News 2018
The Knight's Christmas Lights
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Looking for some awesome Christmas Lights? Then head to 14 Bedford Road, Marston Moretaine, where the Knight family have once again put on an epic display of lights & all supporting Emily's Star.
On Monday 4th December we received a cheque from The knight Family which had come via Stagecoach Promotions for £300. Our founder collected the cheque from John (pictured) |
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Forever Angels Charity CD
The talented Thao Nguyen has released the album Forever Angels to raise money for Emily's Star.
To purchase a copy simply donate on the below JustGiving page & email info@thaosinger.com
Songs include:
1. Borrowed Angels
2. Love is a Gift
3. To Where You Are
4. For Always
5. See You Again.
Donate here -
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/thao-nguyen2
To purchase a copy simply donate on the below JustGiving page & email info@thaosinger.com
Songs include:
1. Borrowed Angels
2. Love is a Gift
3. To Where You Are
4. For Always
5. See You Again.
Donate here -
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/thao-nguyen2
Christmas Bingo
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Our Christmas Bingo night was a FULL HOUSE, raising £718.38 through our bingo, tombola, knitting stall, nearly new & Tuck Shop...
Thank you to Stantonbury Sports & Social Club for supporting us throughout 2018 2019 dates coming soon.... |
Joshua turns 18 |
NCS fundraising... |
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We were thrilled to be asked to help with Joshua's 18th Birthday Party.
As part of our wish program we provided Joshua with an awesome 18th Birthday Party, with a disco, balloon models & this incredible cake donated by Enchanted Cakes. |
We were honoured to be chosen by Team 3 in their autumn challenge to help support. They raised an amazing £329.09 & donated us with 27 care packs which we will deliver to the children's ward over the Christmas period.
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Support from Psychic Therapies
Over the past two years we have been extremely lucky to have the support of Phoebe who runs Psychic Therapies.
She has raised £100's of pounds in our name & regularly purchases items from our Amazon Wish list from money she has raised through her customers.
We would also like to wish her good luck in the new office which opened last month.
Thank you Phoebe
She has raised £100's of pounds in our name & regularly purchases items from our Amazon Wish list from money she has raised through her customers.
We would also like to wish her good luck in the new office which opened last month.
Thank you Phoebe
Whittlebury Hall Shopping Evening
Thank you to Whittlebury Hall for holding a raffle at their recent Christmas Shopping Evening on the 7th December & raising an amazing £175 for Emily's Star.
Christmas Appeal 2018
Our Christmas appeal is back...
Every year we ask the local community to help us with a collection of Selection Boxes, Sweets & Toys which we deliver to children & their families on the children's ward or neonatal unit at Milton Keynes hospital.
This year we have various drop of points for the collection:
Our office in Westcroft Monday - Friday 10-2
Sainsburys in Shenley Church End - Trolley is available to drop items into during store opening hours.
Drop offs are available at all our forthcoming events too!
If your work place would like to hold a collection for us then please email us today, contact@emilysstar.co.uk
Thank you for your help in helping us bring smiles this Christmas
Every year we ask the local community to help us with a collection of Selection Boxes, Sweets & Toys which we deliver to children & their families on the children's ward or neonatal unit at Milton Keynes hospital.
This year we have various drop of points for the collection:
Our office in Westcroft Monday - Friday 10-2
Sainsburys in Shenley Church End - Trolley is available to drop items into during store opening hours.
Drop offs are available at all our forthcoming events too!
If your work place would like to hold a collection for us then please email us today, contact@emilysstar.co.uk
Thank you for your help in helping us bring smiles this Christmas
Christmas Curry & Quiz
Another successful evening at The Spice Village, our Christmas Curry & Quiz saw "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" take the title… They also kindly donated back their winnings, the evening raised an awesome £285!
Thank you to all the staff at the Spice Village for their supporting in 2018.
Thank you to all the staff at the Spice Village for their supporting in 2018.
Christmas Craft Fair Success
Our annual Christmas Craft fair was a huge success, with over 20 stalls, a Santa's Grotto & craft activities for the kids it was hugely popular once again. We raised an amazing £809.23.
500K Challenge raises £1500
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Thank you to Virtual Runner UK for choosing to support Emily's Star with their 2018 500K Virtual Challenge, they asked for runners to cover 500K throughout the year to gain this awesome medal & in turn donated 20% of the profits to us which raised £1500.
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Donation from Fitch Ratings
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Thank you to Katie Bell for nominating us with her company Fitch Ratings in London, the company decided to donate £1564.25 to us.
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Donation from Kuehne & Nagel Milton Keynes
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A huge thank you to Claire who nominated Emily's Star to receive a donation from her company after receiving neonatal boxes for her twins.
We were thrilled to be presented with a cheque for £4,500 which comes from the sales of excess stock to team members at the centre. |
Over 5000 boxes donated!
November saw us create over 5000 boxes, in fact we finished 2018 by donated 1704 boxes meaning since 2017 we have donated 5100 boxes to families in the UK.
We were helped by a team from Network Rail & we made an amazing 281 boxes during the day.
We also have a number of sponsored boxes.
1 box sponsored by Oliver who is 6 months old, he received a box when he was born at 29 weeks & his mum & dad have sponsored one to give one back to another family.
78 boxes sponsored in memory of Samuel, Samuel would of been 21 this year & his mum & friends set about fundraising for us. They raised an incredible £2500 which funded the 78 boxes.
1 box was sponsored by 1st Crownhill Beavers who saved up their 10p's to raise £32, I had the pleasure in attending their meeting & showing them the box, they also presented me with a community impact badge for the work I have done locally which was extremely touching.
We were helped by a team from Network Rail & we made an amazing 281 boxes during the day.
We also have a number of sponsored boxes.
1 box sponsored by Oliver who is 6 months old, he received a box when he was born at 29 weeks & his mum & dad have sponsored one to give one back to another family.
