Fundraising News

Andy Edwards and Gareth Evans are raising money for The Noah's Ark Appeal by completing a sponsored cycle across America!

Eddie Lloyd is running the Edinburgh marathon for the Noah’s Ark Appeal on May 25th 2008. This is Eddie’s first full marathon. He’s very excited and is looking forward to raising funds for us!  You can support the Appeal and sponsor Eddie by visiting his fundraising page.

Noah’s Ark Appeal supporter, Katherine Philpott, put her best foot forward in the London Marathon and raised £1000 in sponsorship for the Children’s Hospital for Wales.

The Prengwyn Sheepdog Trials and Show Committee have presented through their Treasurer Mr Dan Jones a cheque for £1500 to The Noah's Ark Appeal.

The Rising Sun Kyokushin Karate Club in Barry has raised over £800 for The Noah's Ark Appeal! The club, which currently teaches martial arts to over 30 students, organised a day out for the students to Porthkerry to raise the money. Much fun was had, including walking the Golden Stairs and everyone enjoying themselves mucking around on the beach!

John Hutchings, a Cardiff postman, has recently raised over £1500 for the Appeal!  He spent 9 days of March 2008 scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. This is no mean feat as the mountain is 5896 metres in height!

Members of Cardiff University’s Medical Society raised two thousand pounds for The Noah's Ark Appeal. The money was raised through a variety show containing a series of sketches that involved making a mockery of the students’ lecturers!

A concert of Gospel Music in the Big Band style was presented by the National Big Band of Wales earlier this year. The 18 piece NBBW combined professional musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with some of Wales’s best freelance jazz musicians.

It has been over 3 years since our friend Mark Truelove was tragically killed whilst on holiday in Spain, leaving a wife Helen and 3 children, Rhys, Ryan & Laura. His friends however, are keeping his memory alive by regularly arranging benefit nights and dart tournaments in his honour. All proceeds raised are donated to the Noah’s Ark appeal - which is the charity chosen by his 3 children - and to date over £6,000 has been raised.

Llandeilo based fund-raisers Grwp Arian Teilo saw the culmination of their efforts over the past year realised last week when they were able to present a cheque of £10,000 for the Noah’s Ark Appeal to build and equip the first children’s hospital in Wales.

The Noah’s Ark Appeal sent Jasmine Aherne to Trealaw on Saturday the 27th of January to collect a generous gift of £1500 from the Trealaw Jolly Boys. The Boys have held many fundraising events to fuel their collection, including dressing as women and holding cabaret acts!

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to The Noah's Ark Appeal in lieu of Christmas Cards last year. The gifts were very much appreciated and culminated in a lovely present for the Children’s Hospital for Wales fund!

The New Theatre Panto cast dropped in to visit the patients at the Children's Hospital for Wales and brightened everyone's day.

Dr Glyn Jones from Ceredigion, has raised almost £4000 for Appeal by selling two limited edition prints by the Welsh artist, Aneurin Jones, at the Menai and Friarly Stud Reduction Sale of Welsh Mountain Ponies and Welsh Cobs.

Young fundraisers at Caerleon Endowed Infants School recently decided to raise money for the Appeal by paying to come to school dressed as their favourite Noah's Ark Animals.  Their great idea raised over £500 for the Children's Hospital.

Fundraisers at the Old Cottage pub in Lisvane have raised £10,000 for the Noah’s Ark Appeal through a series of events, raffles and quizzes.   Customers and staff at the Old Cottage have been raising money since the son of a regular at the pub was diagnosed with leukaemia.

When Baby Carys, the daughter of a former colleague, was taken ill Bethan Evans of Llanybri was keen to do something to help.  Bethan decided to raise money for the Children’s Hospital for Wales by knitting Eskimo looped scarves. 

Noah’s Ark Appeal fundraisers, Paul, Paula and Abbi Smith have been bringing the movies to Neath and ensuring that those not on the A-list were made to pay and the event raised £100 for the Children's Hopsital.

Insurance company elephant.co.uk displayed their style credentials by holding a sparkling evening of fashion fun and entertainment in Cardiff Bay.  Ticket sales raised a very fetching £1000, of which half was donated to the Appeal while the other half bought £500 worth of toys which elephant.co.uk donated to the Children’s Hospital for Wales.

Pupils at Llangeitho School have been giving to others as well as giving their thanks.  They recently held a fundraising event, as part of the fundraising service,  to help children at the Children's Hospital for Wales.

A clever fundraising idea, devised by a Noah's Ark Appeal supporter, enables friends and family to post messges and greetings to friends and loved ones and raise money for the Children's Hospital for Wales at the same time.

Family and friends of Dorian Ellis Jones, who was tragically killed in an accident, have paid tribute to his memory by sailing around Ireland to raise money for charitable causes.

It seems that spring has already sprung for residents of one Cardiff street.  Blaen y Coed, in the Rhiwbina area of the city, has triumphed for the third time in a row in the Best Kept Street category of the Cardiff in Bloom campaign.  The residents have donated their £250 winnings to the Noah’s Ark Appeal.

 Taking time out from their 9-5 routines, Nick Rees and his brother took part in the Nice Iron Man Triathlon in France to raise over £1000 for the Appeal.

Winner of the Ceredigion and Aberystwyth County Show raffle, Mr Cynog Dafis, gave an extra special Christmas gift to sick children in Wales this year when he donated his prize to the Children’s Hospital.

The ballroom of the Holland House Hotel was treated to a selection of fashion from three of Cardiff’s designer boutiques - Terminal 9, Woodies, and Poppers - when a charity fashion show in aid of the Noah's Ark Appeal took place.