THE HARVESTER HOSTED A CHARITY EVENING ON FRIDAY 25TH OF SEPTEMBER
TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE MIDLAND AIR AMBULANCE
AND IN MEMORY OF A TRUE LADY,
DOREEN ASH
A FEW WEEKS BEFORE DOREEN WAS TAKEN ILL, SHE HAD EXPRESSED TO HER HUBAND KEN, THAT IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO HER, THAT SHE WOULD LIKE SOME MONEY TO GO TO THE AIR AMBULANCE AS SHE HAD ALWAYS ADMIRED THE WORK THEY CARRIED OUT FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN OUR LOCAL COUNTIES.
AFTER DOREEN PASSED AWAY, HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE AND TO RAISE MONEY FOR A VERY WORTHY CAUSE. I HAD PERSONALLY KNOWN DOREEN AND THE ASH FAMILY SINCE I WAS ABOUT 14 YEARS OF AGE AND THEY TREATED ME AS A FAMILY MEMBER, SO WHEN DOREEN`S SON AND MY GREAT FRIEND PETE APPROACHED DAWN AND I ABOUT ORGANISING THE CHARITY EVENING, WE WERE ONLY TO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HELPIN ANY WAY WE COULD.
WELL WHAT A GREAT EVENING IT TURNED OUT TO BE. THE HARVESTER WAS PACKED TO THE RAFTERS WHICH JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT A POPULAR AND MUCH LOVED LADY DOREEN WAS.
WE WERE TREATED TO LIVE MUSIC FROM X-CHANGED AND START THE CAR. THERE WAS ALSO A SPECIAL TREAT WHEN ONE OF DOREEN`S GRANDDAUGHTERS, AMY, PERFORMED SEVERAL SONGS WITH START THE CAR. AND YET AGAIN WE RAISED AROUND £300 FOR ONE OF PAULS SUPERB DRUM SOLO`S. THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT THESE GUYS LAID ON (FREE OF CHARGE) WAS FIRST CLASS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANKS TO AMY AND ALL THE GUYS FROM START THE CAR AND X-CHANGED.
IN BETWEEN ALL OF THIS RICKY AND MYSELF MANAGED TO FIT IN THE RAFFLE AND THE AUCTION. WE RAFFLED OFF VARIOUS ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN KINDLY DONATED BY FRIENDS AND LOCAL BUISNESSES. WE ALSO HELD A LIVE AUCTION FOR GIFTS DONATED BY UB40 AND IRON MAIDEN, A MOUNTAIN BIKE DONATED BY COLIN AND IAN FROM COBRA BUILDING SERVICES, AND ANOTHER BIKE DONATED BY RICKY AND JEANETTE.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER IT REALLY WAS A GREAT EVENING AND THANKS TO YOUR GENEROSITY THE MIDLAND AIR AMBULENCE HAVE NOW RECIEVED A CHEQUE FOR:
£3,025
IM SURE DOREEN WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD.
THANK YOU.