78 boxes sponsored in memory of Samuel, Samuel would of been 21 this year & his mum & friends set about fundraising for us. They raised an incredible £2500 which funded the 78 boxes.
1 box was sponsored by 1st Crownhill Beavers who saved up their 10p's to raise £32, I had the pleasure in attending their meeting & showing them the box, they also presented me with a community impact badge for the work I have done locally which was extremely touching.
Blame the tools scoops the prize
Our monthly curry & quiz was another great evening on the 6h November seeing "blame the tools" scoop the £40 prize which they kindly donated back.
The whole evening raised a huge £337, once again thank you to The Spice Village for hosting the evening.
The whole evening raised a huge £337, once again thank you to The Spice Village for hosting the evening.
Bingo is back...
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Bingo Nights are back & booming...
Our first session on the 13th October this winter raised us a huge £406.30. 3rd November's session saw us raise an impressive £279.60 Thank you to everyone who attended, we hope to see you again, all details of upcoming events can be found under Events. A huge thank you to Stantonbury Sports & Social club for once again allowing us to use there hall free of charge once a month! |
Shelia's Wheels Winners
Another great night at The Spice Village in Shenley Church End, raising £257 for us, with Shelia's Wheels our winners donating back their prize too..
Baby Sensory MK go Superhero Crazy
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Thank you to Baby Sensory MK who held numerous fundraising sessions during their Superhero week, raising over £1200 for us & Harrys Rainbow, donating a huge £629.25to us.
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Great North Runners excel
We were so lucky to have two amazing runners choose to run for us in the 2018 Great North Run.
Both Andy & David enjoyed the run & raised 100's in the process.
Andy raised an amazing £715 before gift aid & David raised a huge £340 before gift aid.
Thank you both so much!
Both Andy & David enjoyed the run & raised 100's in the process.
Andy raised an amazing £715 before gift aid & David raised a huge £340 before gift aid.
Thank you both so much!
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Wigan 10K
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Megan & Olivia you are both amazing!!
They DID IT!! Their first 10k 💗 Raising a huge £443.19 plus gift aid for us, helping us raise awareness of #Trisomy18 for Emily’s & Lexi... Incredible!! |
Stacey Bushes Charity Football Match
Thank you to Stacey Bushes Football club for holding a charity football match in aid of Emily's Star & raising us an amazing £200.
150 Emily's Gift Boxes created by the Safari MK Team
Thank you to Safari MK who hosted a box making evening on the 4th September where we made 150 boxes to be donated to units in the UK.
Oscar runs 1K to help fund neonatal boxes
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A huge big thank you to this awesome chap, Oscar, 8, has raised us an incredible £165 by taking part in the Junior 1K Run last month,
He has funded 5 neonatal boxes after his brother Noah was born 7 weeks early & received a box from us 💙💙 What an incredible young lad, thank you Oscar, your a Star! |
Kyle's Donation
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Thank you to Kyle for donating all these wonderful items for us to use for fundraising.
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5K /10K Run and Family Fun Day
What an incredible day!!
The event raised an amazing £657.65
We look forward to seeing you in 2019
The event raised an amazing £657.65
We look forward to seeing you in 2019
Annual Fun Day for Registered Families
All our families had an amazing time at our annual fun day and Barbecue, enjoying a bouncy castle, ball pool, learning some circus tricks and meeting the reptiles from Lee's Reptiles - Milton Keynes.
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Trinity's Amazing Haircut
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How incredible is Trinity!! Trinity decided to have her hair cut and donate 20 inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust, while also raising an amazing £761.25 for Emily's Star. This will fund an awesome 23 neonatal boxes!! What an amazing young lady ⭐️💖⭐️ |
August Box Making
150 neonatal boxes, 24 micro boxes and 400 goody bags ready for our run later this month were created this month, with the amazing help of the team from Accenture ⭐️💖⭐️
Also a big thank you to The Courier Company for once again collecting all our boxes super efficiently ⭐️💖⭐️
150 boxes are heading out to;
Bedford
Birmingham’s womens
Burnley
Coventry & Warwickshire
Gloucester
Luton & Dunstable
Portsmouth
Qeqm Margate
Scunthorpe
Southend
Stoke Mandeville
Milton Keynes has been hand delivered today!
24 micro boxes have also been sent to;
Guys St Thomas
Milton Keynes
Hull
Coventry & Warwickshire
John Radcliffe
James cook
Grimsby
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Sponsored boxes this month -
Thank you so very much to Nationwide Building Society’s digital service team downloaders for sponsoring 10 of our neonatal boxes in memory of Peter Angel ⭐️💖⭐️
Thank you to John Downham for sponsoring a box 💖⭐️💖
Thank you so so much to Daisy from Daisy's Dreamy Bows for sponsoring 3 of our neonatal boxes which will be donated to Milton Keynes Neonatal Unit 💖⭐️💖
Also a big thank you to The Courier Company for once again collecting all our boxes super efficiently ⭐️💖⭐️
150 boxes are heading out to;
Bedford
Birmingham’s womens
Burnley
Coventry & Warwickshire
Gloucester
Luton & Dunstable
Portsmouth
Qeqm Margate
Scunthorpe
Southend
Stoke Mandeville
Milton Keynes has been hand delivered today!
24 micro boxes have also been sent to;
Guys St Thomas
Milton Keynes
Hull
Coventry & Warwickshire
John Radcliffe
James cook
Grimsby
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Sponsored boxes this month -
Thank you so very much to Nationwide Building Society’s digital service team downloaders for sponsoring 10 of our neonatal boxes in memory of Peter Angel ⭐️💖⭐️
Thank you to John Downham for sponsoring a box 💖⭐️💖
Thank you so so much to Daisy from Daisy's Dreamy Bows for sponsoring 3 of our neonatal boxes which will be donated to Milton Keynes Neonatal Unit 💖⭐️💖
Emily's Star Awesome Dinosaur Hunt
What an amazing event, thank you so much to everyone who came !!
