We are delighted to tell you that we recently received a cheque for £356.00.  This was raised through the sale of raffle tickets for this beautiful handmade quilt. (below).

It was made by BUS member who got in touch with us a few months ago to say that her quilting group had decided to nominate BUS as the beneficiaries of a raffle being held at the Royston Arts Festival at the end of September. Below are a couple of picture of some of the other quilts which were also on display.

Quilting exhibition raises £356.00 for BUS by raffling a handmade quilt

Thank you so much for your support.  We are delighted to receive the raffle proceeds and  also learn that a lot of interest was generated about Birdshot Uveitis as a result of the raffle.

It’s not too late to contribute to the teams efforts!  You can do so by visiting http://www.bmycharity.com/birdshotcarrotsnightwalk.

Thank you to all the walkers who took part in the Carrots Night Walk on Friday 20th September and helped to raise over £7000 towards a future Small Grant award for Birdshot Research.  This is a stunning result from a small group of Birdshotters, their friends and family.

We had walkers travelling from as far as Leeds to the London walk and one walker who lives in Shrewsbury who walked in Birmingham.  It was Lesley Fisher and Claudia Wilson-Barrett’s 2nd Carrot walk for BUS.

Many of you will also know eye clinic sister, Claudia Wilson-Barrett from your visits to the Moorfield’s and Croydon University Hospital eye clinics.  This year she did the 6 mile walk accompanied by her two small daughters.

Many thanks to Lesley who bravely took on the roll of team co-ordinator, making sure that people met up on the night and providing some of the photographs for the website!

Before the walk above, and below,  after it was all over.  We can’t believe how fresh you all look!

We cant thank you enough!

Triumphant family team from Leeds with Lesley Fisher

Recently BUS member Maureen,  got in touch with us to say that her quilting group had decided to nominate BUS as the beneficiaries of a  raffle being held at the Royston,  Arts Festival on the 28th and 29th September 2013.

Maureen is a keen quilter and made the beautiful quilt being raffled, herself. We are delighted to advertise the event in case any of our members would like to drop in or even join the quilting group.

Here is a bit about Priory Quilters  which Maureen belongs to:

Priory Quilters started twenty years ago – we are celebrating our birthday with a garden party in August. There have been times when membership has been about 100 but now we have between 20 and 30 members. We meet once a month in the evening and have speakers, do it ourselves evenings and help desks. Also once a month some of us meet in the afternoon. We hold workshops and UFO (unfinished objects) days on the occasional Saturday and usually have one outing a year. Our quilt show is held in association with the Royston Arts Festival every two years. This year the show is on September 28 and 29 in the upstairs room at the Town Hall, Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DA,  from 10 to 4.30. There is disabled access and entry is free. New members are always welcome.

Thank you so much for taking this initiative.  We wish you the best of luck and look forward to hearing how it all goes and if any member wants to pop into the exhibition, we know Maureen will be delighted to see you.

Many, many thanks to BUS member Hamamelis/Opodeldoc for using the opportunity of her 70th birthday to fund-raise for BUS. She kindly organised three celebration parties for neighbours, family, friends and ex-work colleagues, and asked for donations for Birdshot Research in lieu of the presents that one normally receives. The plan was a great success and everyone had a jolly good time. As a result of the generosity of all the party-goers, BUS has received donations worth almost £850. We’d like to thank Hamamelis/Opodeldoc for doing this, and we are delighted to have benefited from her magnificent efforts. Who would have thought that you just had to have a birthday to raise this kind of money?

Thank you so much – we suspect that organising three parties was quite a lot of work, but well worth the effort, and of course it all helps to educate people about our eye condition.

Thank you so much

Team Birdshot

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