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Yorkshire
fundraisers raise £2,000 for JAM Fund
Two charity boxing events held in Yorkshire have
raised £2,000 for the charity as well as thousands
more for other charities. Leeds based boxing promoter
Mr Gary Atkin, a family friend who knew Jamie personally,
organised the very successful events to help several
charitable organisations.
In September 2009,Gary brought none other than Sugar
Ray Leonard to the Queen's Hotel in Leeds and in
March 2010 Mike Tyson visited Leeds United's Elland
Road ground.
Both of these events proved highly successful and
were covered by the Yorkshire press and television
news.
A huge thank you to Gary Atkin and all
those involved in these high profile events which
proved wonderfully successful and helped the JAM
Fund and other charities.
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WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS
HANDED
TO MARTIN HOUSE HOSPICE
The
JAM Fund was delighted to hand the keys to a brand
new wheelchair adapted Renault Master minibus to
Martin House children's hospice in October 2008.
The minibus keys were handed to Martin House representative
Stuart Andrew, by Leeds Rhinos Rugby League team
coach Brian Mclellan. also pictured in attendance
are Jam Fund treasurer (and Jamie's grandad) Gary
Wilks with family friend and supporter Gary Atkin.
The funds for the minibus were raised by the 2007
JAM Fund Cardiff half marathon team along with the
people of Yorkshire (where Martin House is situated)
who have collectively raised thousands of pounds
for our charity.
Paul Adamson, JAM Fund chairman would like to thank
everybody concerned with this wonderful achievement
and to Gary Wilks and Mike Jones of Wigan car sales
for arranging the delivery of the vehicle to Martin
House. The mainstay of support for the charity are
the South Wales and Yorkshire areas where Jamie's
family and friends are based. The minibus has been
donated to the Hospice as a thank you to the people
of Yorkshire for their continuing and much valued
support as the charity also runs the Jamie Adamson
Static caravan holiday home which is situated in
South Wales but used by poorly children from all
over the UK free of charge for respite holidays.
The charity would also like to Thank Brian for taking
time out from his busy schedule with the Rhinos
to hand over the minibus and for kindly donating
a signed training top for auction.
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JAM
fund Golf Day
the
winning team Reef
Scaff Scaffolding
11th
July 2008 dawned wet – yes, very wet, and
remained so all day. Thankfully, this didn’t
dampen the spirits of the 20 teams of four golfers
who gathered at Cookridge hall to swing a club in
aid of JAMfund.
The overall winning
team was Reef Scaff Scaffolding of Leeds. The event
also included an auction of sports memorabilia which
included signed and framed gloves from Lewis Hamilton
and Gordon Banks. Flagging appetites were satisfied
with a sumptuous buffet followed by a cabaret act
performed by the comedian Venn Tracey. The final
figure raised on the day for the JAMfund is expected
to be approximately £8,700.
JAMfund would like to extend
their thanks to David Jevons and Stuart Little for
offering sponsorship of the event by British Thornton
and Universal Services and Arboles for donations
to the fund.
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Fancy
Dress, Netball, (and fun day out!)
A fancy dress, mixed sex netball tournament
was held on 12th July 2008 at the Tynewydd Inn in
Barry, South Wales. Hosted by Landlord and Landlady
( Lyndon and Jayne) The event was organised by Mel
and Karen with help from a lot of genrous people
including Jamie's cousin Ceri .
The fun day also included raffles, facepainting,
beat the goalie and men in the stocks! and of course
lots of beer! Teams included nuns, schoolgirls,caveman,forensic
scientists, surgeons, babies bees and little britain
characters who all made it a fantastic day out that
all enjoyed while raising an impressive £1,400
in the process!
The JAM Fund would like to extend our thanks to
everyone who supported the event in so many ways!
Eventual tournament winners were the Nuns team (
perhaps a little divine intervention played a part?)
with Jamie's older brother Sam among "The Nuns"
( and some international netball players!)
Thanks everyone for providing
laughter on the day which we thoroughly enjoyed
..well done to all!
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JAM
Fund delivers!
