tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29161798522198339312024-03-19T15:57:37.952+00:00LATEST NEWS!Vist the team headquarters at www.rosemcgill.co.uktaljhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453067647408903100noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-47016512146201947582009-01-26T10:00:00.001+00:002009-01-26T10:01:59.542+00:00Remembering Rose<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2980473163_1ddaecff7a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2980473163_1ddaecff7a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">26th January 1984 - 11th November 2006</span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-21818633966386857612008-12-22T18:51:00.002+00:002008-12-22T18:57:26.857+00:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/3128061201_34544c75af.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/3128061201_34544c75af.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Thank you all for your support during 2008, it has meant a lot to us.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">All the best,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Natalya and Andrew</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">RoseBuddies</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Website: </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br /></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-60857500193477826852008-11-14T20:48:00.004+00:002008-11-14T21:15:14.917+00:00£10,000!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.digi-hound.com/wp/img_wp3/wp_fireworks_dual3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 412px; height: 154px;" src="http://www.digi-hound.com/wp/img_wp3/wp_fireworks_dual3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Earlier this evening, thanks to a very kind donation from our friend Sarah, we hit our £10,000 target!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We are both thrilled and would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have supported us the past 2 years, it really does mean a lot to us!<br /><br />A fitting end to a special week.<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.digi-hound.com/wp/img_wp3/wp_fireworks_dual3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 412px; height: 154px;" src="http://www.digi-hound.com/wp/img_wp3/wp_fireworks_dual3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />RoseBuddies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-41082356177819100742008-11-11T08:52:00.002+00:002008-11-11T09:01:26.598+00:00Remembering Rose<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrJioY6EmLwKCz17T7lsyH-MSWNtqBvNQOyxsn6oWb8mmyky9R3MkYjMKVBc4UjrqxiLWW24rArCamyjhyphenhyphene7CuVhZwJAEsLSjauNkGgcxdMhycKjX3-hQVjRcP-rVEAXJHQERxaElYfwP/s400/IMG_0860.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrJioY6EmLwKCz17T7lsyH-MSWNtqBvNQOyxsn6oWb8mmyky9R3MkYjMKVBc4UjrqxiLWW24rArCamyjhyphenhyphene7CuVhZwJAEsLSjauNkGgcxdMhycKjX3-hQVjRcP-rVEAXJHQERxaElYfwP/s400/IMG_0860.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >26th January 1984 - 11th November 2006</span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-54187986766199628022008-10-27T00:22:00.001+00:002008-10-27T00:26:26.050+00:00A message from the International Brain Tumour Alliance<span class="868465620-23102008"> <div><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear <span class="566390619-22102008">friends of Rose <span class="868465620-23102008">Buddies and the i</span>nternational brain tumour community,</span></span></span></div> <div><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="566390619-22102008"></span></span> </div> <div><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="566390619-22102008"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br />Warmest greetings from around the world!<br /><br /> </span></span></span></div> <div><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="566390619-22102008"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></span></div></span> <div><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Your activity <span class="868465620-23102008">keeping track of your every-day walked mileage during the International Brain Tumour Awareness Week</span> <span class="868465620-23102008">(26 October to 1 November) </span>will make its mark on the global brain tumour community<span class="868465620-23102008"> and help to </span>raise awareness about brain tumours, one of the most de<span class="566390619-22102008">vastating</span> of all cancers and one of the most neglected.</span></span></div> <div class="Section1"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The combined distance you cover <span class="566390619-22102008">walking <span class="868465620-23102008">with your pedometers </span></span>could help us to reach our target of three times around the world at the <span class="566390619-22102008">E</span>quator - 120,000 kms.<span class="566390619-22102008"> </span>We are almost there. People just like you have already walked a combined distance of 106,000 kms in <span class="566390619-22102008">the U<span class="868465620-23102008">nited </span>S<span class="868465620-23102008">tates</span>, in </span><span class="566390619-22102008">Canada</span>, in Australia, and in Europe.