Summer Fest

WE HAVE RAFFLES, AUCTIONS, BANDS DAY AND NIGHT WITH A FOOD STALL AND FACE PAINTING. WE ARE WRITING TO ASK IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DONATING A PRIZE TO OUR FUNDRAISING EVENT SUMMERFEST ON THE 10/08/24 THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEARMINUS LOCKDOWN 20200F HOLDING THE FESTIVAL AND IT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS RAISING OVER £21.000 FOR CHARITY WE ARE A LOCAL FAMILY FROM CHANDLER'S FORD. OUR EVENT IS HELD IN PASSFIELD AVENUE EASTLEIGH MY HUSBAND HAS END STAGE HEART AND KIDNEY FAILURE AND IS FITTED WITH A LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD/MECHANICAL HEART) WHICH WAS FITTED IN 2015 AT HAREFIELD HOSPITAL IN MIDDLESEX AS A BRIDGE TO A HEART TRANSPLANT SADLY, HE IS DEEMED TOO POORLY TO HAVE A TRANSPLANT NOW. BUT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THE BEST OF LIFE AFTER A YEAR LONG STAY IN HOSPITAL BACK IN 2016 WE HAVE MANAGED TO GET MARRIED AND EVEN HAD OUR GARDEN MADE OVER BY ALAN TITCHMARSH AND THE LOVE YOUR GARDEN PROGRAMME FOR T.V. WE WANTED TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK FOR ALL THE GREAT HELP AND SUPPORT WE HAVE HAD FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY OUR GREAT FRIENDS LYNDA AND DAVID KINCHINGTON HAD PREVIOUSLY HELD A HOME FESTIVAL FOR THEIR DAUGHTERS HEN DO IN THEIR BACK GARDEN AND THE IDEA CAME FROM THAT THEY ARE KIND AND MAD ENOUGH TO HOLD THE EVENT EVERY YEAR.IT STARTED OFF VERY SMALL AND HAS GROWN EACH YEAR. WE HAVE A MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR AN OVER 250 STRONG CROWD WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS LIFTING THEIR FENCES 50 WE CAN HAVE A BIG PARTY. WE RAISE HALF THE MONEY FOR HAREFIELD HOSPITAL AND THE OTHER HALF GOES TO A DIFFERENT CHARITY PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE INCLUDED THE WINCHESTER HOSPICE APPEAL AND THE KNIGHT'S FOUNDATION, WHO ARRANGE HOLIDAYS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THIS YEAR'S SECOND CHOSEN CHARITY 15 SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITALS CHARITY SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MS AS LYNDA'S NIECE HAS THE CONDITION. WE HAVE RAFFLES, AUCTIONS, BANDS DAY AND NIGHT WITH A FOOD STALL AND FACE PAINTING. WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ANY DONATIONS. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU FEEL YOU COULD CONTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY KINDEST REGARDS FRAN RICHARDSON. LYNDA KINCHINGTON AND ALL THE SUMMERFEST TEAM V