Browsing Archive: July, 2010
Posted by Heather Othick on Monday, July 26, 2010,
I know that people are asking how 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' did in the charts. Before I tell you, can I ask you to please keep spreading the word, it's unbelievable where the video is being watched around the globe. Every time it's passed on, it's raising awareness! It's also not too late to buy a copy - so keep sharing the link too - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003NTMZDA/ref=dm_dp_trk1?ie=UTF8&qid=1277998998&sr=8-1
Every penny is going to brain tumour research.
Sadly we didn't sell e... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Saturday, July 24, 2010,
Childhaven nursery school in Scarborough held a sponsored 'brick build' last week. £449 was raised by those 3 and 4 year olds... Abbie, a student at Filey school, near Scarborough, did a triathlon and raised £189 - she told me what she did to raise this money - I swam 4 lengths (100meters) of the pool, then went on to bike 4.2 kilometers (6 and 3/4 whole laps of Filey school) and finished off wih a run of 1600 meters (which is just over 1 mile). THANK YOU Abbie - for all your hard work for ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Thursday, July 22, 2010,
Schneider Electric Ltd have a factory in Scarborough, amongst other places. Every year the company supports a charity - this year it is the Teenage Cancer Trust. HOWEVER, locally they are also able to give 25% of their fund raising to a charity/cause in their area. I received a letter a week or so ago to say that Scarborough have chosen Ellie's Fund this year. BIG thanks to all at Schneider Electric Ltd, Scarborough for their efforts so far - and the £347 that is on it's way to Ellie's Fund. K... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Wednesday, July 21, 2010,
On Friday July 2nd Childhaven Nursery School held a sponsored brick build for Ellie's Fund - they hold the event each year, for a different charity each time. I've just received the last of the sponsor money in from them. 60 children age 3 and 4 have raised a total of £426-30 between them. What a fantastic effort! If all this fund raising gets YOU thinking, why not contact me for some ideas...( elliesfundinfo@tiscali.co.uk) I can help you to organise your own event for Ellie's Fund - or you coul... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Tuesday, July 20, 2010,
THERE ARE 16 000 NEW CASES OF BRAIN TUMOURS - EVERY YEAR. Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Sunday, July 18, 2010,
Posted by Heather Othick on Sunday, July 18, 2010,
Do you remember my post on June 27th - 'A prayer for Sally'? Unfortunately Sally didn't make it - she passed away a day or so later, but if you prayed for her and her family thank you. That was the update - here's another different request... Ellie's Fund is important for our future - but this is important NOW, TODAY... Written by Jadi Lewis -
In February 2008 at the age of 6, my daughter Jazmine was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer (Ewings sarcoma). Prior to her diagnosis, she ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Saturday, July 17, 2010,
NEXT Friday - July 23rd - there is an open house at 15 Briardene Avenue, Scarborough. Ellie's friends will be helping Lyn Marsh to host the event. They/we're all baking again. There will be drinks too. A tombola - and a raffle. Prizes include Pizza Hut vouchers, an ice cream maker, cutlery sets and toys too! Raffle tickets can be bought by calling Lyn on 01723 371747, or me on 01723 351456 or from Redz hair Salon in Scarborough. They are £1 for 5. (alternatively you could email me at elliesfund... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Thursday, July 15, 2010,
Jenna Marsh and Harriet Ritchie are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING for even attempting the Castle Foot swim. Jenna finished in 1 hour 40 mins FANTASTIC! - unfortunately the cold got the better of Harriet. For all of you who are waiting to hear - her cheeks are pink and she's talking and laughing.... GO Harriet. GO Jenna. GO...... Ellie's Fund...! You both did yourselves and Ellie proud.
WELL DONE!
Heather Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Wednesday, July 14, 2010,
Have a look at this for a relaxing fund raising idea!
'A Touch of Thai' are having a
“Special Five a Day Promotion” for Ellie's Fund.