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Good luck and warmest wishes for every success. <span class="868465620-23102008">Keep on walking! </span>Each and every step you take is one step closer to a cure for brain tumours.<br /><br />Kindest regards,<br /><br />Denis Strangman, Chair<span class="566390619-22102008"> (Canberra, Australia)</span><br /><br />and<br /><br />Kathy Oliver, Secretary<span class="566390619-22102008"> (Surrey, United Kingdom)</span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA) </span><a title="blocked::blocked::http://www.theibta.org/ blocked::http://www.theibta.org/" href="blocked::blocked::http://www.theibta.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span title="blocked::blocked::http://www.theibta.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >www.theibta.org</span></a><br /></p></div><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-60613897478008243912008-10-23T11:10:00.003+01:002008-10-23T11:20:46.247+01:00Calling all Pedometer owners - can you help?Hellooo All :o)<br /><br />First of all, just incase the word pedometer isn't familiar to you, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedometer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CLICK HERE</a> to read about what they do!<br /><br />Now onto the serious stuff!<br /><br />Sunday 26th November 2008 marks the start of International Brain Tumour Awareness Week. As part of this those of us within the brain tumour community are trying to complete a 'Walk around the world'. Don't panic, I'm not asking you to walk the whole thing yourself! Our target is three times around the world at the Equator, that's 120,000 kms or 75,000 miles.<br /><br />Those of us attending the London GTG on Saturday 1st November will be adding our miles to the overall total but I thought I'd see if any of you guys have pedometers and feel like helping us out?<br /><br /><b>All you need to do is put the pedometer on this coming Sunday morning and wear it all your waking (or should that be walking?!) hours from then until Saturday 1st November. At the end of your week just let me know whatever your pedometer says and we'll get it added to the total! Feel free to pass this message on to anyone you may know that has a pedometer too, the more the merrier!</b><br /><br />The 'Walk around the world for brain tumours' is important to me because it's something anyone can take part in and it's not about money, it's just a way of raising awareness about something that is obviously close to my heart :o)<br /><br />So, do you have a pedometer? And would you be willing to take part? If so please leave a comment on this post or send us an email so we can get a rough idea of who's taking part :)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />RoseBuddies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-90082335479844627852008-10-02T14:12:00.007+01:002008-10-02T16:10:55.121+01:00Things are about to change...Today RoseBuddies (that's us!) made a very important step. We are to become an Umbrella Group with the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, the UK's largest brain tumour research charity.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is an SDBTT umbrella group?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regular fundraisers who are either raising money in memory of a loved one, or who are doing so for someone living with a brain tumour, can decide to become an SDBTT umbrella group. This allows the group to raise funds using the name of their lov</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ed one but under the 'umbrella' of the Charity.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Once a significant sum has been raised we offer each group the opportunity to say how they would like this money spent, whether this be on a research project or in the area of patient support. Umbrella Groups can also use the Trust's registered Charity Number for fundraising purposes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What does this mean for RoseBuddies?</span><br /><br />The first thing it will mean is that we will be known as 'SDBTT RoseBuddies'. And the next big thing that will happen is our website will have a complete overhaul and our new logo will be unveiled!<br /><br />In terms of fundraising, becoming an umbrella group will allow us the opportunity to decide exactly where the money we and our supporters raise will be spent. For example, we can decide whether we would like our funds to go towards research projects or patient support. As we are just in the process of changing to an umbrella group we are still discussing what we feel is most important to us but whatever we decide we will keep you all informed every step of the way!<br /><br />RoseBuddies will also be able to use the SDBTT Registered Charity Number and we will be able to actively encourage people to fundraise on our behalf.<br /><br />Another part of the change will be the launch of our information website, Brain Tumour (BT) Buddies, for high grade brain tumour patients, families and caregivers. This is something I have been working on for a few months now and we have high hopes that it will become an important resource for those dealing with this terrible disease.