PRECIOUS LIVES
FUND-RAISER HAS
STAR APPEAL!
OCTOBER 09
Memories of the grand age of the transatlantic passenger liner will be stirred at the National Maritime Museum, Falmouth, on Saturday, October 10, with a big fund-raising event for the Precious Lives Appeal.
The "White Star Line Evening" will be the second big theme night to be organised by the Nalders Foundation, which was set up by the Cornish law firm’s staff last year to celebrate the practice’s 225th anniversary.
Those attending are being encouraged to dress up in fashions to reflect the luxury cruise liners’ hey day of the early 1900s, when the White Star Line operated over a hundred ships.
Many plied the transatlantic routes, with their passengers including large numbers of Irish emigrants. Fittingly, the Irish busking band Emerald will greet participants on arrival in the foyer of the museum for the big night.
Teresa O’Neill, Dublin-based award-winning artist and designer, has painted a 60 x 80cm picture of the most famous White Star vessel of them all, the ill-fated Titanic, which she will personally deliver on the night as a donated prize for the raffle.
The link is Teresa’s sister, Mary O’Donoghue, who co-chairs the Nalders organising committee with Mark Howes.
"Another novel nautical feature will be a 10ft-high ‘anchor’ made up of balloons inflated and assembled free of charge by Shelby’s Balloons of Newquay," says Mary. "It’s a big team effort all round and we are making arrangements to run coaches in from Newquay, Truro and St Austell.
"Cabaret singer Natalie Buswell, who is married to one of the Nalders partners, was a big hit at last year’s event and she is hoping to perform for us again even though she has just given birth!"
As well as cabaret and disco, the night will include a cocktail reception, buffet, fun regatta, deck games and fun casino. There will be live music from the band Area 51, with buffet and dancing later on.
"We are looking forward to another great night of glamour, fun and fund-raising," said Mark Howes. "Last year we had around 260 people from all over Cornwall and raised over £3,000 for the Precious Lives Appeal."
Tickets are available at £20 each and anyone wanting to attend, along with prospective sponsors, is invited to phone Mark or Mary on 01872 241414.
As well as support from the Nalders Foundation, the organising committee has so far secured four principal sponsors PTS, Datasharp, Norwegian Homes and Shortel.
Nalders Foundation
Partners and staff at a Cornish law firm are responding enthusiastically to a challenge to help raise £20,000 or more for the Precious Lives Appeal for a new children’s hospice in Cornwall.
A dazzling array of special fund-raising activities is being lined up for the coming months in aid of the charity adopted by the firm to mark its 225th anniversary year.
The campaign has been kick-started with a corporate donation of £5,000 in the form of a cheque presented to Emma Lloyd, manager of the Precious Lives Appeal.
Now personnel are preparing for a continuous stream of donations through their own upcoming big days.
Among special fund-raising activities already pledged, secretaries Anna Pike, Lisa Kingsley and Sam Sturdy are organising a charity horse show. Paralegal Alex Dunnett will indulge in a jelly bath, while Kathy Carr, conveyancing executive, and Lauren Attemere, office assistant, will do a sponsored parachute jump.
Led by family division head Peter Griffiths, a 15-strong relay team will clock up around 100 miles with a sponsored inter-office run – taking in Nalders’ premises at Helston, Penzance, Camborne, Newquay, St Austell, Truro and Falmouth. Luke Trevorrow, commercial paralegal, Ben Walters and David Usher, conveyancers, will cycle between the offices.
Conveyancing paralegal Liz Wilson is starting a sponsored slim in a bid to lose 1 stone in 6 weeks. Various members of Nalders’ accounts department will hold a car wash day in Truro and Ross Pascoe, litigation partner, will walk coast-to-coast from north to south Cornwall.
Well-known Cornish soccer star Dale Band, head of the employment department, is planning a five-a-side soccer tournament for 16 teams each paying £50.
Lucy Theobald, associate partner in charge of the Penzance office, is organising a marathon eight-hour line dance in Helston, hopefully with all her Penzance colleagues taking part.
Each member of the 14-strong partnership team is committed to raising at least £350 towards the cost of a new Cornish hospice, serving Cornwall and Plymouth – for which a £5 million appeal was launched last year. Nalders’ other 135 staff are being encouraged to "do their thing" for the hospice.
"This way, together with the corporate donation of £5,000, the nine partners, four associate partners and myself are committed to raising an absolute minimum of £9,900," explains partnership manager Wayne Bushell
"It is highly likely that many of us will raise a great deal more than the £350, plus there is no knowing at this stage how much extra money will come in from our 135 staff. So we are very hopeful that the final figure in the first year will easily be at least double the basic £10,000 target!
Cornwall’s nearest children’s hospice is currently at Little Bridge House at Freminghton, Barnstaple. Trustees have recognised a growing need to bring closer to Cornwall and Plymouth the special care and support required for life-limited children and their families.
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