Free A 15 Minute Neck, Back and Shoulder Massage
Or
Free A Gents Haircut
All we ask is a £1 donation for “Ellie's Fund.” Please take a look
at www.elliesfund.com
Here are the terms and conditions:
Available Mon-Fri 9am-12noon
Appointments have to be booked please
Maximum of five people per day (over 18`s only)
Must be residents of Sca... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Wednesday, July 14, 2010,
HAVING SEEN THE WEATHER FORECAST & SPOKEN TO PAULA, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS MAY NOT GO AHEAD 'TOMORROW'. WE WILL TRY EACH DAY AT THE SAME TIME IF IT CAN'T HAPPEN TOMORROW. Rain will not stop Harriet and Jenna, but 'white top' waves will. Above all else, it has to be safe for them. It would be great if you are still able to come down 'just in case' though... WATCH THIS SPACE! Heather Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Tuesday, July 13, 2010,
People in the Scarborough area please make sure that THURSDAY is in your diary. THURSDAY 15TH JULY - 5pm. Jenna and Harriet (two of Ellie's close friends) are SWIMMING the Castle Foot at tea time - weather permitting. They came to me with the idea a few weeks ago and have been training hard for it since - going up to Wykeham lakes to practice in and to get used to the cold of the water. It all looks good so far... For the benefit of people who don't know Scarborough, the Castle Foot is quite a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Sunday, July 11, 2010,
Unfortunately Somewhere Over The Rainbow isn't in the top 40 this week.
BUT regardless of chart position it's still raising funds for brain tumour research so keep plugging. Do you know anyone who hasn't bought it - yet?
We've ALL also raised awareness hugely this week. I've received messages from all over the world - people now folllowing Ellie's Fund. To everyone who has helped with 'this' project THANK YOU.
Don't go away - this is the beginning, not the end! :)
Heather Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Sunday, July 11, 2010,
OK, well - it's all over bar the counting now - nothing more we can do except either listen to the top 40 tonight or watch this space. Thanks for all your musical support.
Regardless of whether we've made the charts, we've definitely made a difference. So many more people are now aware of the need for more brain tumour research then were 2 weeks ago.
Even the Daily Mail are involved - I did an interview with them on Friday; it will be in the paper a week on Tuesday. (probably - date to be con... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Saturday, July 10, 2010,
OK - it's 11-15pm. You have 45 minutes to go and buy your 3 copies of Somewhere Over The Rainbow - to help raise brain tumour awareness. Please. I'm going now to give you more time. I'll be back tomorrow after the charts have been on! Off you go! Heather :) Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Friday, July 9, 2010,
Don't take that to mean that we don't need any more song sales - we still do please! The 'swimmingly' bit is a play on words. People in the Scarborough area please put NEXT THURSDAY in your diary. THURSDAY 15TH JULY - 5pm. Jenna and Harriet (two of Ellie's friends) are SWIMMING the Castle Foot at tea time - weather permitting. They came to me with the idea a few weeks ago and have been training hard for it since - going up to Wykeham lakes to practice in and to get used to the cold of the water... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Thursday, July 8, 2010,
Hello Steph, I tried to send you this as a reply to your nessage, but the 'widget' wouldn't work! Thank you for your message of support. I think your plan to swim the length of the channel to raise money is brilliant - well done you! If you'd like to send me some more of your details by email elliesfundinfo@tiscali.co.uk I'll be happy to chat to you more about your idea, find out more details etc - and send you sponsor forms. Bye for now, Heather Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Wednesday, July 7, 2010,
Dear all.
Well it's Wednesday and the midweek chart run down came out this
afternoon.
Unfortunately we're not on it - YET - BUT WE CAN BE ON SUNDAY - IF we all keep
sharing the story and the links to the song.
Please share this email with all your contacts/local school/club etc and
ask them to buy the song - TODAY, before they forget. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Tuesday, July 6, 2010,
While we're waiting to hear how the song is doing, here is a bit more of Ellie's story...
December 1st 2008
Well, where to start? I shouldn't have left it so long to write - but we've all been pretty busy, as per usual, and I've been very tired.
Anyway - here I am.
I've got new photos - Ellie presenting cheques to 3 of her 5 charities on behalf of herself and her friends. The fundraising total is now over £8500! If you helped, and/or know others who did - PLEASE will you say a HUGE thank ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Tuesday, July 6, 2010,
Things at Ellie's Fund are starting to change..... There are now people in over 30 countries reading this website! And yesterday we had the most number of views in any one day since Ellie's Fund was set up.... I know that a lot will be following the song - but what I'd like to know is: Would anybody consider staying on as a follower/supporter and helping out please? There will be other events - you don't need to be in Scarborough to attend/help. You could hold your own event at the same time as w... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Monday, July 5, 2010,
Amazon has a chart called 'movers and shakers'.
Scalby School are on this chart - as of 6-30pm, we are NUMBER ONE!!!
How fantastic is that?!
The chart is updated hourly - PLEASE PLEASE don't stop reminding/asking all your contacts to download this week - there's still time for others to beat us if we slack off now....
Just thought you'd like to know.
By the way - Note for you all to pass on please.... make sure you're buying the song, not the album! We might be number 1 in the movers and shakers ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Monday, July 5, 2010,
OK folks, download away - You can use the link on our home page, or you can go to Amazon.co.uk or iTunes - just put Scalby School in the search field. It's only 79p - and all the proceeds are going to Ellie's Fund for brain tumour research. So please - keep SHARING this information - and ask all your contacts to share too! 4000 copies and we should be in the top 40 next Sunday - so do it NOW! Off you go..... :)) Heather Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Sunday, July 4, 2010,
19844 - is the number of times the video has been watched so far (Sunday morning) on YouTube. 5008 - is the number of people in the group 'Help get Ellie into the charts!' 1586 - is the number of people following the Ellie's Fund page on Facebook. 26 - is the number of countries that people are reading this website from. 14 1/2 - is the number of hours until it's July 5th - WHEN YOU CAN BUY 'SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW'! Not that we're counting or anything.... Heather Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Saturday, July 3, 2010,
Wow - people from as far afield as Japan, Mexico, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, UAE, are now reading www.elliesfund.com, as well as many countries in Europe too! Let's hope that you all buy the song in TWO days!!
Just click the link on the home page - it'll take you straight to it...
And if you want to share the link this is it - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003NTMZDA/ref=dm_dp_trk1?ie=UTF8&qid=1277998998&sr=8-1
Don't forget, you can buy it on MONDAY!!
Heather :) Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Friday, July 2, 2010,
Last night I was also preparing for today. This morning I was at Scalby School where Calendar news filmed the group singing, and did interviews... Brain tumour awareness is being raised by the hour! This is so good - more and more people are becoming aware of the research that needs doing - and the funds that are required. The song/video shows the human cost of brain tumours. Please keep sharing this website address..... Together, we can help. Heather Continue reading ...
Posted by Heather Othick on Friday, July 2, 2010,
Last night I was busy. I was answering emails and setting up a Twitter account. elliesfund is now on Twitter! Continue reading ...
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About Me
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Proud mum of 3; I brought Phil and Ellie up alone after their Dad and I spilt up in 1996. I later met Jason and he moved in with the 3 of us in 2002.
We've been married since 2004 and have a daughter together.
I worked for 17 years in a bank until I left to have my youngest. She was born with a cleft lip and palate and research into helping her communicate led me to buying a franchise for TinyTalk, baby sign language classes. Ellie was a big part of that - coming to classes when she was on chemo; she loved helping out. I pressed pause on the business in August 2008 to become Ellie's full time carer.
Whilst I was at the bank I was the regional charity fund raising organiser - so when Ellie asked to raise funds to 'give something back' I had an idea where to start. She had a natural flair for it - and together we have helped to raise over £25 000, starting in June 2007 when local people raised £4000 in one night for us to have a family holiday.
I am extremely proud of all my children, and my family; how they all handled Ellie's illness.
And very proud to be Jason's wife. Through all of this he has been my rock.
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