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Church Raises £6,000 For MS Centre

Left to right: Linda Oatley, a trustee of the MS Centre, Jan Hunter the Centre's manager,
MS sufferer Heather Martin, and the Rev Malcolm Grant.

Parishioners from St Mary's, Eaton Bray and Edlesborough, have raised more than £6,000 in eight months for the Chilterns MS Centre.   The centre was the adopted charity for the church in 2007.

The Rev Canon Malcolm Grant said: "The amount of money raised by people's hard work and generosity has far exceeded what we hoped for. For the past four years, we have had an annual parish project to raise funds for charities and concentrate efforts to make a real difference to people's lives rather than giving lots of little donations. This has been the best effort yet. People have been extremely kind hearted in their giving to others and this is the heart of what Jesus taught."

The Chilterns MS Centre would like to say many thanks to all the parishioners of Eaton Bray and Edlesborough!

Graham Middleton
Lake District hill-walking
September 2007

One supporter Graham Middleton, undertook a hill-walking expedition in the Lake District with colleagues from his office between 13-15 September 2007; he climbed Helvellyn (see picture) via Striding Edge, Scafell Pike - the highest mountain in England and Fairfield, plus a few others along the way. The weather was atrocious exclaimed Graham, but he had a handy tot of whisky with him.  Graham's wife Kate visits the Chilterns MS Centre once a week for physiotherapy to help her cope with Multiple Sclerosis.  Graham states 'the care and support Kate receives is superb'. 

Well done to Graham who is well on his way in achieving his personal target of £1000 for the Centre.

If you would like to undertake a sponsored event or get involved in fundraising please give Fundraising a call on 01296 624000.