St Bernard's raises £281.45!

We would like to thank the pupils of St Bernard's School, Barrow-in-Furness, for raising a fantastic £281.45 for St Mary's! The pupils of class 5B hosted a musical evening - 'Believe' - featuring the songs of teen heart-throb Justin Bieber. The true stars of the show were Hope Armstrong and Danielle Messenger (pictured) who organised and hosted the show.

Charity Skydive – Saturday 13th August 2011

Imagine standing at the edge of an open doorway in an aircraft flying at 10,000 feet - the noise of the engines and the wind ringing in your ears with only the outline of distant fields below. Now imagine leaning forward out of that doorway and letting go - falling forward into the clouds, diving down through the air as you start freefalling at over 120mph! Then imagine the peace and quiet as the canopy opens, the steering toggles come down either side of you and you begin a tranquil parachute descent from a mile up in the air, steering yourself back down to the centre of the drop zone below. Imagine being able to do this for FREE whilst harnessed to a professional freefall parachute instructor and at the same time being able to help St Mary's! Stop imagining, it's real and it's happening all the time and you can be part of it...

We are looking for people from all over the country to make a sponsored 10,000 feet freefall parachute jump on our behalf and in return we are willing to pay for it! All we ask is that you raise £350 in sponsorship money in order for you to jump for free and in turn we will receive an average donation of £135. In addition to this, every extra pound that you raise over the minimum comes straight to the hospice.

The Skydive will take place on Saturday 13th August at the North West Parachute Jump Centre, Cark Airfield, Flookburgh.

For further information or a registration pack please contact Hannah on 01229 580305 or email events@stmaryshospice.org.uk. Registration packs are also available to download from www.stmaryshospice.org

Please note that there are limited places so don’t delay in sending your booking form off. Skydiving is a weather dependent activity so the pre-arranged date of your jump may be subject to change.