July 2015
Cheque presentation marks the end of a fab charity partnership.
HDSSG visited Sainsbury’s Market Street in Huddersfield today for the last time in our official capacity as their charity partners for a cheque presentation. We are thrilled to announce that after 12 months together we raised a whopping £6288.65 for our group.
The dedicated staff organised quiz afternoons, raffles, tombolas, fancy dress dates, they took on the 3 Yorkshire Peaks and cycled over 160 miles on their Big Bike Ride, they held Halloween and Christmas parties and a fantastic BBQ and fun day. We also joined them for a Christmas bag pack day.
Huge thanks to the staff, customers, our families and friends who made it such a success – enabling us to continue to offer a fantastic range of educational, sporting and social opportunities for our children and young people with Down Syndrome.
We have loved every minute with the store and look forward to working with their colleagues at Sainsbury’s Salendine Nook as part of our new partnership for 2015/16
Here’s a look at the wonderful ‘Thank You’ video we compiled for our Market Street mates:
Wonderful Weekend With Lindley Community
Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group had a tremendous time at the Lindley Community Group events last weekend. The weekend was blessed with perfect weather – a lovely sunny day for the carnival on Saturday and slightly cooler conditions for the Fun Run and 10k that took place on the Sunday.
We were overwhelmed with the support from the local community and with plenty of our HDSSG families turning out to enjoy the events too it made the weekend even more special. It was particularly great to see our families take part in the fun run with their youngsters and our fantastic parents that took on the 10k were inspirational!
We must thank all our volunteers, runners, the event organisers and the sponsors for making the weekend happen. THANK YOU!
We are still totting up the fundraising total from the weekend but we are hopeful for around the £2500 mark – team HDSSG’s Virgin Money Giving Page is still accepting donations!
Here are a few pictures from the events for you to enjoy:
