To be held at the Grand Chancellor, Hindley Street Adelaide on Tuesday 3rd November 2009.

Cost $125.00 each with all proceeds supporting Variety ……….. the children’s charity.

Sweeps, live music, auctions, bookmaking facilities and men’s and women’s fashions by Oscar the Third – an outstanding day not to be missed!

Either call Sue Pearce on 0417857241 or download the booking sheet from our website  www.car222.com.au

Sumptuous three course meal
O’Leary Walker Wines
Master of ceremonies: Rob Popplestone
Live entertainment – party band “Flirt”
Silent auction

Tickets $115 EACH
Call Encore 8268 7791 or www.encoregroup.net.au

All proceeds to Ronald McDonald House Adelaide

GALA LUNCH FOR LUNG CANCER

LAUGH THROUGH LUNCH WITH FIONA O’LOUGHLIN – FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER

Comedian Fiona O’Loughlin will perform at The Australian Lung Foundation’s Inaugural Gala Lunch for Lung Cancer to help raise funds to employ a specialist lung care nurse on their 1800 number to provide patients carers and family members with medical information and support.

The Gala Lunch for Lung Cancer will be held in the Presidential Ballroom of the Sebel and Citigate Hotel King George Square on Friday 13th November – 11.30am – 2.00pm. Tickets $100 or $950 for a table of 10.

For booking go to www.lungfoundation.com.au or www.kjlcn.org.au or phone 1800 654 901

For more information please contact -
Kerrie Callaghan
Project/Communications Coordinator
The Australian Lung Foundation
P 3251 3641
Kerrie@lungfoundation.com.au

NSPCC Step Change

Step Change – a stair race up London’s most iconic building

British Olympic Swimmer and World Champion of the 10km freestyle, Keri-Anne Payne, and world class mountain runners Ricky Lightfoot and Andy Symonds joined Chris Day of the London Business Group to launch a new fundraising event for the NSPCC and the public are being encouraged to sign up now!

The Step Change Challenge, to be held at, 30 St Mary Axe, aka The Gherkin on Sunday 7 February 2010, will aim to raise a minimum of £125,000 for the charity’s Child’s Voice Appeal.

The NSPCC have been granted exclusive access to London’s most iconic building to host its inaugural Step Change, climbing a thousand steps to raise money raise to help children. Open to corporate teams, NSPCC supporters and the public, the challenge is for teams and individuals to run up 38 flights of stairs to reach the bar at the top and enjoy a glass of well deserved champagne.

Chris Day, from the Advisory Board of Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller and member of the London Business Group said, “I’m certain that this event is going to be very popular due to the exclusive access we can provide to the Gherkin. Limited places are available and we’re offering people of all levels of fitness the chance to have a go and help us move one step closer to ending cruelty to children. Please help us by pulling on your trainers, donning your fundraising cap and helping to bring in the pounds for the NSPCC.”

Keri-Anne Payne said, “This event offers an exclusive opportunity to step inside a landmark building and is a fun way of raising money for the NSPCC. I fully support the NSPCC’s Child’s Voice Appeal and would encourage anyone at any level to get running, get fit, and get involved in Step Change.”

For the less adventurous competitors a champagne lift pass is available. Bypass the stair challenge and elevate yourself to the dizzy heights of the champagne bar where you can enjoy a glass of bubbly and savour the views for around 30 minutes before being propelled back down to earth.

Money raised at the event will go towards the £50 million Child’s Voice Appeal, which was launched in September 2008 with the aim of funding the expansion and development of both the ChildLine service and the NSPCC Helpline.
For more information on the Step Change Challenge and details on how to register please visit www.nspcc.org.uk/stepchange or contact the Step Change Team on 0207 650 3426 or stepchange@nspcc.org.uk

Baltimore area residents with lupus—or those who think they may have lupus—can get tips and information in the free “Living with Lupus” workshop on October 24 offered by the Lupus Foundation of America Greater Washington Chapter (LFAGW). The workshop will run from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Y of Central Maryland, 900 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, Md. 21218. Dawn Isherwood, R.N., will offer current, medically accurate information on lupus, its symptoms, treatments and coping  techniques.

Affecting mostly women, lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease with no known cure that can damage any part of the body including the skin, joints, heart, lungs, blood, kidneys and the brain. Registration (free) and details:

http://www.lupus.org/webmodules/webarticlesnet/templates/gwashington_programs.aspx?articleid=2636&zoneid=143

or go to http://www.lupusgw.org, and click onto “Programs and Events.” Toll-free telephone: 1-888-349-1167