Sports Stars Strut their Stuff for Charity

St Mary's in Partnership with Debenhams - Ladies Evening and Fashion Show 2010

We were delighted that so many people flocked to the Nines in Dalkeith Street, Barrow on Thursday 18^th March for our special ladies evening and fashion show in partnership with Debenhams, Barrow.

Big attractions were stars from Barrow AFC – Stuart Tomlinson, Tim Deasy and Andy Bond who swapped the football pitch for the catwalk. While Barrow Raiders’ Brett McDermott, Nathan Mossop and Zeb Luisi strutted their stuff to help raise funds for St Mary’s.

A host of volunteer models showcased examples of clothing available from the hospice shops as well as ensembles from Debenhams.

Zoe Guest, fund-raising and operations manager said “£1,750 was raised for the hospice.”

“It was a wonderful evening and it was nice to see the event being so well supported. We were trying to encourage people to shop at our charity shops and demonstrate how good recycled clothes can be. We wanted to show that you can pick up excellent bargains at the St Mary’s shops and we wanted to get away from the negative image that second hand clothes have. When we blended the outfits in with the ones from Debenhams people were shocked when it was announced the clothes were from the hospice shops.”

Hairdressers from Paul French Hair Salon in Barrow were on hand to style the models hair and teams from Debenhams provided the make-up. Lisa Hart compared the evening and Girlband gave their first live performance since their formation earlier this month.

The team has worked so hard over the last few weeks to make the event special and we were over-whelmed with the amazing response on the night. We would once again like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped make the evening a success.

Line Dancing Coffee Morning and Birthday Celebrations raises £1,160 for St Mary's

We would like to thank Jean Kells, Steve Marwood and Janet McKenna for raising £1,160 for St Mary's. This fantastic amount was raised at a coffee morning line dance held at St Matthews Hall on 5th March and later Jean Kell's 70th birthday celebrations.

Janet would like to thank all of her dancers for all of their support.

Pictured: Jean Kells, Steve Marwood, Angela Christian - St Mary's Hospice at Home nurse

Thank you to attendees of our Afternoon Tea

Thank you to all who attended our Family Support Service Afternoon Tea.

The next Afternoon Tea will take place at St Mary's Hospice, Ulverston, on Sunday 26th December 2010, from 2.30 - 4pm.

There will be an Annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday afternoon sometime in June this year. Please look at our website or the local press nearer the time for more details.