Huge Thank You!

We have to say a massive thank you to Katherine Watson and the company she works for Takeda Cambridge who have sponsored us a huge £250! This is a wonderful boost to our fundraising and is extremely generous.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited was Founded in 1781 and located in Osaka, Japan, Takeda is a research-based global company with its main focus on pharmaceuticals. Takeda markets a number of blockbuster drugs discovered through its internal research programmes including Actos®, Blopress®, and Prevacid ®. Takeda’s subsidiary in Cambridge, Takeda Cambridge Limited and its subsidiary in Singapore, have established world-class target identification and validation capabilities. Together they have developed a promising pipeline of novel drug discovery targets and compounds in key areas of unmet medical need such as CNS disorders, chronic pain and urology indications, endocrinology and metabolic-related diseases.

Why should you donate?

Reading the paper this morning I came across the tragic story of Jodi and Lucinda Dunmore. Please take the time to read this article in full by following the link to The Daily Telegraph's website-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3534412/Cystic-fibrosis-sisters-die-within-months-of-each-other.html
Both sisters had CF, both have sadly passed away within months of each other just aged 19 and 22. I cannot even begin to imagine what their parents must be going through, and I am incredibly thankful that my brother has been spared this disease.

Please, please help us to help The CF Trust find a cure for this devestating disease before it cuts more lives so terribly short.

More Info!

So a few more details..... Like last year, sponsored dancing will take place between midday and midnight, with social dancing alongside from 7pm, and there will also be the now legendary Blues After Party so you can keep on dancing into the night! This year tho, we are planning to have LIVE MUSIC from THREE local Jazz bands in the evening as well as some awesome swing DJ's all day-more details to follow...So grab your dancing shoes for a fantastic day (and night!) of dancing!

We are also planning on having a fun beginners class alongside the sponsored dance, so bring your friends and family and they can learn to trip the light fantastic with us! Our hugely successful taxi dancer auction will also be back, only this time you can buy a dancer for 20mins- and for those 20mins you can ask them to anything (as long as its legal!). How about a mini class to learn some tricks and fun moves, or maybe try a new style with an expert or just dance for 20mins with some of the best dancers in the area and maybe from further afield..... And just to raise even more money there will be a raffle!

To take part or for more info contact Ros on 07811 186824 or ros@cambridgelindy.com Sponsored dancers get in free to the whole event, tickets for social dancing from 7pm are £10/£8 members & concessions.

How it actually works...
The only rule for the Lindy Hopathon is that there must be someone on the dance floor (actually dancing) at all times. You can be sponsored to dance for just 1 hour or any number of hours up to the whole twelve for the really hardcore dance fans! You don’t have to dance every dance in your alloted time, as this is meant to be a fun event not an overly exhausting one! If you only want to do three of four hours then you can do a couple at the start and then some more later on. There will be tea and cake to support all the sponsored dancers!

Hopathon 2009

Yes, the Cambridge Lindy Hopathon will be returning for a third year on Feb 7th at the Centre at St Paul's for another mammoth 12 hours of sponsored dancing. We've got lots of extra fun things planned for this year so keep an eye on this website for updates....

We made a huge £6080.54 last year, for which I am so gratefull, but we've got a big target to beat next time.....

Even more wow!!!

We have reached 6000POUNDS!!!! I am so impressed! Sorry it's been a while since I updated the total but I've been enjoying a stay at Hotel Papworth CF Unit and experiencing first hand just how wonderful the CF facilites are that would not be available without the CF Trust. Even tho being in hospital sucks at least I have a private room with freeview and internet, which helps relieve the boredom and having been on large wards, with strangers believe me this is much better! So a very heartfelt THANK YOU from me and all the other people with Cf who benefit from these wonderful facilities.

WOW!!!!

Yesterday was just fantastic! Loads of people, loads of dancing and loads of money raised! Provisional total is-
£5631!
That's £1500 over our target! I am just over the moon and want to say a huge thank you and well done to all the dancers who collected sponsorship, all those who came along in the evening to support us and particulalry to our fab dj's - Paul Claydon, Matt Riddle, Martin Ellis and Mike Amin who did a fantastic job all day. I'd also like to say a huge thank you to the committee of Cambridge Lindy Hoppers who did such a lot of work to make this event happen-you guys totally rock! I will collect some photos off people and try and put them up.

We'll also be on TV later! ITV Anglia West came and filmed us during the day and it will be broadcast on Sunday evening at 17.14 and also hopefully on Monday on he 6pm news bulletin. If you miss it, then the film will be on the ITV Anglia website for the next week or so
http://www.itvlocal.com/anglia/news/?player=ANG_news_26&void=147221

It's tomorrow!

Well, I have spent the day making batch upon batch of assorted cakes, bought loads of paper plates and cups and had the collecting buckets and CF Trust t-shirts delivered.... it's now a straight count down to zero hour! What is fantastic news is that we have already raised half our total! In fact, we have raised just over £2500 online alone-which is just wonderful. So fingers crossed we will smash our target... Looking forward to seeing loads of people tomorrow and having a ridiculous amount of fun!