We raised a huge £1,281.30 which is ALL profit!!
This will help to fund our neonatal boxes and our families summer party.
Also a big thank you to Meet Pete Dinosaur Hire for attending today, We loved having Pete join in our fun.
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We raised a huge £1,281.30 which is ALL profit!!
This will help to fund our neonatal boxes and our families summer party.
Also a big thank you to Meet Pete Dinosaur Hire for attending today, We loved having Pete join in our fun.
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Let's get quizzing...
Another fantastic night held at The Spice Village on Tuesday 24th July...
Winners were The Redway School & Naan the wiser.
The evening raised a huge £462
Next one - Tuesday 11th September.
Winners were The Redway School & Naan the wiser.
The evening raised a huge £462
Next one - Tuesday 11th September.
Great Holm Fire Station visit
There were lots of smiles at our annual trip to Great Holm Fire Station for a 'Stay and Play' session..
All our families had a fantastic time. As always, the firefighters were great with all of the children and also gave out lots of goodies for them to take home.
Special thanks to Nil who made a fantastic cake with real lights for us to gift to the firefighters, which in true style they shared with us.
Thank you to Corina's Cool Kids for giving us fireman Sam, he was an absolute hit.
And finally a huge thank you to all the Firefighters who looked after us. The visit was amazing.
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All our families had a fantastic time. As always, the firefighters were great with all of the children and also gave out lots of goodies for them to take home.
Special thanks to Nil who made a fantastic cake with real lights for us to gift to the firefighters, which in true style they shared with us.
Thank you to Corina's Cool Kids for giving us fireman Sam, he was an absolute hit.
And finally a huge thank you to all the Firefighters who looked after us. The visit was amazing.
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Karen conquers Mount Snowdon in memory of Samuel
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Karen and her wonderful friends have climbed Mount Snowdon in memory of Samuel 💙 Samuel was born with #Trisomy18 and would of turned 21 this year. Karen wanted to raise £2,100 and has smashed that through online and offline fundraising. We are honoured that she has chosen to support Emily's Star. The money raised will go towards our charitable aims, with raising awareness of Trisomy 18 at the forefront 💙💙 |
Bedford River Festival
Our first visit to the Bedford River festival and we raised an incredible £718.17 over the two days!!
A huge thank you to everyone who visited our stall and helped us raise this amount ❤️⭐️❤️
A huge thank you to everyone who visited our stall and helped us raise this amount ❤️⭐️❤️
Newport Pagnell Carvival 2018
A fantastic time was had by everyone walking in this year's Newport Pagnell Carnival.
Together with Safari MK soft play and party venue ( Emily's Star are their Charity of the Year), we were lucky enough to win 1st place in the Best Promotional Float category. ⭐️
A big thank you to W H Barley Transport & Storage Ltd for providing lorry and to Ben, who kindly drove it 💖
We raised an amazing £267.46!!
Thank you so much to everybody who supported us ❤️⭐️❤️
Together with Safari MK soft play and party venue ( Emily's Star are their Charity of the Year), we were lucky enough to win 1st place in the Best Promotional Float category. ⭐️
A big thank you to W H Barley Transport & Storage Ltd for providing lorry and to Ben, who kindly drove it 💖
We raised an amazing £267.46!!
Thank you so much to everybody who supported us ❤️⭐️❤️
Tyler's 12 Mile Walk for Emily's Star
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Meet the awesome is Tyler! He has raised over £1,000 for Emily's Star by completing a sponsored 12 mile walk. Tyler's baby sister received one of our neonatal boxes and he wanted to help raise some money so we can donate more! He even made it into his local paper - what an absolute star he is ⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
June's Stay and Play
This month our registered families met at Dobbies Garden Centre for tea and cakes, followed by lots of fun painting and planting seeds and marigolds ⭐️💖⭐️
Emily's Star funds new initiative for MK Hospital NNU
There was huge excitement on Wednesday 20th June at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust., as we launched an app that allows parents of babies in our local Neonatal Unit to keep in touch even when they are not in the hospital.
Milton Keynes Hospital are the first hospital in the south east to introduce vCreate, which has been funded 100% by Emily’s Star.
The App has been applied to the iPads already donated by us in November and this additional application will cost us £5,000 annually!
It allows nurses to record video diaries for parents and send them to their smartphones over a secure link.
The initiative is NHS approved!
Lead nurse Karen Rice says: ‘Having a baby in our neonatal unit is an incredibly worrying and emotionally draining time. Knowing they can see their baby when they can’t get to hospital themselves provides additional support and can help to reduce anxiety.’
Darcy, Trustee of Emily’s Star added: ‘We felt this was a really important service for parents and we have funded it so that it could be free to both the hospital and to parents.’
Emily’s Star giving every family their moment to shine ⭐️💖⭐️
Milton Keynes Hospital are the first hospital in the south east to introduce vCreate, which has been funded 100% by Emily’s Star.
The App has been applied to the iPads already donated by us in November and this additional application will cost us £5,000 annually!
It allows nurses to record video diaries for parents and send them to their smartphones over a secure link.
The initiative is NHS approved!
Lead nurse Karen Rice says: ‘Having a baby in our neonatal unit is an incredibly worrying and emotionally draining time. Knowing they can see their baby when they can’t get to hospital themselves provides additional support and can help to reduce anxiety.’
Darcy, Trustee of Emily’s Star added: ‘We felt this was a really important service for parents and we have funded it so that it could be free to both the hospital and to parents.’
