally for your donation - you have helped me and 'Team Chelsea' (5 friends!) to raise £4,296, which is about 10% of the total Simon and Angie need to cover Chelsea's treatment. 

I booked this abseil months ago, and had been trying really hard not to think about it. But as the day approached I was forced to - and I set up the funding page with trepidation. Before I knew it, donations started to come in, and with each one, a message, a name, a memory - many from long ago when I was Chelsea's age, and I started to feel excited and supported. All this love was coming from all over the world - for me, for my parents, and for Simon, Angie, Sophie and of course most of all, for Chelsea. We - the Douthwaites - are so very grateful to you all for that.

Here I am at 127m! I'd just gone over the edge, and they said, cheerfully "just stop there and smile for the camera"!!! I'm still not quite sure how I managed to follow that instruction! The abseil itself was both terrifying and amazing. Thankfully a friend had had the peace of mind to remind me to enjoy it, so with her words ringing in my ears, I managed to stop and look around - as you can see it was quite a view.

Chelsea has another year of treatment ahead of her - a much easier year, we hope. If you want to keep up-to-date with how she's doing, you can look at their bloghttp://helpingchelsead.blogspot.co.uk/, and - just in case you haven't seen my two girls' fundraising efforts, they are here http://helpingchelsead.blogspot.co.uk/2015_03_24_archive.html

Thank you so much again, and please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers.

Love,

Sara

Aunty Abseiling to Raise Money for Chelsea!!!

Chelsea's amazing Aunty Sara is conquering her fear of heights to raise money for Chelsea!! On August 15th she will be abseiling the Northampton Lift Tower!!

Check out her gogetfunding page here:

Aunty Sara's Abseiling Adventure

Good luck Sara!!!

10 year old Maya Having Incredible Success!

In only 3 busking sessions Maya has raised over $800.00!!! A huge thank you to all of the friends, family and strangers who have donated!! An even bigger thank you to Maya for so generously donating her time and talent for Chelsea!! You are a special young lady and a role model for us all.

Upcoming fundraiser by 10 year old Maya in Nanaimo, BC!!!

We are thrilled to announce that 10 year old Maya, who has never met Chelsea, will be playing her violin to raise money for Chelsea's treatment! Please see details below and a message from her mom.

WHEN: this Saturday August 1st from 1:00-2:00 pm
WHERE: Nanaimo Seawall between Javawocky coffee house and the ice cream store.

ALL DONATIONS GO TO CHELSEA'S TREATMENT!!

"Maya plans to play her violin this Sat. Aug. 1 at 1pm close to the ice cream shop down past the Javawocky coffee shop for approximately one hour. If we cannot secure this location she will perform at one of the other locations along the waterfront....just follow the sound!! All donations going towards three year old Chelsea Douthwaite's battle with cancer. A great cause....hope to see you all there!"

Team Chelsea Gibraltar/Alcaidesa Fundraising Update!!

Here's an update from Chelsea's team in Gibraltar/Alcaidesa:

Team Chelsea Gibraltar/Alcaidesa arranged a raffle for three weeks in June, which ended in a very well-attended fundraiser at The Ivy bar in Alcaidesa.

 

In all, we raised £1,800 plus €340 from the raffle, quiz, change and donations!

Raffle tickets were sold by a number of people, most importantly:

Jennifer Thorvaldsson at Odobo

Donna Gibbs in Mijas Costa

Laura Kilminster at William Hill

A total of 1,056 tickets were sold! Some for £1 and some for €1, so the total is a bit hard to guess J

 

We also ran a Change for Chelsea campaign with jars for coins placed in various places and would like to thank the following especially:

Ramsons shop in Watergardens, Gibraltar

Donna Gibbs in Mijas Costa

The Ivy Bar in Alcaidesa

On 20 June, the fundraiser was carried out at the Ivy with a quiz. Each team member paid €5 to participate and all funds went to Chelsea. We collected more change and sold additional tickets before the final draw. A total of 18 prizes had been donated and we would like to extend our thanks to the following kind companies and individuals:

Payoneer: Round of golf for 4 at the San Roque Club

Alcaidesa Golf Club: Round of golf for 2
Alan & Elaine of the Ivy: Picnic table with chairs

Simon Newbound: Framed picture
Rani Meenagh. Framed picture
Dave & Lorraine Westren: Framed picture
Vaughan Morgan-Jones : 1-hour hack for two at E3 in Alcaidesa

 Dive Charters Gibraltar: Test dive

Jean Kavanagh: Wine set

Dolphin Adventure Gibraltar: Two tickets to the dolphin boats

Mike Bowers: Champagne & 2 glasses

Pat & Nikki Carter : Premium rum

Bio Pizza: Dinner for two and a bag of groceries from their new supermarket 

Nicky & Tony: Cosmetics bag, cuddly owl, water bottle, beauty set, candle holder

 We would also like to thank:

 Elaine at the Ivy for all the help with the raffle, collecting prizes, collecting bags of change and arranging the entire evening.

       Katie who wrote the quiz and Louie for his help

Nicky for collecting donations during the previous weekend and selling tickets on the night.

Tony Duxbury who provided us with a sound system for the evening.

Simon for being our photographer for the evening

Bio Pizza for donating food and drinks to our team.

We also received a number of direct donations:

Colin & Vicky €20

Richard Bell €50

Anna & Ryan €50

Fernando & Catarina €50

Sussy Yandley €5

Anne Eriksson with family (Nina’s sister) €25

Chelsea's Health Update!!!!

Despite just finishing another grueling round of chemotherapy, Chelsea's blood work results on Thursday have come back  and Dr Lin said that it was... quote 

'BEAUTIFUL'
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