MAY 2009
..CORNER NOSTALGIA RAISES
More than 300 people gathered to
FUNDS FOR VETERANS relive
wartime memories and raise money for D-Day veterans. Organised by self- styled
forces’
sweetheart Kas, rev- ellers dressed up in 1940s costumes to enjoy a sing and swing night at the community centre in Hawkinge on Saturday, March 21. The evening was in aid of
the London Taxi Benevolent Association
which is raising funds to send D-Day landing veterans to Normandy for the campaign’s 65th anniversary. Kas told the Folkestone Herald: ‘It was a fantas- tic evening. Everybody really enjoyed them- selves and totally got into the swing of it! The place was packed - 330 people turned up and we raised £1,800 so, in total, I’ve raised about £4,000. “I feel really good that
I’ve been able to do something for the veter- ans as they thoroughly deserve it. “I’d like to say a huge thank you to the every- body for coming and especially the mayor and mayoresses of Folkestone, Dover and Hythe, Carole Saun- ders, Cleo Drury, Ed Sayers, Len Wilson and Natalie at the communi- ty centre because I couldn’t have done it without them.”
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DUNDEE TAXI FIRMS BACK DREAMS FUND-RAISER
Julie Rett (centre) with the taxi drivers supporting Pig Snout Day Photo courtesy of The Courier, Dundee
Dundee taxi firms
Chairman of the Folkestone Normandy Veterans John Long and uniformed companions. Photo courtesy of Phil Midgett
donned pig snouts to show their support for the annual fund-raising Pig Snout Day. Local charity Dreamz4U are selling the piggy noses across the city to raise money to help make dreams come true for sick and terminally ill children throughout the area. This year the charity has received support from numerous local businesses and they
have now gained the backing of several taxi firms in the city. Cabs from Tay Taxis, Tele/Handy
Taxis,
Dundee Private Hire and 505050 back the charity campaign by displaying the official Dreamz4u pig snout car sticker. Dreamz4U fund-raising co-ordinator Julie Flett said she has been delighted with the sup- port. As far as we are aware, this is the first
time the licensing
department has given approval for all Dundee taxis to display charity support stickers for this type of initiative,” she told the Dundee Couri- er and Advertiser. “It would be fantastic if we could make this an annual event in itself.” Anyone wishing to sup- port Pig Scout Day or Dreamz4Uor to request- ing a fund-raising pack, should contact the web- site
www.dreamz4u.org
CORDIC LTD TAKES UP DRAGON BOAT RACE CHALLENGE FOR CHARITY
The staff and manage- ment of Cordic Ltd, leading suppliers of taxi dispatch systems to the taxi industry, have entered
the Cam-
bridgeshire Dragon Boat Festival 2009. The team is made up of ten paddlers and one drummer and are going by the name of Cordic Drag N Drop. The event is on 12th September 2009, but already, the team have entered their training phase. John Mille r, Operations Manager, said: “None of us has done anything like this before, but we are all keen to give a good performance in the heats and hopeful ly make the final. We have arranged some office training exercises that hopefully mimic the paddling action. The hardest part of team selection was the drummer. Everyone
sees this position as being the least ener- getic and a way of making your team- mates suffer!” The hard work will all be worthwhile for Cordic if they succeed in raising £10,000 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH). EACH supports fami- lies throughout their experience of caring for children with life-threat- ening conditions and complex
needs. EACH relies on public support
healthcare for
around 75 per cent of their required income of approximately £5.5 million per year - volun- tary income through sponsored events is absolutely vital. You can read more at
www.each.org.uk As well as carrying out office
fundraising
events, Cordic have come up with a unique way for their customers
to contribute. They want their customers to sign up for Donate Day 2009. Cordic customers will donate one penny for each job completed on Friday 31st July. For example if they com- plete 2000 jobs from 00:00 to 23:59 on 31st July 2009 they would pay £20.00 to the Cordic EACH fund. John
Miller said:
“Cordic Support Staff will generate a report of Completed Jobs for 31st July. We will let each customer know the total job count and the amount pledged. The customers then simply pay their pledge via
www.justgiving.com /cordic before 1st Sep- tember 2009. “We have had a superb response from our very generous
customer
base. One customer has pledged five pence per job! When it comes to donating to charity,
The Cordic Drag N Drop team
the taxi industry is always at the fore- front.” said John Miller. If anyone would like to contribute to this wor- thy cause they can. Visit www .justg ivin
g.com
/cordic and make a donation via our on-line payment website. Any customer signing up to Donate Day or any individual com- pleting an on-line
donation will be
entered into a prize draw to win a case (six bottles) of cham- pagne donated by Cordic Ltd including delivery.
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