Community news and events
Community Events
10/1/2011
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Fashion Show
Anon "Launch-Away" presents . . . .
Sun, fun & fashion
at Bertie’s Banqueting suite, Elland on Friday April 13th, 7.30pm. Tickets £25, available from Anon Lingerie Elland or ring 01422 379681. Ticket price includes canapés plus a full night of holiday themed entertainment until 1am. Local shops attending include Sage & Onion, Halo Boutique, Anon Lingerie, Flair & 20th Century Foxy. Donation from the profits raised on the night to Overgate Hospice.
Tickets sold out within 2 weeks last July so reserve yours asap!!
Swish Party at Hair Nineteen at 7.30pm Weds 22nd Feb at 19 King Cross St, Halifax, HX1 2SH. Bring an item of clothing, handbag, pair of shoes etc in good condition that’s out of favour and swap for someone else's item and make a donation to music and the deaf !
Ripponden in Bloom
AGM on Tues 28th February at 7pm in the Concert Room at the Conservative Club, Ripponden. You are cordially invited to join us. There will be a pie and pea supper for £5 per person, a FREE raffle and a quiz. Please contact Jayne Smith on 01422 823204 by 31st Jan if you would like to attend.
Ripponden Park Bowling Club
Pre-season meeting Monday 19th March at Ripponden Conservative Club commencing at 7.30pm.
All existing members and new bowlers welcome.
Further details contact Malcolm Griffiths 01422 835593.
Are you Serious about Losing Weight?
Join our 12 week Charity Community Weight Loss Challenge (Ripponden).
Biggest Loser Wins! Only £35 for the full 12 weeks. £10 of your joining fee goes towards Overgate Hospice.
Dates starting in Feb! Contact Becky:
07976 044590.
Zoe Russell is a mother of three, (George 7, Olivia 5 and Wilf 3) and a midwife based at the Calderdale Royal Hospital. In April she will be running the 26.2 mile
London Marathon to raise money for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths - The Cot Death Charity.
Around 10 babies die suddenly and unexpectedly each week and FSID is dedicated to helping to prevent this. The charity helps educate families and health professionals alike on the risks of cot death and supports those families who have tragically experienced it. They also provide a network of befrienders and a Care of the Next Infant (CONI) scheme to support parents with subsequent babies.
"I chose to run for FSID because it is a charity which is close to my heart, keeping babies sleeping safely is a hugely important part of our job. It just seemed like the natural choice." Zoe told us.
Zoe has the full support of her husband Ben and her three children. Her father Malcolm Downing is playing a key role in her training as he ran many marathons in his day, "Dad even takes me to the gym when the weather's really bad so I've got no excuses!!" Zoe is fully focused and determined to make the most of this once in a life time experience. "It's really hard work but if I can help save the life of just one baby, it'll be so worth while."
To help with the fundraising, Zoe has already held a Zumba Party and is selling tickets for an auction, on Friday 24th February at the Malthouse, Rishworth. Tickets are £15 each, with entertainment from the wonderful Dame Shirley Bazzey, a DJ, a table magician and a pie and peas supper.
Auction lots include British Super Bikes passes, 2 night stay at a luxury hotel in Windermere, cosmetic teeth whitening, a football stadium tour, meals at some of Halifax's top restaurants and many more. If you are interested in coming or donating an auction prize please contact her on: zoeruns4fsid@hotmail.co.uk
Alternatively if you wish to sponsor her you can do so online at:
www.justgiving.com/zoe-russell4fsid
This is an amazing charity whose work has led to a 70% reduction in cot death numbers since 1991, saving nearly 19,000 lives. Hopefully through their pioneering work, these tragedies can be prevented.
Wheeltappers’ & Shunters’ Day
Mon 30th Jan 10am to 8pm, Jubilee Refreshment Rooms
A gathering of all those interested in the railway at Sowerby Bridge, including any with family who worked at the Sowerby Bridge engine shed or Sowerby Bridge station.
At The Jubilee Refreshment Rooms, Sowerby Bridge station café/bar, Station Road, Sowerby Bridge HX6 3AB.
Did you work at Sowerby Bridge shed (1950 to 1964) or the
railway station (1950 to 1985)? Was any family member, relative or close friend connected with either of these places of work? Were you a regular passenger from Sowerby Bridge?
If so we would like you to share memories with us.
L&Y Engines at Work - plus an illustrated talk about Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway engines, display of local photographs, books and memorabilia, and re-union of former railworkers.
Paul Shackcloth of the Manchester Locomotive Society will present a slide show of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway loco’s, with an emphasis on Sowerby Bridge shed, from 2pm to 4pm.
A variety of items and pictures unique to the Sowerby Bridge area will be on display all day from 10am.
If you have any memorabilia, press cuttings or pictures of your own that you would be happy to see on public display feel free to bring these along on the day.
CONTACT - Chris Wright TELEPHONE 01422 648 285
RSPCA Pet of the Month Mystique
1/10/2011
Meet Mystique, our longest stay lady of the kennel block. Mystique came into the Animal Centre last September due to her owner's ill health, and has been waiting patiently for a new home for quite some time. Mystique is a very loyal dog and loves nothing more than to go for a walk accompanied by her teddy which she carries in her mouth. Mystique is a calm, quiet dog who would be well suited to a single person or mature couple who like and understand the Akita breed. We can not understand why she has been over looked for so long but are hopeful she will find her forever home very soon.
Could you offer a home to this special dog?