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FOOD FOR LIFE - £760 was raised over the two days of the festival at Castle Howard, near York more...
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2006 GOLF DAY - The second Joshua Scarlett-Abbott ECMO Ambulance Appeal Golf Day is to be held at Oulton Hall Golf Club and Hotel, near Leeds, on Friday 22 September 2006 - come and join us!. more...
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2006 LONDON MARATHON - Nick Saltmer completed the 2006 London Marathon - and raised over £1,000 for the appeal! more...
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COOKBOOK ON SALE - An ECMO Cookbook has been published to help raise funds for the Appeal. Priced at £7.50 + p&p, the book features recipes from from James Martin, Brian Turner, Gary Rhodes, Rick Stein and Mary Berry, along with contributions from Josh’s family and friends. more...
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YORK RUFC DAD'S MATCH - Dozens of dads took to the rugby field to raise more than £500 for the appeal. more...
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MEMORIAL GARDENS - A memorial garden has been created in memory of Josh at Monks Cross Shopping Park in York. more...
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FESTIVAL OF HORSES - Josh's appeal was inflated by a balloon race at the Learning To Listen Festival of Horses at Hill Top Farm, Ilton, near Masham, North Yorkshire, in June. more...
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LONDON MARATHON 2004 - Chris Sykes completed the Flora London Marathon on 18 April 2004 in a time of 4 hours 20 mins and 18 seconds - gaining him 15,965th place and raising over £1,700 for the appeal! more...
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NORTON COLLEGE MEGA QUIZ! A 'Mega-Quiz' in Norton raised a staggering £1,040 towards the Joshua Scarlett Abbott ECMO Ambulance Appeal. more...
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GARDENS OPEN FOR APPEAL! Chris Abbott's award winning gardens near Knaresborough were open for the appeal again in 2004 more...
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YORK WOMAN RISES OVER £4,000! Linda Ryder, a York woman has helped to raise a grand total of over £4,000 for the appeal by holding raffles, dances and quiz nights. more...
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JOSH'S FRIENDS RAISE £45! Youngsters from Langton Primary School, near Malton have been busy sewing, painting and cooking for a bring and buy stall in the school which raised £45 for the ECMO appeal. more...
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BT RAISE £830.00 - a small group within BT in Leeds, have raised £830.00 for the Appeal, following quizzes, theme days, raffles and tombola's.
Angela Linnie, one of the fund raisers said "We were all deeply touched by Joshua's story and certainly feel that he was a very brave little boy and its so sad that we have to lose someone so special".
The plan is for this group to help raise more money for the Appeal! - Thank you! more...
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MERCEDES-BENZ YORK OFFER AMBULANCE AT COST! - Richard Jackson MBE, Chairman of Mercedes-Benz York, has made the fantastic offer of supplying a Mercedes-Benz vehicle for the ambulance, on a non-profit basis.
Mercedes-Benz York have also undertaken to convert the vehicle to a Paediatric ECMO Ambulance on a similar basis.
This is a very generous offer and was further increased by the donation of prizes by Mr Jackson, at the 2003 Golf Day.
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AQUAPOINT has agreed to adopt the Joshua Scarlett-Abbott ECMO Appeal as its designated charity for 2004.
Bob Proctor, of Aquapoint said "Aquapoint are delighted to help raise funds for Joshua's Appeal. As a father, I can only wonder at the pain and suffering which sick children, like Josh, and their families must go through. Anything which Aquapoint can do, to help raise money for this much needed ambulance, we will!"
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MONKS CROSS SHOPPING CENTRE have pledged to continuing fund raising for the Appeal into 2004. Katherine Hague, the Centre Manager said, in response to the total of £2,585.00 which Monks Cross raised during 2003: "This is a fantastic total - let's make sure Monks Cross can make it £3,000 in 2004!"
Monks Cross Shopping Centre are also committed to creating a Joshua Scarlett-Abbott Memorial Garden on the site and we'll keep you up-to-date with its progress.
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HAIR CUT - Nick Thompson, a teacher of music at Josh's school, Langton Primary School, had his hair cut off in a bid to raise funds for the charity. He raised over £550!
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SPONSORED BIKE RIDE - The York RUFC Youth Section donated half the proceeds of the annual sponsored bike ride to Joshua's Appeal again this year. The bike ride was held on Sunday 18 April 2004, and many of Josh's team mates took part.
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COAST TO COAST BIKE RIDE - Ralf Defty, who knew Josh well, and other keen mountain bikers took part in a sponsored Coast to Coast bike ride. One of the team was actually injured during training for the ride, but recovered to take part in the successful event. The ride raised over £700! - a big thank you to all those who took part.
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STEVE BOTTRILL AND NICK SALTMER took part in the Great North Run and raised over £690.00 between them. Steve said "the run was hard but I think Josh helped me out - 2hrs 9 mins, not bad for an old timer! I survived, and I was proud that I could do it for the Appeal".
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RON RYMER sadly died in late 2003. Ron, who also had cancer, followed Joshua's progress during his own brave fight. Following Ron's death, his family and friends, including the white water canoeing community and members of West Yorkshire Canoe Club, helped to raise over £430.00 for the Appeal following collections and events.
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RYEDALE SWIMMING POOL in Malton, where Josh learnt to swim, helped raise £72.23 for the Appeal, through donations made by swimmers at the pool.
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