<br /><br />I am sure there will be many other changes over the coming weeks and months which we will do our best to keep you up to date with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrJioY6EmLwKCz17T7lsyH-MSWNtqBvNQOyxsn6oWb8mmyky9R3MkYjMKVBc4UjrqxiLWW24rArCamyjhyphenhyphene7CuVhZwJAEsLSjauNkGgcxdMhycKjX3-hQVjRcP-rVEAXJHQERxaElYfwP/s1600-h/IMG_0860.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrJioY6EmLwKCz17T7lsyH-MSWNtqBvNQOyxsn6oWb8mmyky9R3MkYjMKVBc4UjrqxiLWW24rArCamyjhyphenhyphene7CuVhZwJAEsLSjauNkGgcxdMhycKjX3-hQVjRcP-rVEAXJHQERxaElYfwP/s400/IMG_0860.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252551529412160178" border="0" /></a>It seems only right on such a big day for us that we remember the reason we began fundraising in the first place. Rose is never far from my thoughts and is a constant source of inspiration in all the work I do for both RoseBuddies and the information website.<br /><br />Whilst I wish that circumstances were different and that we had never had a reason to start RoseBuddies, I am glad we did and very proud of all we have acheived in Rose's memory.<br /><br />As many of you are aware I have not been in the best of health for sometime now and after leaving hospital in December 2006 I felt there was very little for me to keep fighting for. When Andrew suggested we take part in the BritBallRun in Rose's memory an important chapter in my life began.<br /><br />Knowing that we could help to maybe make a difference to those travelling the brain tumour road is very important to me and I hope that we are able to keep RoseBuddies and Brain Tumour Buddies going for many years to come.<br /><br />For Rose XxX<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RoseBuddies</span><br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-43989041053534683542008-09-07T22:21:00.004+01:002008-09-07T22:25:33.526+01:00Quick UpdateWe just wanted to say a quick apology to all those who are waiting for our diary from this years BritBallRun. Unfortunately I haven't been able to complete it before my operation so you'll all have to wait just a little bit longer! I should be back at home in about a weeks time and will get the diary up as soon as I can after that!<br /><br />Thank you to all of you for your continued support...more from us soon!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-25903997875182385402008-08-25T22:27:00.003+01:002008-08-26T11:50:21.577+01:00WE WON, WE WON, WON!!!!Yes, it's really true, the winners of the BritBallRun 2008 are....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/48389/orig/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_714095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/48389/orig/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_714095.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br /></div><br />We have had an amazing weekend, met up with old friends, gained some new ones and for the next 12 months we get to share this great trophy as the BritBallRun 2008 Champions...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/48389/orig/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_714093.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/48389/orig/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_714093.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />We'd also like to introduce you to the winner of the first RoseBuddies 'Best BritBallRun Spirit' trophy, meet 'Jasper'...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/48389/orig/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_714104.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/48389/orig/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_714104.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A wonderful character from Halifax who found out about the event after spotting Andrew's car in the car park at a Zoo here in Sussex! Congratulations on making all of us chuckle throughout the weekend and we hope to see you again next year!!<br /><br />Sadly, the laptop didnt do all of its job so there were no updates but I promise I will write our diaries up just as soon as we have caught up on some sleep!<br /><br />Before we sign of we'd like to add a special note to Chris and Paul from Killerviral. Not only were they great company the night before the start but their generous donation of an entry to this years BritBallRun has made a fantastic difference to our fundraising total and we are extremely grateful for the support they have shown us this past year.<br /><br />We also have MANY thank yous to do for those who helped us over the past 3 days but I'll save all of that for the diaries!!<br /><br />More from the VERY happy Team SMARTies camp just as soon as we've had a good nights sleep!!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-83947494057658906012008-08-21T04:05:00.005+01:002008-08-21T07:15:34.810+01:00The eve of the eve!Just 48 hours to the start of our second BritBallRun!<br /><br />It's all go in the Team Smarties 'camp'. We have all our costume items, the car is looking great and we are looking forward to getting to our B&B tomorrow and chilling out with the Killerviral boys!<br /><br />This year we are hoping to be able to use the laptop in the car which would allow us to update you all with our progress throughout each day (when I'm not map reading!).