Emily’s Star giving every family their moment to shine ⭐️💖⭐️
Wanderers Fun Day
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A big thank you to MK Wanderers Football Club for inviting us to have a stall at their Fun Day, We raised £67.40 from a Tombola and 'Guess the Name of the Teddy' ⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
June Box Making
Another 150 neonatal boxes were made this month, with the fantastic help of the PPM Team, DHL Supply Chain. Also a big thank you to the ladies for bringing some lovely items to be used in our tombolas ⭐️💖⭐️
Huge thanks also goes to Kiehl's Milton Keynes and Whittard of Chelsea Milton Keynes, who have once again donated 150 samples of different products for mum and dad 💖
We are also thankful to Acorn Training who allow us to use their training rooms free of charge, Mercedes Milton Keynes for supplying boxes to transport our neonatal boxes and The Courier Company, who not only charge a reduced fee on our deliveries, but also make 5 of our deliveries every month free of charge!! 💖
Huge thanks also goes to Kiehl's Milton Keynes and Whittard of Chelsea Milton Keynes, who have once again donated 150 samples of different products for mum and dad 💖
We are also thankful to Acorn Training who allow us to use their training rooms free of charge, Mercedes Milton Keynes for supplying boxes to transport our neonatal boxes and The Courier Company, who not only charge a reduced fee on our deliveries, but also make 5 of our deliveries every month free of charge!! 💖
Flitwick Carnival 2018
Emily's Star had a stall at the Flitwick Carnival again this year, selling all the amazing knitted and crochet items that our army of knitters have made.
An incredible £281.50 was raised ⭐️💖⭐️
An incredible £281.50 was raised ⭐️💖⭐️
A Sensory Box for Cali
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Emily’s Star 2nd Curry & Quiz Night
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Thank you to everyone who supported our 2nd Curry and Quiz Night, especially to the lovely team at The Spice Village who worked very hard again tonight, serving a full house of hungry quizzers.
Well done to the quiz winners, “James Pokemon Hunters”, and here is James collecting the team's prize of £50. The evening raised an amazing £574 for the Emily's Star. Also thank you to Phil from Bleak Hall Motors who was in tonight having an after work drink and donated 4 FREE MOT’s to us and a £20 donation!! ❤️⭐️❤️ |
Bea's Peppa Pig Wish
Bea has been through more than you would care to imagine and we were thrilled to be invited into her home to create this magical wish for her. She had no idea, as it was all arranged with Dad. She came into the room to see Peppa Pig and a huge pile of presents waiting for her!
The fantastic Corina's Cool Kids Parties supplied the Peppa Pig mascot, which Bea absolutely loved. She was so thrilled that Peppa Pig was at her house.
Every single present was donated via our Amazon Wish List and we cannot thank our supporters enough for purchasing them for us!!
It was truly magical being able to give this special little girl a birthday party.
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The fantastic Corina's Cool Kids Parties supplied the Peppa Pig mascot, which Bea absolutely loved. She was so thrilled that Peppa Pig was at her house.
Every single present was donated via our Amazon Wish List and we cannot thank our supporters enough for purchasing them for us!!
It was truly magical being able to give this special little girl a birthday party.
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Fundraising at Sainsbury's, Shenley Church End
Once again, Emily's Star have been invited to have a tombola and knitting stall at Sainsbury's Shenley Church End, raising an incredible £366.58.
A huge thank you to the Sainsbury’s staff, customers and our volunteers for making this all possible ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A huge thank you to the Sainsbury’s staff, customers and our volunteers for making this all possible ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Twit Twoo Sale, Newport Pagnell
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Emily's Star has been busy selling donated items at the Twit Twoo Kids' Nearly New Sale in Newport Pagnell. We raised £73.20, which will be used to create more neonatal boxes for the hospitals that we support. . A big thank you to Emily for her continued support ❤️⭐️❤️ |
Team Energy, Milton Keynes
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A huge thank you to the staff at Team Energy in Milton Keynes for raising an amazing £222.50 for us during a recent charity day ⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
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Charity Fun Day at The Gamekeepers Lodge, Chesham
A huge huge thank you to Steve and Pat Miller at The Gamekeepers Lodge for raising an amazing £810 for us, by holding a fund day at the pub ⭐️💖⭐️💖⭐️
Bingo
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Another awesome bingo session in May, with lots of people turning up to support us. We raised in excess of £600 !! 💖 Thank you to Stantonbury Sports & Social Club for once again allowing us the use of this wonderful room for free ❤️⭐️❤️ |
May's Stay and Play
For May's Stay and Play, Emily’s Star took some of our registered families to the MK Dons vs Leicester charity match.
For anyone who doesn’t know, all the families registered with us have a child with complex needs and are based in Milton Keynes.
Emily’s Star provides them with yearly wishes and fun filled activities and days out every month free of charge.
The whole family can join in our sessions, allowing them to enjoy days out and experiences just like any other family.
Emily's Star, Giving Every Family Their Moment To Shine ⭐️
For anyone who doesn’t know, all the families registered with us have a child with complex needs and are based in Milton Keynes.
Emily’s Star provides them with yearly wishes and fun filled activities and days out every month free of charge.
The whole family can join in our sessions, allowing them to enjoy days out and experiences just like any other family.
Emily's Star, Giving Every Family Their Moment To Shine ⭐️
Colin runs for Emily's Star
After last years Silverstone Half, I was not going to do another half. But loosing nearly 3 stone in weight I decided to do the Winter half, which I did in a pb by 19 minutes.
I was running on a Sunday morning step up around Furzton Lake, and kept encouraging a girl with trisomy 18 on her T shirt. I ended the run by staying with her to complete a 10k. I think she done it 5 minutes quicker than ever before. I hope this was the moment when she knew she could run.
Later I found out that she was Katie Elmer, the mother of Emily. I have followed the brilliant work that she and her wonderful helpers have done in Emily’s memory ever since.
I have decided to run the Liverpool Half (pity it’s not the Everyon Half) on 20th May to raise if possible, 10 boxes for premature babies.
