2008 Gracehill & Galgorm Senior Citizens Association This local community fundraiser was in aid of the ‘Gracehill & Galgorm Senior Citizens Assoc’ who get together and meet once a week to have a good natter and enjoy each others company. The successful sum of £85 was raised and was added to their funds. The owners of ‘Galgorm Post Office’- Roberta and John, very kindly agreed to host the fundraiser and display the A3 collection sheet. Many thanks to all who donated in the local community of Galgorm, Ballymena and to all three local winners. 1st Prize - (LLCrafts Painted Plaque) 2nd Prize - (Lunch for 2 voucher 3rd Prize - (Tin of Quality Sweets) It was wonderful to be able to raise some funds for an important group within the community. What a joy! |
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The historical village of Gracehill, just outside Ballymena, is steeped in history dating back to early 1759. You can visit www.gracehillvillage.org to learn more. Also, conducted tours around the settlement are available by arrangement with The Village Fair is held every year, which is great enjoyment for the ‘small and tall’ members of the community. There are plenty off stalls and games to interest everyone. Each year my brother – Mark Lester (watercolour artist) – and I donate paintings of the local village. This year our paintings managed to raise the sum of £52, by selling £1 squares. Painting 1 – The ‘Old Gracehill Primary School’ Both paintings were won by local people and have gone to good homes. The village fair was a big success and as always was well supported, and we didn’t get wet! |
  ‘Old Gracehill Primary School’  'Gracehill Moravian Church’ |
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Cancer of Research (NI) Ballymena Branch Cancer of Research (NI) will be hosting a big fundraiser at an upcoming event. I donated one of my class demo paintings to my student (Jack) from my ‘Ballymena Art Class’. Jack then offered to mount and frame the painting, beautifully enhancing my watercolour scene. I am so pleased that I am able to donate a painting to such a worthy cause and Jack was delighted that a painting he himself saw being painted in my class, will go towards raising funds for his chosen charity. The successful conclusion to Jack’s story- Ann Widdecombe was in top form and lunch was a great success all round. The draw was also very successful and the painting that Louise kindly donated was won by Mavis Speers, from Ballygarvey Road, Broughshane. Visit- www.cancerresearchuk.org if you wish to support Jack’s charity. |
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This wonderful 5” double ended saw (the ones used to cut down trees!) was donated to me by another of my art class students (Chris). He also has a strong bond with the BHF charity and offered this excellent saw to raise some well needed funds. At present, as you can see form the photo the painting of the saw is still in the early stages, and I am still a bit undecided as to how to decorate it. These saws are always a great challenge, with their very long, thin design area, but I’ll get there! We are hoping to find a BHF-NI charity event to raffle this beautiful saw at, so if anyone hears about a local BHF event out there, please give us a shout. So also come back & visit us to see the finished saw |
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NI Hospice Care - Coffee Morning This was a wonderful fun coffee morning held on Wednesday 3rd September in my LLCrafts art studio at Galgorm and it was a chance to come along, drink some hot coffee, have a ‘bickie’ and a ‘good natter’. The coffee morning was tied in with an ‘Open Day’ for my LLCrafts outlet and all was welcome. Also on display was a small exhibition of some of my art students framed paintings, which was a great success, and the paintings were the ‘Star Attraction’. So between coffee, paintings and my craft outlet, the morning just flew in and even though it rained we managed to raise £240. We also organised a raffle, the first prize of a painted LLCrafts plaque, was won by one of my fantastic art students, May Brush, who was delighted to have won and said “I have never Anybody can hold a coffee morning in aid of ‘NI Hospice Care’ it is so easy and so sociable. So just visit www.nihospicecare.com Thanking all who supported us, looking forward to our next Coffee Morning, come and join us! |
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The ‘Long Run Down’ My good friend Jonny, who myself and my brother grew up with in Galgorm, Ballymena and played with from we were no age, has just completed a superb charity run, from Belfast to Dublin (175 miles) spread over four days. If this wasn’t a big enough challenge he then followed it by running the Dublin 2008 Marathon. Phew!!! All this he done in aid of three worthy charities
When interviewed in the lead up to the run, Jonny said “basically, this is a super opportunity to raise money for three great charities.” and his friend and events organiser David Brown agreed “absolutely”. My brother Mark, recently ran the ‘Snowdon Mountain Race’ in Wales along with Jonny and knew that if anyone could set a new World Record by completing this run – Jonny could! Jonny hopes to raise £15,000 for his three charities and already he is well on the road to reaching his target. It is very easy to donate to Jonny’s great cause’s online, simply visit www.justgiving.com/longrundown To help Jonny achieve his target money, he also held a fun ‘Charity Night’, for which I donated a painting as a raffle prize. I was very pleased to be able to contribute to his cause and the night was a huge success. You can visit - www.thelongrundown.org to read all about the event. Also visit Jonny’s charities - So, I hope you enjoyed this wee homely story and I just know that Jonny will ‘keep on running’, with Mark hot on his tail! Well done Jonny!!! |
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