Helping the Hospital: Paul
( far left ) and Nicola (far right) delivering some of
the gifts to
the children's wards at University Hospital of Wales (
Cardiff)
£5,000 of the proceeds from the 2007 JAM Fund
Cardiff half marathon team was
recently (July 21st 2008) donated to five children's
wards at the University Hospital of Wales. The special
baby unit, Children's Kidney, Cystic Fibrosis, Intensive
care and High dependency wards all recieved a total
of £1,000 in goods of their choosing.
The
wards opted for, books, a fibre optic sensory package,
TV/DVD
combinations, music centres, hand held electronic
games consoles and games, seven electronic blood
pressure monitors, two eflow nebulisers a fridge
and fifteen special baby matresses. Paul and Nicola
were delighted to pass these goods on to their very
deserving recipients. It was a specially poigniant
event as Jamie spent his final days in both the
High dependency and Intensive care units at the
hospital.
The marathon team raised enough to also purchase
a wheelchair adapted
minibus, (currently under construction) which will
be donated to Children's
Hospice "Martin House" in Wetherby, Yorkshire.
( more to follow on this!)
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Pounding
for Pounds
Penarth
and Dinas Running club members have been pounding
the streets in aid of charities for many years.
On June 16th 2008, club member Stuart Jones presented
The Jam Fund with a cheque for £250 ! The
club, which organises the annual "Cosmeston
Relays" and "Porthkerry Plod" runs
has a large following and welcome new members. Stuart
presented the cheque to JAM Fund Chairman Paul Adamson
before the gang set off on their Monday training
run from Cosmeston Country Park. Club members Russell
Bright and Jim McCulloch both ran for the JAM Fund
in the 2007 Cardiff half marathon and recommended
the charity to the club as part of their recent
fundraising drive.
Our thanks go to the club and all it's members
for their generous support!
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"TICKLED
PINK OVER DONATION"
JAMFund
chairman, Paul Adamson recently received a wonderful
donation of £1000 from Mr Alan Thomas of
recruitment agency scarce skills in Newport, South
Wales.
Alan and his team regularly raise funds for charity
and have formed the "Tickling Sticks"
team on this basis. The gang have raised considerable
sums already for various charities and were very
generous in their donation to the JAMFund. Some
of the team ran in the 2007 Cardiff half marathon
to raise funds and a Chinese themed meal event
also went down well.
Seen in the picture, Alan donates the cheque for
£1000 to Paul along with some of the tickling
sticks team members.
"Our thanks to the whole team
and to those who very generously sponsored their
efforts."
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"Support from Yorkshire"
The Bugler family ( friends of Jamie
and his family) organised a "Halloween fancy dress
party" which was held on October 27th 2007 at Yarnbury
Rugby Club (Horsforth) Leeds.The gang hoped they would
raise £1,000 on the night, but thanks to the amazing
generosity of all those who attended and those who donated
raffle prizes and auction lots the final amount raised
on the night was a staggering £3,714.99p! A big
"thank you" to everyone involved in this night
including "Rumblin Tums Cafe" who also donated
the catering!
The people of Yorkshire ( where Jamie's grandparents
reside) like those in South Wales, have been amazing
in their support of our charity. Jamie's Grandad, Gary
Wilks, has organised through British Thornton ESF Ltd
several events, including Go-karting grand prix and
corporate Golf Days and there have been several sponsored
Hikes ( rather than walks!) which have raised thousands
of pounds.These funds were used to purchase and run
the Jamie Adamson caravan, and The Jam Fund decided
that a good way to thank the Yorkshire supporters would
be to buy the wheelchair adapted minibus which is now
on order for Martin House Children's Hospice ( Wetherby)
Well done everyone and thank you ( as always) for your
much valued support.
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CARDIFF
HALF MARATHON 2007
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image
"On
behalf of the JAM Fund and of my family, I would
personally like to thank all JAM
Fund team members for their hard work and
for representing us in Cardiff . The team looked
great and we were very proud of every one of you.
I hope you all enjoyed being part of the team
and feel that you can do it again next year. The
JAM Fund would like
to make this event an annual fundraiser and we
would ask each of you to spread the word and try
to get even more runners into next year's race.
On
the subject of sponsorship monies, could we ask
that if possible you retain this until you have
all your funds gathered in.Then if you would,
either send a single cheque (made payable to "The
Jamie Adamson Memorial Fund") to
Paul
Adamson, c/o JAM Fund, 38 Churchfields,
Barry CF63 1FQ, Vale of Glamorgan
GIFT AID!!!! PLEASE!!!