<br /><br />Just a quick 'plug', we are only £351.92 away from this years £10,000 and it would be really fantastic if we could reach our target over the next few days. So, if you get chance to pass a link to <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">Rose's Tribute Fund</a> around to your family and friends or if you have an idea for a fundraising event of your own with your help maybe we'll smash through the £10,000 this weekend!<br /><br /><center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" data="http://www.justgiving.com/widgets/jgwidget.swf" flashvars="EggId=522531&IsMS=0" align="middle" height="230" width="150"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="movie" value="http://www.justgiving.com/widgets/jgwidget.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="flashvars" value="EggId=522531&IsMS=0"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"></object></center><br /><br />For now it's back to packing, we'll wrote this years first diary entries tomorrow whilst chilling out and enjoying a pint!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-61857406566808521622008-08-18T03:37:00.004+01:002008-08-18T04:18:17.066+01:005 Days to go!Our auctions finally ended last night and we now know we have raised a <span style="font-weight: bold;">FANTASTIC £1,338!!<br /></span><br />We'd like to say a BIG thank you to all those who bought items from us this year and to all those who continue to support us.<br /><br />A special thank you also goes to all those who joined in the Smartie fun at the TRn camping meet earlier this year and to all in the NU Common Stack for filling those Smartie tubes!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">Rose's Tribute Fund</a> now stands at £9648.08 or 97% of this years £10,000 target!</span></span><br /><br /><span>When we return from the BritBallRun we will be putting our first batch of RoseBuddies T-Shirts up for sale. The t-shirts will have our new logo on the front and our name and website address on the back. For those of you that haven't seen the new logo here it is...</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2772620459_d8cbddc8e8_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2772620459_d8cbddc8e8_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span>And here's a photo of Andrew wearing the first RoseBuddies t-shirt, this should give you an idea of how the back will look...</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/2707332421_03728b062d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/2707332421_03728b062d.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>As well as the t-shirts we will have a few items from our sponsors up for auction and the Christmas Cards will go on sale at the start of October! Busy, busy, busy!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span>BritBallRun news - We will be writing a diary again this year and hope to post a little update each day from the car...if we can get the laptop to work! We will also, hopefully, be able to post a few photos of the car and us in our outfits.<br /><br /></span><span>For now it's time for us to rest before the chaos begins! </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Team SMARTies / RoseBuddies</span><br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-41604731390893981742008-08-16T18:21:00.002+01:002008-08-16T18:56:16.881+01:00Ending Soon!Time seems to be just whizzing by at the moment. Our auctions are almost at an end and we can't wait to add the total to Rose's Tribute Fund! If you fancy a last minute bid you can visit <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/id=527597220&ssPageName=L2">OUR EBAY STORE</a> where you'll find all of the items we have up for grabs! All auctions, except the Everton FC Pennant, will end tomorrow Sunday 17th August 2008 at 7pm! Happy bidding!<br /><br />Now on to the really serious stuff...7 days from today we will set off for the start of our second BritBallRun. This year we are hoping to use what we learnt from last years event and we're looking forward to meeting up with a few 'old friends'! We had a last minute costume change last week so you'll all have to wait for the photos from our first day to find out just what we'll be dressed in!<br /><br />We hope to be able to post updates throughout the weekend if we can work out how to keep the laptop powered up in the car but we'll definitely post something from our hotel each night so you know how we are getting on! There will be no facility to send us messages this year but anyone wishing to leave us a message of support can post a comment on the latest post in this section. They will be authorised as soon as we get internet access throughout the weekend!<br /><br />We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Steve at <a href="http://rsgraphics.co.uk/">RS Graphics</a> for coming to our rescue and providing all the decals we need for the car this year, YOU'RE A STAR!<br /><br />Thanks to Steve we know the car is going to look great again this year and that is, of course, also thanks to all those who donated items for our auctions! On our homepage is a list of logos and links of all our sponsors, if you get a spare moment our two please take a look around their websites!<br /><br />The start of the BritBallRun will also see the unveiling of our new logo which was designed by our friend, Luana! Thanks 'Booboo', we know it's going to look fantastic!