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Issue 220, 18th February 2010
We've had a fantastic response to our new Memorial Woodland in Wendover, with over 400 trees being planted this month and over £20,000 received in dedications. Click here to see how the Woodland is looking.
Our 2010 Goodnight Walk takes place on Saturday 19th June - and this year we have a Mardi Gras theme!! Click here for more information and to register.
Join us on Monday 22nd March for a delicious meal at this popular Indian restaurant in Beaconsfield. Click here for more information.
We have achieved our aim of recruiting 25 runners in our 25th Anniversary year. Click here to sponsor our runners, join the cheering squad or register for 2011.
If you subscribe to our Doorstep newsletter, the first edition of 2010 is on its way! If not, please pick one up from our offices or shops, along with the Getting Involved fundraising magazine. This Doorstep includes all the latest news from around IRHH as we enter our 25th Anniversary year, and a special article from Moira Rennie who reflects on the last 25 years and gives her thoughts for the future. To download a copy, or subscribe to future editions, please click here.
The full version of Moira's fascinating article can be read by clicking here.
This year's anthology from the Rhyme & Reason Fundraising Group is titled 'Anniversary', to fit in with our 25th Anniversary and the Group's 20th. Entries are invited for inclusion in the publication, which will be launched in October. If you have a piece of original writing, either prose or poetry, which fits in with the 'Anniversary' theme, and which you would like considered for inclusion in the anthology, click here to send it to Debbie Starrs. Entries should be submitted to Debbie by the end of March.
There is also still time to enter the Poetry Competition, which has cash prizes on offer for the winning adult entries and a Book Token for the winning youth entry. Click here for an Entry Form and further details. Closing date for entries is Tuesday 6th April.
As well as three positions within our Fundraising and Communications team, we now have two IT positions available. We are also looking for Senior Nurses, Nurses and Bank Nurses to join our highly regarded teams. Click here for all the details.
Do you have good Microsoft Access skills and some time to spare? IRHH has plans to introduce a small database system for internal use and needs some help. If you might be the person please email Pauline Scott at pscott@irhh.org. This is a small, contained project which would make a big difference.
150 IRHH supporters visited Tring Park School for a recent IRHH charity performance of The Boy Friend. Click here for more.
If you would like to receive regular E-bulletins from Tring Park School, which will include details of upcoming events, please email Miriam Juviler at miriam.juviler@tringpark.com
Representatives from Penn & Tylers Green Village Care presented us with a cheque for £500 this week. Click here for more.
The Iain
Rennie Hospice At Home provides specialist nursing care for patients who wish to
remain at home during the final stages of a terminal illness. We are a
registered charity (Reg. No 297847) which makes no charge to its patients for
its service. We rely very heavily on donations and fundraising.
You can be sure that your gift will make a real difference to patients and their families.
We aim to have a way to donate that suits everyone, so whatever the reason and whichever way you prefer, you should find there is an option to suit you. Click here for further details or call us on 01442 890222.
Join The Hospice Lottery and not only will you be raising funds for Iain Rennie Hospice at Home, but you could win some great cash prizes too. Click here for further details or call The Hospice Lottery on 01442 891459.
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or gifts to your family or friends, please consider using Charity Flowers. They
supply high quality flowers by post to anywhere in the UK , and Iain Rennie will
benefit to the value of 15% of the price of your order.
You can order online at www.charityflowers.co.uk , or by telephone on 08705 300 600. Remember to quote "IRHH" when you place your order!
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