Colin - May 2018
Colin, you are an inspiration!!
Thank you so much for running the whole 13.1 miles for Emily’s Star and raising an incredible £510.52 ⭐️💚⭐️
Thank you so much for running the whole 13.1 miles for Emily’s Star and raising an incredible £510.52 ⭐️💚⭐️
Knitting and Crafts
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A knitting stall at Poplars Garden Centre, Toddington raised a wonderful £51.00. Thank you to all who came and supported us ⭐️💖⭐️
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A big thank you to all who attended the children's craft session at the Emily's star office. We raised a fabulous £39.50, which more than covers a neonatal box. 💖⭐️💖
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Golf Day at Abbey Hill
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We were thrilled to be chosen by Steven and his family to be the chosen charity at their 2018 Charity Golf Day.
Following a hearty breakfast, 18 golfers took to the course for a day of golf, with a short break for lunch. Golfers kindly donated prizes for the raffle that we were able to hold. An amazing £350.00 was raised. Thank you Steven and everybody who helped organise this event ⭐️💖⭐️ |
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2017 - 2018 Fundraising
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Emily's Star is absolutely thrilled to announce that during 2017/18, we raised an incredible £119,376!! Since 2012 until 31st March, we have raised £397,579.50!! Thank you to absolutely everyone that supports us, volunteers for us, donates to us, fundraisers for us and shares the work we do! We simply couldn’t do this without you! Wow wow wow!! ⭐️💖⭐️ |
Elsie's Birthday Fundraiser
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How amazing is Elsie?
For the last two years she’s asked for donations to Emily’s Star instead of birthday presents from her friends! She has raised £110 this year, so in two years has donated £180 to us 😍 Elsie learnt about Emily’s Star through her mum Emily who supports us through her business Twit Twoo Kids' Nearly New!! Thank you so much Elsie, you are a little star ⭐️💖⭐️ |
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Top Marc's Window Cleaning Ltd
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Thank you so much to Top Marc's Window Cleaning Ltd for once again making our office look sparkling clean! Every month this awesome company come out and clean our windows for FREE!! Amazing!! |
Milton Keynes Marathon and 1/2 Marathon
Hazel, Sam, Laurel and Katie all endured the soaring heat of the May Bank Holiday weekend to take part in the Milton Keynes Marathon and 1/2 Marathon, while at the same time raising funds for Emily's Star.
Hazel and Sam completed the Marathon raising over £900 between them - absolutely awesome ladies and a huge thank you from Emily's Star. ⭐️💖⭐️
Katie completed her first ever 1/2 Marathon raising enough money to sponsor 10 Emily's Gift Neonatal Boxes and was still smiling as she crossed the finish line! 💖 💖 💖
Another 1/2 Marathon victory for Laurel, who continues her year long pledge to run for Emily's Star and has raised an amazing £1360 to date. Thank you so much Laurel for your continued support 💖⭐️💖
You are all truly incredible ⭐️
Hazel and Sam completed the Marathon raising over £900 between them - absolutely awesome ladies and a huge thank you from Emily's Star. ⭐️💖⭐️
Katie completed her first ever 1/2 Marathon raising enough money to sponsor 10 Emily's Gift Neonatal Boxes and was still smiling as she crossed the finish line! 💖 💖 💖
Another 1/2 Marathon victory for Laurel, who continues her year long pledge to run for Emily's Star and has raised an amazing £1360 to date. Thank you so much Laurel for your continued support 💖⭐️💖
You are all truly incredible ⭐️
May Box Making
It's the 5th box making session of 2018 already! ⭐️💖⭐️
We made 150 boxes, making that 750 boxes donated so far this year and taking us over 4,000 boxes in total.
We had lots of helpers and welcomed many of our new volunteers and staff from Mulberry Bear, where we are their 2018 charity.
We also welcomed young Scarlett and her mum Vikki. Scarlett is taking part in the Precious Moments Fashion show in September which is proudly supporting us and Scarlett wanted to learn more about us. 💖
We have been able to form a fantastic new partnership with Kiehl's Milton Keynes who are donating 150 samples of a number of products for mum and dad every month 💖
We are also so thankful to the awesome management at Acorn Training who allow us to use their training rooms free of charge for our box making sessions 💖
The box making was a huge success and the boxes are being collected by our friends over at The Courier Company who are also now supporting us by donating 5 deliveries every month and charging a reduced fee on our other deliveries!! How incredible!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
We made 150 boxes, making that 750 boxes donated so far this year and taking us over 4,000 boxes in total.
We had lots of helpers and welcomed many of our new volunteers and staff from Mulberry Bear, where we are their 2018 charity.
We also welcomed young Scarlett and her mum Vikki. Scarlett is taking part in the Precious Moments Fashion show in September which is proudly supporting us and Scarlett wanted to learn more about us. 💖
We have been able to form a fantastic new partnership with Kiehl's Milton Keynes who are donating 150 samples of a number of products for mum and dad every month 💖
We are also so thankful to the awesome management at Acorn Training who allow us to use their training rooms free of charge for our box making sessions 💖
The box making was a huge success and the boxes are being collected by our friends over at The Courier Company who are also now supporting us by donating 5 deliveries every month and charging a reduced fee on our other deliveries!! How incredible!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The 4000th Neonatal box has now been delivered to Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust neonatal unit ⭐️💖⭐️
Stay and Play at MK Safari
For April's Stay and Play, we were once again able to take our registered families to Safari MK.. The families were able to bring all their children along for the fun too.
A huge thank you to Safari MK soft play and party venue for offering this session free of charge and for supporting us as their Charity of the Year ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A huge thank you to Safari MK soft play and party venue for offering this session free of charge and for supporting us as their Charity of the Year ⭐️⭐️⭐️
M&S Kingston Park and M&S Head Office
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A year ago, Emily's Star was chosen by Marks and Spencer Kingston Park as their charity of the year.