<br /><br />Finally, all that's left for us to do is wish everyone taking part in this years BritBallRun the best of luck...now we're off to continue packing and ticking off items on our 'To Do' lists!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-80701381099687417762008-08-07T21:27:00.006+01:002008-08-07T21:38:54.351+01:00It's Auction Time!!I can't believe it's that time of year again already! Tonight has seen the start of some of this years RoseBuddies Auctions!<br /><br />As always 100% of all our charity auctions will go to <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">Rose's Tribute Fund</a> which is part of the Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust. And, it gets better, Missionfish (the Ebay Charity arm) will match the donation AND until further notice a power company will also match the auction total.<br /><br />That means (for example) if you win an auction with a bid of £34 a massive £102 will be given to Charity!<br /><br />Most of this years items are related to the North West of England but there are also items that will appeal to people from all over including an official autographed Liverpool FC football!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/RoseBuddies-Auctions">CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL OF OUR AUCTIONS</a></span><br /></div><br />HAPPY BIDDING!!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-51595148970709375802008-08-01T18:13:00.003+01:002008-08-01T18:15:46.306+01:00July 2008 Update!OK, things have been a way too busy so I've failed in bringing you an update before the end of the month! Sorry folks! Instead, I'll just let you all know that I'll be posting a proper update in the next few days which will also include announcements about his years auctions!<br /><br />Watch this space!!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-53691526566628516492008-07-06T16:09:00.001+01:002008-07-06T16:15:07.870+01:00Happy Birthday Andrew!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5pzfP9sD15WOkmHGtTQ6eberQ2jxN_TjR3ikggAHuvez4ltrCVGJY1nT-SJehmUXrrjc1nzDzGSuG_NwY2M4Kjo1xYIHe1ZU3Vq_97Q5ISpL_XXkaJhaUwX4SRzEmKVZaS7waeNtg6Ey/s1600-h/Andi+1-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5pzfP9sD15WOkmHGtTQ6eberQ2jxN_TjR3ikggAHuvez4ltrCVGJY1nT-SJehmUXrrjc1nzDzGSuG_NwY2M4Kjo1xYIHe1ZU3Vq_97Q5ISpL_XXkaJhaUwX4SRzEmKVZaS7waeNtg6Ey/s400/Andi+1-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219919652187671746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">HAVE A GREAT DAY!!</span></span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-66622290375034058022008-06-18T20:15:00.004+01:002008-06-18T20:19:13.031+01:00Bid on a DPC Membership for CharityThanks to a very kind donation by Steve Brown and Mark Simms we currently have a years membership on DPC up for auction in our eBay store. Here's a little more information from a recent thread by Steve on DPC:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In another thread, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=787164" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, Mark Simms, </span><img style="font-style: italic;" src="http://www.dpchallenge.com/images/user_icon/21.gif" alt="21.gif" border="0" /><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=3746" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">simms</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, is raising money for charity by asking DPCers to pledge money for each pound that he loses in his effort to drop 46 pounds. The proceeds will go to a very worthy charity, The Rose McGill Tribute Fund, which was set up to raise money for </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.ccrt.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust</a><span style="font-style: italic;">. So far, through your generosity, he will raise over $1100 if he reaches his weight-loss goal. As an incentive to encourage folks to pledge, Mark offered a one-year membership to a randomly chosen DPCer. I was that lucky person. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In an effort to 'pay it forward', I asked Mark if I could offer the membership to another deserving person. At the suggestion of Andi McGill, </span><img style="font-style: italic;" src="http://www.dpchallenge.com/images/user_icon/21.gif" alt="21.gif" border="0" /><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=16912" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ecce signum</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, we are offering that membership to the highest bidder on ebay, with the proceeds of the auction going to the same charity. The wonderful part of this is that ebay will match the winning bid, and donate that as well. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Would you please consider making a bid for the free year-long membership? If you are already a member, it will extend your membership for a year. Remember, your bid will be doubled, and the money will go to help fight cancer! You can bid </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120274105128" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">. Even if the winning bid is simply the cost of the membership, basically a break-even for the bidder, the charity will still get $50. And, you can still pledge money for Mark's weight loss, too! