FRIENDS of SITTINGBOURNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

UPDATE AUGUST

Thank you to all for supporting our fund raising efforts.  Our recent iPOD raffle and book sale raised over £800 and we are grateful for a donation of £100 in memory of Len Scott from the Lynsted Branch of the Men of Kent.

We are currently planning the programme for our October concert but before then we are supporting the Sittingbourne & Milton Twinning Association who have organised a concert on 4th September.  This features the Royal Harmony Band of Elverdinge (near Ypres) and is to be held at Highsted School for Girls at 7.30pm.  Tickets cost £5.00 and are available from Swade Music in Roman Square or on the door.

The League's next book sale will be week commencing 27th September and if you have any books to donate we would be pleased to accept them.  Please contact Myra Scott (522428) or Rose Warren (473842).

UPDATE MAY 2010

Don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets between 14 - 30 June 2010, with a chance to win one of 3 x 8GB iPOD-Touch®.  These are on sale at the Memorial Hospital Book Sale or from their Shop in the Hospital, or you can call Rose Warren (473842) or Myra Scott (522428).  Good luck!  All proceeds support our important local hospital.

UPDATE APRIL 2010

February and March were very busy months for the League and we are ending April with a collection outside of Sainsbury’s.

If you have been to the hospital you will have seen the new range of toys we have provided in the waiting areas to amuse small children and we have on order equipment for both Kestrel Ward and the Podiatry Clinic.

Not all requests are for expensive equipment.  We have provided a Digital Camera for use in the Minor Injuries Department at Memorial Hospital; this enables digital images of traumatic wounds to be sent to East Grinstead for evaluation, which reduces the need for patients to make unnecessary journeys.

Together with donations we have raised over £1,600 since the beginning of the year.  Thank you to all who have supported our efforts.

Our next fund raising event will be a Book Sale at the Memorial Hospital during the week commencing 14th June 2010.

If you have any bric-a-brac or books to donate to help our fund raising efforts please contact Myra Scott on 01795 522428 or Rose Warren on 01795 473842

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It is with sadness we report the passing of Len Scott.

Len Scott was nominally Treasurer of Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital’s League of Friends, but to him it was a title that embraced much more than being custodian of the League's funds.  Indeed he and his wife Myra were largely instrumental in forming the current League in 1999. Myra recently retired after being chairwoman for many years.

Len seemed ever present in the hospital helping to organise fund-raising events such as book and bric-a-brac sales and summer fetes. The gardens needed attention and things had to be made and repaired.  Away from Memorial concerts, other events had to be arranged to raise more money.  At weekends he and Myra would be pushing a trolley around the wards selling newspapers and other items.

At Lynsted's summer fete Len and Myra would be seen manning stalls to the hospital's benefit.  Len seemed indefatigable on the hospital's behalf:  Sadly that was not the case.  The League of Friends will never replace him and will find it difficult to fill the many roles he carried out.

Rest in Peace

League of Friends Notice - February 2010

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JANUARY 2010 UPDATE

We had a very successful fund raising year in 2009 and hope this will continue.  We had a number of generous donations that enabled us to purchase items for use both at the hospital and in the community. 

The largest item of equipment was a neurology couch for use in rehabilitation of patients and the strangest was a “cuttlebug” (a tool for embossing cards in craft work).  This was part of a request from the Mental Health Unit, which together with SAD Light Boxes and CDs, is used in their relaxation therapy groups.

We have also purchased anatomical models for use by the School Nurses;  Portable Baby Scales for the Midwifery Unit and games and toys for use at Southlands by patients in their Cognitive Therapy Groups at the Day Centre.

We are making a busy start to the year with:

• 8th-12th February:  a Bric-a-Brac Sale at the hospital
• 22nd-26th March: Easter Raffle at the hospital
• 27th March: 7.30pm: our first concert of the year featuring The Rainham Ladies Choir and UK Paper Band will be held on Saturday 27th March. 
  Tickets: £6 - available from Swade Music in Roman Square or from Rose Warren on 01795 473842.

We look forward to your continue support and if you have any unwanted gifts or books please give Rose Warren a call on 473842.

For information regarding League of Friends contact Myra Scott on 52248 or Rose Warren on 473842

MAY 2009 UPDATE

We have succeeded in obtaining a grant of £5,220 from the Sittingbourne Society who are the trustees of the John Jordan Will Trust, which is directed to good works in an around Milton Regis.  As a consequence, we have been able to purchase on behalf of the Hospital, four electronic notice boards as a valuable service to patients and visitors alike.

A recent Easter raffle and Bric a Brac sale raised £591 for our funds too!

FEBRUARY 2009 UPDATE

We raised approx £660 from our Cabaret Supper Concert at Tunstall Village Hall on 1st November 2008. Our sincere thanks to Alex Paylar and Stage 3 who have now performed for us free of charge for the past six years and made this event so popular each year.

We had a break from fund raising over December and January but it all starts again now with a BOOK SALE arranged for week 9th -13th February and a BRIC a BRAC SALE for week 30th March - 4th April. We are short of good Bric a Brac so would be grateful of any unwanted items such as the Christmas /Birthday gifts you did not really want.

Thank you to Lynsted Branch Men of Kent for the very generous donation of £400. At the request of their committee this will be divided between Frank Lloyd Home and Memorial Hospital. We are waiting for a wish list from Frank Lloyd Home.

For information regarding League of Friends contact Myra Scott 522428.