More fundraising and a donation

Since the Murder Mystery Night of 3rd July 2009, fundraising has continued, including:

• Fashion show at Twist Night Club in November 2009
• Dave Evans selling road map books at work

Through this time, members of Rochdale's Ladies Only Ltd gym have been contributing through:

• donating commission from the sale of beanies
• donating commission from Body Shop parties
• Christmas raffle
• selling handmade cards at the gym
• donating second hand books to the gym for re-sale

In a larger, now annual, event via Ladies Only Ltd, a Sponsored Slim over the 12 weeks to Christmas 2011 raised £2500. 38 participants, mostly members or the friends and family of members, took part with the support of instructors at the gym doing weekly weigh-ins, studying food diaries, weekly email tips and recipes, plus free use of the gym with exercise routines prescribed by the instructors. The biggest loser was gym member Lynn Plant who decided at the last minute to take part and lost 19lbs. The cumulative total weight loss was 221 lbs (nearly 16 stone)

The fund's donation into the NHS Christie Trust was £4800 in March 2012 and has been used in the purchase of the following equipment to benefit cancer patients :

• A Hospira Chemotherapy Pump


• A 5' underbench pharmacy fridge - needed for the Clinical Trials Unit to safely store chemotherapy drugs once they have been made up into an infusional treatment


• Appetito Hot Food system for the Critcal Care Unit

Murder Mystery Success

The Rochdale Infirmary Players did us proud in their performance of "Death by Chocolate" on 3 July 2009 at The Broadfield Park Hotel, Rochdale. Ticket sales and a raffle enabled us to raise £434 in total on the night for The Joan Evans Memorial Fund.



The format of the evening was to be greeted by characters from the storyline and then between courses of a lovely three course meal, they performed at the top table. By the end of the evening we should have picked up enough clues to hazard a guess at the killer, but no-one on our table picked the right one! Other tables must have been concentrating a little harder as there was a first prize and runner up.

Murder mysteries are a good fun way to raise some money and if anyone would like to contact Ann Rhodes to recruit the Rochdale Infirmary Players, contact tel 01706 517093.

Murder Mystery fundraiser - 3 July 2009

Work out Who Dunnit on Fri 3 July at The Broadfield Park Hotel when Rochdale Infirmary Players will perform 'Death By Chocolate'.

Tickets include a three course evening meal and it all start at 7.30pm. Tickets available £16 each from Ladies Only Ltd (Tel 01706 666 314)

You can keep up-to-date with this event on Facebook.

PRESS RELEASE : The Christie Hospital : June 2007

NEW CANCER EQUIPMENT IN MEMORY OF JOAN

A woman from Rochdale who has raised more than £25,000 for Christie's in memory of her mother who died from ovarian cancer visited the Christie Hospital recently to see the latest piece of equipment she has funded in action.

Michelle Evans' latest donation of £5,000 was presented to ovarian cancer specialist at the Christie, Professor Gordon Jayson.
The donation has been used to purchase a high-tech piece of equipment which helps protect staff, particularly those who are based in laboratories, from the harmful effects of chemicals used during research. The dry powder weighing cabinet is a sealed cabinet which allows staff to weigh out precise amounts without coming into contact with substances which could harm. The equipment also contains specialist filters so chemical vapours aren’t released into the atmosphere around.

Michelle's mother Joan Evans died from ovarian cancer in 1995, aged just 48. Since her death, family and friends have worked to raise money in her memory and so far have purchased equipment worth almost £25,000 for cancer research equipment at the Christie Hospital.

Fundraising events have included charity golf days, cabaret nights, car boot sales, coffee mornings and Michelle has even managed to rope friends into joining her sessions at her gym – Gymophobics.

Michelle says: "Fundraising for research at the Christie is so important, because it is only with help and support from the public that clinicians will be able to continue their essential work. Each time our fund has bought a new piece of equipment, my dad and I have been very kindly invited to see how it is used and what a difference it makes and this of course spurs us on to continue thinking of new ways to raise cash."

Professor Jayson said: "We are very grateful to the Evans family for their continuing support. Their generous donation has enabled us to buy this new piece of equipment. We already have on of these in the lab, but it is in constant use, and it is such a big hospital, having two will make things much quicker and easier for us.”

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PHOTOS ATTACHED: Dr Gordon Jayson with Michelle Evans and her father David.





ABOUT THE CHRISTIE HOSPITAL:

The Christie Hospital is one of the largest single-site cancer treatment centres in Europe, and an international leader in cancer research and development.

The hospital is based in Manchester, but because of its specialist nature, patients travel to the Christie from all over the North West and beyond. Around 40,000 patients are treated each year and medical staff share their expertise with colleagues in hospitals across the region.