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Thanks, </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Steve</span><br /><br />Once again we'd like to thank Steve and Mark and we'll keep you all posted on how the auction goes!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />RoseBuddies / Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-10233126201183028492008-06-10T22:54:00.004+01:002008-06-10T23:09:02.293+01:00Help Mark raise £££s by losing lbs!!We'd like to announce the start of a new fundraising 'event'. Mark, a friend of ours from DPChallenge has decided to do a sponsored weightloss with all sponsorship going to Rose's Tribute Fund. Here's a little more information from Mark...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">OK, I need to lose a bit of weight, 46lbs in fact. However, I have decided that to motivate myself I am going to do a .... drum roll.. Sponsored Weight Loss.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">I am basically looking for as many of my friends, relatives, DPCers, their friends, relatives (etc etc) to visit my page, read all about it and sponsor me. The money raised is for the Rose McGill Tribute Fund which as a lot of you know was set up by Andi (</span><img style="font-style: italic;" src="http://www.dpchallenge.com/images/user_icon/21.gif" alt="21.gif" border="0" /><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=16912" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ecce Signum</a><span style="font-style: italic;">) to raise money for the Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust. All you need to do is sponsor me a small amount for every pound I lose (20p, 40cents etc, whatever you feel) and at the end of September we multiply the amount sponsored by the number of pounds I lose, upto a maximum of 46lbs. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />The official end of diet weigh-in will be held in London at some kind of informal GTG and captured by Andi (who I have just volunteered for that enviable task).. Yes, I intend to strip down to a ... ahem, I'll leave that bit as a surprise, in front of a London landmark and have my final weigh in.. Form an orderly Queue please ladies!! </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />So please, just take a look at this site </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.eyecandyphotographic.co.uk/sponsor/index.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HERE</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> and take a few seconds to pledge a bit of £££ or $$$ </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />TO entice you further, any DPC members who sign up before D-Day (Monday 16th June) will be entered into a draw and I will donate a free years gift memebership to a random DPCer. I will pay for that myself, unless I can get Langdon to bung one my way.. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />The site has a bit more info on it, so pop along and have a read and send the link to any friends you think may be interested.<br /><br />Once again in case you missed it, the website is here </span> <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.eyecandyphotographic.co.uk/sponsor/index.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Marks Sponsored Weight Loss Page</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Thanks everyone!!<br /><br /></span>We'd like to take this opportunity to wish Mark the very best of luck with his weightloss and we look forward to seeing the new slim man at the end of September!<br /><br />Anyone wishing to sponsor Mark please visit the links above and remember, every penny counts! :)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />RoseBuddies / Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-48133038021892674222008-05-25T08:46:00.003+01:002008-05-27T21:14:30.596+01:00May 2008 Update!With the 'ticker' above showing exactly 3 months to the start of this years BritBallRun we thought it was about time we gave you all a bit of an update.<br /><br />Firstly here are a few ways you can help us reach our £10,000 target...<br /><ul><li>The Smarties fundraiser is currently in progress and we hope to have a few tubes of change to count very soon! For more details of how you can take part <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://teamsmarties.blogspot.com/2008/05/smarties-anyone.html">CLICK HERE</a></li><li>If you, your company or organisation would like to sponsor a part of our car for the duration of this years BritBallRun all you need to do is visit our <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/id=527597220?ssPageName=ME:F:ST">eBay Store</a> and take a look at the various options :o)</li><li>We are also still looking for items for this years auctions. The auctions will be held through July and early August via our eBay Store, if you are interested in donating an item please send us an email at <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a> detailing the item/items you would like to donate and we'll get back to you as soon as we can :o)</li></ul>Other Team SMARTies news...<br /><ul><li>We have begun to put together our costumes for this years event. We finally settled on SMART but slightly mad Scientists as our theme this year...which will be more comfortable for Natalya than last years ballgown!</li><li>Although Christmas is over 6 months away we hope to order our Christmas cards in the next couple of months. Thanks to donations from members over at DPChallenge we'll have more unique designs available in our eBay store at the start of September.</li><li>Thanks to a friend we are working on our own fundraising event with a Smart twist! Plans are only in the very early stages so we won't announce anything yet, but, once we confirm the details we'll be sure to let you all know more!</li></ul>To all those who have followed our progress since the start of our fundraising you are probably aware that Natalya isn't in the best of health. Thoughts and prayers around the 12th June would be greatly appreciated as she returns to the hospital for results of some tests which will hopefully allow the Doctors to finally confirm a diagnosis.<br /><br />That's all from us for now but we'll be sure to keep you all posted on developments in the Team SMARTies 'camp' in the run up to the BritBallRun 2008...<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-78985941247681619652008-05-13T20:45:00.000+01:002008-05-14T22:08:31.777+01:00Smarties Anyone?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.smarties.co.uk/assets/img/logo/homepage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.smarties.co.uk/assets/img/logo/homepage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Thanks to a very kind donation from Makro's in Liverpool we'd like to announce a slightly different way that you, your family, friends and colleagues could help us reach our £10,000 target!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here's how it works...</span><br /><br />You email us and ask for one (or more) tubes of Smarties. They will arrive sealed and ready to be eaten! ;) Once you've emptied the tube (or tubes) then your task begins! Between now and 1st July 2008 each tube that you request needs to be filled with as much spare change as you can fit in! Once the tube (or tubes) have been filled there are a few ways you can get the amount you raise to us:<br /><ul><li>Place all the full tubes in a padded envelope and then post them back to us, however, the postage could prove quite expensive so there are a couple of other ways you could make your donation.</li></ul><ul><li>Count all the change and then donate that amount to <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">Rose's Tribute Fund</a> via our <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">Justgiving fundraising page</a> (minimum donation £2)</li></ul><ul><li>Again this involves you doing the counting! Then you can send a cheque or postal order to us for the amount you have collected.<br /></li></ul>Full details of who to make cheques/postal orders payable to and the address for you to return your tubes/donations to will be enclosed with your Smarties :o)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.apparenting.com/Images/smarties-tube.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.apparenting.com/Images/smarties-tube.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is a great way for you to spread the word about our fundraising and to get all the people you know involved :o)<br /><br />So, if anyone is interested in filling a tube or two all you have to do is send an email to <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a> stating your name, the amount of tubes you require and the address you would like them sending too. All tubes will be sent second class post and should be with you 3-5 days after you have requested them :o)<br /><br />Any questions just drop us an email and we'll get back to you as soon as possible :o)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-55831791835817385272008-05-13T17:43:00.001+01:002008-05-13T17:45:08.066+01:00Happy Birthday Dave!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/613/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_450155.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/613/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_450155.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR WEB 'GURU' DAVE!<br /><br />Thanks for all your help the past 18 months, we couldn't have done much of this without you! You're a star! :o)<br /><br />All the best, Natalya and Andrew x<br /></span></span></div><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-6538288644543868302008-04-28T18:45:00.003+01:002008-04-28T18:53:55.534+01:00SOLD!As many of you are aware Chris from <a href="http://www.killerviral.com/" target="_blank">Killerviral</a> (aka z3r0kuwl) was the <a href="http://www.britballrun.co.uk/" target="_blank">BBR2007 </a> winner. The prize was a stonking big trophy and free entry into BBR08. In a massive gesture Chris donated the ticket to Team SMARTies.<br /><br />The Ebay auction ended last night and made its £500 face value! So, £500 from the auction winner, £500 from Missionfish (Ebays charity arm) and £500 from a company that (currently) would like to remain nameless means (calculator out) £1,500 is added to our fund total (now at £7,731.86).<br /><br />We can't thank Chris enough for his very generous donation (and of course his co driver Paul) and would also like to say a big thank you to all the websites who posted about the auction in their forums, we couldn't have done it without you all!