What is St Luke's Hospice?

St Luke's is a hospice which cares for people aged 18 and above throughout Sheffield who have incurable illnesses. Their aim is always to control the patients symptoms, alleviate pain, and give them the best possible quality of life – all free of charge. It costs £6 million per annum to keep St Luke's open, and government funding, via NHS trusts only provides one third of the funds required, which means the Hospice has to raise a staggering £4 million each year to provide this vital end-of-life care.

This challenge was set up by a St Luke's Supporter who has seen first hand, the amazing care given to patients through St Luke's and whilst donations are now closed we would like to thank all our donators for their wonderful contributions.

Sunday, 27 November 2011

Winter Winner!

Good evening everyone - I am happy to report that today's sale has been a massive success :-)   I have to say that fairs in warm pubs in November are MUCH nicer than fairs in windy tents in August!!!!

We sold lots of Christmas cards so thank you to those who posted them quickly to get to us, but also lots of general cards too and made almost as much in one day as we did over two days at August Bank Holiday - £152 in total    We did have a couple of St Luke's bears which we also sold and had a bucket for donations and those together raised another £25.82 - so all in all a pretty good day.

This means our grand total to date is now £487 - so a HUGE thank you again to everyone who has taken the time to enter the challenge, spread the word or send us a card - however you get involved, it all helps and everyone was so impressed by your fabulous cards and your generosity in donating them.

Tara x
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  1. Jenny27 November 2011 at 21:46

    Such great news Tara, no wonder you're pleased :)
    Jenny x

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  2. TAM27 November 2011 at 22:27

    Fantastic total - well done

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  3. Mary J28 November 2011 at 21:00

    How fab Tara! When is your next one and I will get some cards off to you!

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  4. Stamps and Paper28 November 2011 at 21:00

    Fantastic news Tara and well done.....

    Anne

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  5. Vicky Hayes28 November 2011 at 22:21

    That's brilliant Tara! A great result for all your hard work. Vx

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  6. Irene29 November 2011 at 07:55

    Fantatic news Tara, well done.

    irene
    xxxx

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  7. Deborah Frings29 November 2011 at 13:30

    Tara - that's a great total. So glad it went well. I have to say that the venue sounds just right!

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