Fast forward a year and Emily’s mummy and grandad have been presented with a huge cheque.... The store itself has raised an enormous £4,153.97 and we have also received a £1,000 donation from head office from the sale of 5p carrier bags! Thank you so much to all the staff and shoppers who have supported us. This money will make a HUGE difference 💖⭐️💖 |
The Courier Company helps ship our Neonatal Boxes
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Thank you so much to The Courier Company for agreeing to help with shipping our Neonatal Boxes each month.
The first 5 deliveries every month will be shipped for FREE and everything else at a reduced rate!! This should save us over £100 a month which can now go towards helping more families who need our help ⭐️💖⭐️ |
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Knight Family Christmas Lights Shine Brightly for Emily's Star
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⭐️ A HUGE thank you to the Knight Family, their family, friends and the lovely people of Marston Moretain ⭐️
We have been luckily enough to be the chosen charity of the Knights Christmas Lights for a number of years and every year they have raised more and more for us. Unfortunately Myra has been extremely ill this year, however it didn’t let it stop her. She set out to raise £1,000 this year and she smashed it!! The final total for the 2017 lights was an incredible £1736!! Thank you so much 💖⭐️💖 |
Emily’s Star Curry & Quiz Night
Thank you to everyone who supported our very first Curry and Quiz Night, especially to the lovely team at The Spice Village who worked so incredibly hard tonight serving a full house of hungry quizzers.
Well done to the quiz winners “Naan the wiser", who won our prize of £50!!
The evening raised over £500 for the charity!
Well done to the quiz winners “Naan the wiser", who won our prize of £50!!
The evening raised over £500 for the charity!
Dexter's Wish
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Dexter's mummy sent in a Wish request for a family photo shoot and we were thrilled to be able to grant the wish. Dexter's mummy writes "We got some amazing photos. Memories I will remember forever! I can’t thank you enough"❤️ Thank you to Andy Warner Photography for helping us with this wish. Emily's Star Giving Every Family Their Moment To Shine ⭐️ |
Richard runs the London Marathon for Emily's Star
A huge thank you to Richard Houghton for running the 2018 Virgin London Marathon for Emily’s Star, raising over £700.00💖⭐️💖
26 miles in under 6 hours and in such heat is incredible!!
Richard's son James was born 6 weeks early and received an 'Emily's Gift Neonatal Box, while in hospital.
26 miles in under 6 hours and in such heat is incredible!!
Richard's son James was born 6 weeks early and received an 'Emily's Gift Neonatal Box, while in hospital.
Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings Milton Keynes
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Emily's Star was busy once again at Bunnings on Sunday 23rd April, cooking up sausages and onions for another amazing Sausage Sizzle. We had a very successful day and are looking forward to returning later in the year. A big thank you to Bunnings, Milton Keynes for allowing us to be involved. |
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April's Bingo Night
Our second bingo session of 2018 was so well attended that we ran out of tables and chairs and had to quickly find some more. 💖
An amazing £739.26 raised!!
A huge thank you once again to Stantonbury Sports & Social Club for allowing us to use the Hall for FREE for our bingo nights 💖⭐️💖
An amazing £739.26 raised!!
A huge thank you once again to Stantonbury Sports & Social Club for allowing us to use the Hall for FREE for our bingo nights 💖⭐️💖
Sainsbury's Shenley Church End
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Saturday 14th April and another fantastic day of fund raising and awareness for Emily's Star at Sainsbury's, Shenley Church End.
A huge thank you for all the support we received, raising over £350.00 A big thank you to the Sainsbury’s staff and customers and our volunteers for making this all possible ⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
Emily's Star turns 6 !
Emily's Star celebrated our 6th Birthday with a Mad Hatter's Tea Party and Butterfly Release at the Secret Garden, Wolverton.
Lots of cake was in evidence, together with a huge tombola, a Hopping Hunt for the children and our famous selling stall.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to help celebrate our 6th birthday with us.
We raised an amazing £565!!
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Lots of cake was in evidence, together with a huge tombola, a Hopping Hunt for the children and our famous selling stall.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to help celebrate our 6th birthday with us.
We raised an amazing £565!!
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April Box Making with Leica Geosystems UK
Another great box making this month thanks to the volunteers from Leica Geosystems UK!
We made 150 boxes ready to be shipped to some of the hospitals we support, which the awesome team at Leica are also helping with.
The team also helped us to create lots of lucky dip prizes and a tombola for next Saturday’s events.
Thank you all so much ⭐️❤️⭐️
We made 150 boxes ready to be shipped to some of the hospitals we support, which the awesome team at Leica are also helping with.
The team also helped us to create lots of lucky dip prizes and a tombola for next Saturday’s events.
Thank you all so much ⭐️❤️⭐️
We’d like to share what a wonderful morning we had with Emily’s Star today, making 150 of their neonatal boxes. The boxes will be shared between numerous hospitals around the country and given to mothers with premature or underweight babies. It was clear to us how much thought and love has gone into the creation of these boxes and what a difference they will make to families in the neonatal wards
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Unfortunately, we had a we had a few technical problems with our projector, during the opening presentation.
Leica Geosystems UK have kindly donated an old unused one for us to use. This will great for our meetings, presentations and even stay & play sessions going forward! Thank you so much Leica ⭐️ |
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We had 2 Emily's Gift neonatal boxes sponsored at this event by Debbie Elmer in memory of her parents ⭐️💖⭐️ |
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Thank you so much to The Courier Company for shipping our Neonatal Boxes this month for FREE!! This has saved us over £200.00 The money can now go towards helping more families who need our help ⭐️💖⭐️ |
Another Egg-cellent Egg Hunt !!
Over 600 children, together with their parents, Grandparents and carers came to The Secret Garden in Wolverton on Good Friday, for our annual Easter Egg Hunt.
We were able to raise an absolutely incredible £2,632.79!!
Thank you so much for all the support ❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️
We were able to raise an absolutely incredible £2,632.79!!
Thank you so much for all the support ❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️
We had a great day at the Easter egg hunt yesterday, thanks for the eggs Mr hoppity :-) |
My 2 girls had a great time this morning. They loved looking for the clues and loved the lucky dip and tombola. 😊🐰 |
Thank u so much kids loved it will be back next year .. xx |
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A huge thank you goes to Tate Milton Keynes... Their incredible team collected 247 Easter Eggs from companies across Milton Keynes for us to use at our Easter Egg Hunt. We cannot thank Tate and their clients enough for their support this Easter ⭐️💖⭐️ |
18 Miles for Trisomy 18
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March is Trisomy 18 awareness month, the UK’s second most common syndrome. We asked you to help raise awareness of #Trisomy18 this March by running, walking, cycling or swimming 18 miles!!
You didn't let us down and Emily's Star's first #Trisomy18 Virtual 18 miles not only raised lots of awareness but also £1,175.74 for the charity!! Thank you all so much ⭐️💖⭐️ |
Laurel runs her first Half Marathon
One of our own very awesome volunteers has taken on her first Half Marathon in London for Emily’s Star⭐️
Laurel has trained hard with Christmas Day runs, runs in snow and throughout her training she has helped and inspired others.
While successfully running the London Landmarks Half Marathon in a fantastic time, Laurel has also raised in excess of £1500 for Emily's Star.
Truly amazing!! We cannot thank Laurel enough for her incredible support ❤️❤️
Laurel has trained hard with Christmas Day runs, runs in snow and throughout her training she has helped and inspired others.
While successfully running the London Landmarks Half Marathon in a fantastic time, Laurel has also raised in excess of £1500 for Emily's Star.
Truly amazing!! We cannot thank Laurel enough for her incredible support ❤️❤️
Twit Twoo Sale, Buckingham
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Another successful event for Emily's Star, selling donated items at the Twit Twoo Kids' Nearly New Sale in Buckingham.. An amazing £146.50 was raised, which will be used to create more neonatal boxes for the hospitals that we support. . A big thank you to Emily for her continued support ❤️⭐️❤️ |
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MK Charity Car Raffle
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A big thank you to all our supporters who kindly bought tickets for the car raffle at the end of 2017.
Also thank you to MK Community Foundation and VW for providing us with the opportunity to take part in the event. Emily's Star raised an amazing £333.95 ⭐️ |
Emily's Star Easter Craft Fair
Thank you so much to all our wonderful supporters and stall holders for another excellent event at Millmead Hall.
Despite the inclement weather, we raised an incredible £1030.00 !! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Despite the inclement weather, we raised an incredible £1030.00 !! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
March Box Making with Argos
A great Box Making in March with volunteers from Argos.
They not only helped us create 150 Emily’s Gift Neonatal Boxes, but then helped us to stock check ready for next month! and donated lots of the lovely items to help towards our next Box Making in April.
Thank you so much Argos for supporting Emily’s Star ⭐️💖⭐️
They not only helped us create 150 Emily’s Gift Neonatal Boxes, but then helped us to stock check ready for next month! and donated lots of the lovely items to help towards our next Box Making in April.
Thank you so much Argos for supporting Emily’s Star ⭐️💖⭐️
Thank you so much to these lovely people who have all sponsored Emily’s Gift neonatal boxes this month....
Brooke sponsored an amazing 14 boxes by having 13 inches of hair chopped off, the hair was also donated to the little princess trust ⭐️
Jodie Spencer who sponsored 3 boxes after requesting donations instead of birthday presents ⭐️
Marian & Anita ⭐️
Mrs J Balmer ⭐️
Mrs Tilford ⭐️
Brooke sponsored an amazing 14 boxes by having 13 inches of hair chopped off, the hair was also donated to the little princess trust ⭐️
Jodie Spencer who sponsored 3 boxes after requesting donations instead of birthday presents ⭐️
Marian & Anita ⭐️
Mrs J Balmer ⭐️
Mrs Tilford ⭐️
Bowled Away at Stay and Play!
A great Stay and Play session for March, with lots of our registered families joining us for bowling at Hollywood Bowl Milton. Keynes.
Thank You Marks and Spencer and Starbucks
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A Huge thank you to Marks and Spencer at MK1 in Milton Keynes who have sent us a cheque for £631.69 this week because they had heard about the great work we do!!
How amazing is that!! ❤️⭐️❤️ |
A BIG thank you to Starbucks Silbury and Starbucks Drive Thru in Milton Keynes for collecting an amazing £542.14 for us!! ❤️⭐️❤️
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Emma completes her first Half Marathon for Emily's Star
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Wow wow wow...
Emma's first ever half marathon and she completed it in under the 2 hours 30, raising an awesome £390.00 for Emily's Star !! Thank you so much Emma, you are amazing ⭐️ |
Brooke's Awesome Fundraiser
One of our amazing Junior Volunteers, 15 year old Brooke, has had 13 inches cut off her hair to raise money for Emily’s Star ❤️
Brooke originally set out to raise enough money to sponsor 2 neonatal boxes, but she smashed her target, raising an incredible £453.00, which is enough for 14 neonatal boxes!!
Brooke is also donating her hair The Little Princess Trust, which provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and young adults who have lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other illnesses.
Well done Brooke and a big thank you from all at Emily's Star ❤️⭐️❤️
Brooke originally set out to raise enough money to sponsor 2 neonatal boxes, but she smashed her target, raising an incredible £453.00, which is enough for 14 neonatal boxes!!
Brooke is also donating her hair The Little Princess Trust, which provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and young adults who have lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other illnesses.
Well done Brooke and a big thank you from all at Emily's Star ❤️⭐️❤️
Zoe runs for Emily's Star
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January 2017 saw Zoe start a beginners running course.
Sunday 18th March 2018 she completed her first ever half marathon, in 2 1/2 hours!! Incredible!! Zoe said all along that she would run her first half marathon for Emily and she did, raising an amazing £497.00. Thank you so much Zoe ❤️⭐️❤️ |
February Half - Term Craft Event
Another fantastic craft event was held during half- term, for all the budding young artists, with lots of Rock Painting and framed hand prints being completed.
An amazing £107.05 was raised 💖💖💖
An amazing £107.05 was raised 💖💖💖
February's Stay and Play
February's Stay and Play session for our registered families was musical and sensory session, with everyone having lots of fun.
There was a mix of sensory play, soft play and lights along with a wonderful inclusive musical session with Holly and Paul ⭐️⭐️⭐️
There was a mix of sensory play, soft play and lights along with a wonderful inclusive musical session with Holly and Paul ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Edward's Birthday Treat
Edward had such a beautiful surprise at Emily's star bingo tonight, someone had made Edward a birthday cake for Emily's star and it was heart warming. The whole room sang him happy birthday and the cake was shared out. Thank you to Emily's star Katie, Darcy and the team not just for his birthday cake but for the memories that come with it. Edward is a very lucky boy. |
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Bingo Night
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Our first Bingo of 2018 was awesome. We had a fantastic turnout, with lots of new people joining us. A huge £626.50 raised 💖💖💖 Thank you to Stantonbury Sports & Social Club for once again allowing us the use of this wonderful room for free ❤️⭐️❤️ |
February's Box Making
February's Box Making was an open event, which allows members of the public to come along and see what happens ❤️⭐️❤️
150 boxes were made, which will be shipped to the following hospitals - ;
George Elliott
Grimsby
Guys St Thomas
Hull
James Cook
John Radcliffe
Lister
Macclesfield
Southend
St Richards
Warrington
150 boxes were made, which will be shipped to the following hospitals - ;
George Elliott
Grimsby
Guys St Thomas
Hull
James Cook
John Radcliffe
Lister
Macclesfield
Southend
St Richards
Warrington
Xpression Studio
A big thank you to Xpression Studio in Newport Pagnell and Debbie and John Mchale for photos taken of Emily in 2012 and for allowing the use of them to promote Emily's Star and raise awareness.
Swimming at Wolverton
A fantastic start to this year's Stay and Play sessions for our registered families, with a visit to Wolverton Swimming & Fitness Centre.
We hired out both swimming pools and with the help of our wonderful team of volunteers, everyone had an awesome time.
A big thank you to Darcy for arranging a great session and to all our families who attended ⭐️⭐️
We hired out both swimming pools and with the help of our wonderful team of volunteers, everyone had an awesome time.
A big thank you to Darcy for arranging a great session and to all our families who attended ⭐️⭐️
Thank you so much for such as wonderful evening! The kids loved swimming so much and we’re so grateful as we just cannot access activities like this usually. Being able to come to these events with an environment that’s less stressful and more suitable and adjusted for Aidan allows him and Bella to access so so much more! 💖💖💖
Jay - mummy to Aidan and Bella
DHL People Services
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Thank you to DHL People Services for an awesome donation of £170, which will also be matched. Items to be used in raffles and tombolas in 2018 were also collected by the staff for Emily's Star. Thank you so much ⭐️💖⭐️ |
January's Box Making with the Police Cadets
For our first Box Making of 2018, we welcomed 14 Police Cadets from Thames Valley to help us create 150 Neonatal boxes, which will distributed between 11 different neonatal units.
The 150 boxes are making there way to the following units -
By courier -
Birmingham Women's Hospital and Charity
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire Radio
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
QEQM Margate
Scunthorpe General Hospital
By hand
Bedford Hospital
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The 150 boxes are making there way to the following units -
By courier -
Birmingham Women's Hospital and Charity
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire Radio
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
QEQM Margate
Scunthorpe General Hospital
By hand
Bedford Hospital
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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100 of these boxes were donated in memory of Samuel, following a year of fundraising by his mum and dad. Over 200 boxes have sponsored in Samuel's memory ⭐️💙⭐️ We cannot thank Matt Wilkinson, Sally Wilkinson, their family and friends enough, for all their support. https://www.prematurerockstar.co.uk/ |
President UPVC Ltd
A big thank you to Tony Broadhead and President UPVC Ltd for your continued support and the December donation of £120.
Emily's Star look forward to working with you in the coming year ⭐️⭐️⭐️
https://www.presidentupvc.co.uk/
Emily's Star look forward to working with you in the coming year ⭐️⭐️⭐️
https://www.presidentupvc.co.uk/
BabyPrem
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A huge thank you to BabyPrem for an incredible donation of £350. BabyPrem pledged Emily's Star a percentage of the sale of NICU clothing for prematurity awareness day last November!! Amazing ❤️⭐️❤️ |
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Flying Tiger MK's Awesome Merchandise Donation
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Once again Flying Tiger MK have kindly donated lots of fantastic items to us. They have continually supported Emily's Star for over 18 months now. Here is a sample of what we received recently. Thank you so much ⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
Hollywood Bowl's Continued Support
A huge thank you to Hollywood Bowl Milton Keynes for supporting Emily’s Star in 2017 and now agreeing to continue this support throughout 2018 as well.
The New Year has only just started and already we have received the first of two £500 donations!!
Thank you so much ⭐️💖⭐️
TSB Donation
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Emily's Star have had a fabulous start to the New Year with TSB presenting us with a cheque for £649.25 !! Thank you so much to all the staff and customers at TSB Milton Keynes for supporting us in 2017 and raising this awesome amount of money. ❤️⭐️❤️ ⭐️❤️ |
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