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-20805636667538686842008-04-18T12:59:00.002+01:002008-04-18T13:03:19.212+01:00BritBallRun 2008 Entry Auction for 1 Vehicle and 2 People<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Click the banner below for more details!</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120225170493"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/48389/orig/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_670415.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-5665610159404374912008-03-31T19:05:00.004+01:002008-04-02T17:49:54.839+01:00Quick UpdateJust a quick note to let you all know we are still here! Things are busy for us at the moment but as soon as they settle down we'll be back here to give a proper update on how our fundraising is going!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-57616936756438735142008-02-08T18:32:00.000+00:002008-02-08T19:12:46.863+00:00February 2008 UpdateI can't believe we are already into February! Time seems to really fly by these days.<br /><br />I read an appalling statistic today. Tragically, more children and people under 40 lose their lives to a brain tumour than <span style="font-weight: bold;">ANY</span> other cancer. What's more appalling is that brain tumours aren't nearly as well publicised as other cancers such as leukemia. It is also very sad that treatments, funding for research and the standard of care received by brain tumour patients here in the UK is far lower than that experienced in other countries.<br /><br />We are glad that <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">Rose's Tribute Fund</a> supports the work of the J K Douglas Laboratories which specialises in research into brain tumours and breast cancer and we hope that our fundraising will continue to provide much needed funds for the Laboratory to continue its vital research into treatments for brain tumours.<br /><br />Now, it's about time I gave a little update on all that's been happening in the RoseBuddies / Team SMARTies corner of the world!<br /><ul><li>Having asked for ideas on what we should wear for this years BritBallRun it's now been narrowed down to the following three...</li></ul><b> 1. Mad scientists, white lab coats and truly messed up hair.</b><br /><br /><b> 2. Smart wear from yesteryear as in the tweed and goggles for the guy and big flowing dresses and bonnet for the lady (think chitty Chitty Bang Bang)</b><br /><br /><b> 3. Thelma and Louise (Andi in drag?!) </b><br /><br /> We haven't had a chance to discuss the pro's and con's of each option but once we have we'll let you all know which we decide to go for!<br /><ul><li>Work has started on sponsors for this years BritBallRun. We are hoping to get many more items for our auctions between now and the August Bank Holiday weekend. Thanks to all those who have already donated items, we are extremely grateful for all your help.<br /></li></ul><ul><li>Through 2008 we are hoping to use various photography projects to help raise funds for the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology.</li></ul><ul><li>This year we will be returning to Scotland to watch and photograph the Tunnocks Tour of Mull. We had a great time in 2007 and we were really pleased that our photography of the event enabaled us to help Rose's Tribute Fund. Hopefully we'll be able to have the same, if not better, success in 2008.<br /></li></ul><ul><li>We are working on a number of projects which, at the moment, we are keping underwraps but as soon as we have some definite news I will be sure to post it here!</li></ul><ul><li>Over the next month or so there will be a few changes with our website. The main one will be the layout and content of the homepage. We have been really pleased with how our fundraising has been going and as we take on more projects we want to be able to incorporate those into our website. So, watch out for the new look!</li></ul>That's about all from us for now. Once again thanks to all of you for your continued support, it's greatly appreciated.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Natalya and Andrew<br />Team SMARTies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk">fundraising@rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.rosemcgill.co.uk/">www.rosemcgill.co.uk</a><br />Donate at <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill">www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916179852219833931.post-76236256546454064162008-01-25T20:15:00.000+00:002008-01-25T20:38:16.123+00:00Remembering...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNexvQVDgYeUGaJTndldiSIdEgjUqmQ6RFAwcW6JY95CwVTttKwFc5IYPl6KqyAwrInCrZSqRguvog-N6b9dWTT2zfvhKQpNOiqJuHx3CN4wi0z2z4pPYL25a9-zkiiZsmaoGGz6iVSQq/s1600-h/IMG_0860.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNexvQVDgYeUGaJTndldiSIdEgjUqmQ6RFAwcW6JY95CwVTttKwFc5IYPl6KqyAwrInCrZSqRguvog-N6b9dWTT2zfvhKQpNOiqJuHx3CN4wi0z2z4pPYL25a9-zkiiZsmaoGGz6iVSQq/s400/IMG_0860.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159098802937051762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Rose Emma McGill</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">26th January 1984 - 11th November 2006</span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rosemcgill"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0