Try to use the JAM Fund sponsorship forms!
ALL columns need to be filled in .This will allow
us to claim an additional 28p for every pound
your sponsors donate!! We cannot reclaim this
unless you use the forms and also forward the
completed forms to us .If you have sponsors who
want to donate on line, you can do so via the
secure paypal site (please see the "Target
and donation" page on the JAM Fund website.
some pics of this years event below
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THE
DALESWAY WALK a
STOMPING great way to raise money for the JAMFUND!
Sharon,
Frankie, Maureen and Chris will begin the 84 mile
trek on the 19/05/07. It will take approximately
6 days to complete walking an average of 14 miles
a day. The walk begins at the Bridge in Ilkley.
The route through the Yorkshire Dales consists of
mainly riverside walking with some opportunities
to gain some height along the valley side of both
Dentdale and Wharfedale. The terrain becomes more
undulating in the Lake District, with the walk complete
at the shores of Lake Windemere.
Here’s
hoping for some decent weather to help them along
the way. So get your Boots to the ground and get
stomping to help raise money for the Jamfund.
MEET
THE WALKERS... It was Sharon Greens idea
to do the walk. Frankie hilley is from Keighley
and he works for a Sports and Turf Research Institute
in Bingley. Maureen Hilley is also from Keighley
and is Frankies sister. She works for Unison in
Leeds which is a large trade union organisation.
Chris Robinson is from Canada who we met on the
West Highland Way 2 years ago. There are more walks
in the pipeline such as the Top Ten Lakes Challenge
in September which Sharon and Frankie will be attempting
to complete in five days. A real toughie. The gang
believe that while doing something they really enjoy
it would be a good idea to raise money for a good
cause such as the Jamfund
VERY
MANY THANKS FROM THE JAMFUND
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"1940s revisited
JAM Fund style"
In July 2006 The Jam Fund held a 1940s themed Summer
vening Ball. This was held at Barry Memorial Hall and
was attended by the Royal Navy,RAF and Welsh Guards.
Over 200 people attended the event, entertainment was
provided by the Swansea based big band "Swingshift"
who played Glenn Millar and blues music and by the "Hoppin
Mad" Jive and swing dancers, who were amazing and
also gave demonstrations and info on how the style of
dancing in the 1940s had evolved. The Welsh museum also
provided props from the era and there were even 1940s
newspapers and "black market chocolate" on
the tables!
Thanks to everyone who
attended to show their support!
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THE BARRY LADIES CIRCLE DONATE £1,408
Barry
Ladies circle representatives who donated a cheque for
£1,408 to the
Jam Fund after a year long sustained fundraising effort.This
was achieved by
the S. E. Wales combined ladies circle (area 26) and our thanks go to
them for their generous support
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PAUL
AND MIKE GO THOSE EXTRA MILES
FOR THE JAM-FUND...
PAUL
BEFORE... READY FOR 'THE OFF'
AFTER AND STILL SMILING!!
PROUD
MUM n DAD FLYING THE FLAG!
Paul Hartery
from Barry (pictured above) ran in this year's
London marathon for the JAM Fund (time was 4 and
a half hrs) Paul has already been a team member
for the first JAM Fund Cardiff half marathon and
is also enrolled for this year's Cardiff event.
Mike James - another dedicated
runner who supports us on a reguar basis who ran
in the recent Bath half marathon for the Jam Fund
team and managed a time of 1hr.33mins.
VERY MANY THANKS TO PAUL and MIKE FOR YOUR EXHAUSTING
SUPPORT FOR THE JAM-FUND IT IS MASSIVELY APPRECIATED!
So far there are about 130 people who have joined
the JAM-FUND team for the Cardiff half marathon,
and we are on the lookout for more if possible.For details Please contact Paul Adamson Tel:
01446 411 646
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MANY
THANKS TO DOW CORNING (BARRY) LTD We
were recently awarded a cheque for £1000 from
Dow Corning (Barry) Ltd (for the second year in a row)
Martyn
Bates, Dow Corning safety dept. presenting Paul with £1,000
cheque
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