In addition to NHS funding, the Christie receives a significant amount of money every year through its charity. The money raised is used both to fund cancer research and to contribute to the provision of specialist medical equipment and extras that give the hospital its special comforting and therapeutic atmosphere for patients undergoing treatment for all types of cancer.


For more information, please contact:

Louise Tansey
Communications Officer

Direct line: 0161 446 3613
Appeals Office, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX

Christie's raises money for the Christie Hospital, one of Europe's largest cancer treatment centres, treating more than 40,000 patients every year from Greater Manchester, Cheshire and beyond. Our vision is a future without cancer and we aim to provide ever more effective treatments for our patients so their chances of surviving cancer are greatly increased. For more information on supporting our cause, visit www.christies.org

Registered Charity No. 1049751

New dry powder weighing cabinet

The new dry powder weighing cabinet funded by the supporters of jemfund.



The oncology dept are currently developing drugs to starve the oxygen and nutrient supply to blood vessels in cancerous tumors and the cabinet is helping them measure out hideous dangerous chemicals in a safe environment for the handler and the people in the background of the lab.


Dr Alison Backen and Dr Gordon Jayson pictured with Michelle Evans

Marathon man

Stuart Holt again completed the London Marathon on 17th April 2005. His time was 4 hours and 52 minutes. He ran with an injured calf which slowed him down but grim determination got him to the end.

He's still thinking about doing Dublin marathon in October.

This time he was sponsored by Rochdale's new gym - gymophobics.

Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

November 2004

ROCHDALE FAMILY PAY FOR ESSENTIAL NEW CANCER EQUIPMENT

A woman from Rochdale who has raised more than £20,000 for Christie’s against Cancer in memory of her mother who died from ovarian cancer visited the Christie Hospital recently to see the latest piece of equipment she has funded in action.

Michelle Evans’ latest donation of £5,000 was presented o the Christie’s immunotherapy therapy research department. Immunotherapy is the use of the body’s own immune system to help fight cancer.

The donation has been used to purchase a high-tech new microscope and video camera which will help scientists study the cells of patients with a rare condition called pseudomyxoma peritonai. The Christie is only one of two UK treatment centres for this form of cancer which is believed to originate from the ovaries. It is hoped the study will help develop better treatments. The new microscope will also help doctors identify how successful new therapy treatments currently in clinical trials are.

Michelle’s mother Joan Evans died from ovarian cancer in 1995, aged just 48. Since her death, family and friends have worked to raise money in her memory and so far have purchased equipment worth almost £20,000 for the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research at the Christie Hospital.

Fundraising events have included charity golf days, cabaret nights, car boot sales, coffee mornings and Michelle has even managed to rope friends into joining her in the Manchester Marathon and sky diving.

Michelle says: “Fundraising for research at the Christie is so important, because it is only with help and support from the public that clinicians will be able to continue their essential work. Each time our fund has bought a new piece of equipment, my dad and I have been very kindly invited to see how it is used and what a difference it makes and this of course spurs us on to continue thinking of new ways to raise cash.”

Professor Peter Stern, Head of Immunology at the Paterson Institute at the Christie Hospital, said: “We are very grateful to the Evans family for their continuing support. Their generous donation has enabled us to replace a microscope that was more than 14 years old with one of the most modern and accurate on the market. Not only will it make our work much easier, it will improve the quality of our results which has to be good news for cancer patients throughout the world.”

Michelle is pictured with her father David, receiving a demonstration of the equipment from Professor Peter Stern.

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Note to editors:

ABOUT CHRISTIE HOSPITAL:
The Christie Hospital is the largest single-site cancer treatment centre in Europe, and an international leader in cancer research and development.

The hospital is based in Manchester, but because of its specialist nature, patients travel to the Christie from all over the North West and beyond. Around 150,000 out patients and 15,000 in patients are treated each year including children and adults and medical staff share their expertise with colleagues in hospitals across the region.

As one of the leading cancer research centres, Christie’s plays a central role in looking for new ways to diagnose and cure cancer. There are more than 13 research teams actively working on different aspects of this challenge in the research laboratories, many working in close partnership with patients on a daily basis.

In addition to NHS funding, the Christie receives a significant amount of money every year through it's charity Christie's against Cancer. The money raised is used both to fund cancer research and to contribute to the provision of specialist medical equipment and extras that give the hospital its special comforting and therapeutic atmosphere for patients undergoing treatment for all types of cancer.

For more information, please contact:

Louise Tansey
Communications Officer
Appeals Office,

Christie Hospital NHS Trust,
Wilmslow Road,
Withington,
Manchester, M20 4BX.
Tel: 0161 446 3613
http://www.christies.org/