Wow! East Kent DA have done it again on May 28th to 31st 2010

£7.5 million that is

needed

each year to keep

Demelza services available

for the

children and their families.

This year East Kent Members and members from other DA help raised £1.100.00

for

Demelza Children Hospice in Sittingbourne in Kent

£1.100.00

A magnificent 61 units turned out for the Charity Meet at Cowgate Farm, we raised an amazing £1,100 for Delmelza House. We had a variety of stalls at the Penny Fay re and a lot of innovation went into what went on over the weekend. I would like to thank the Committee and helpers for all their hard work and effort over the complete weekend, but most of all I would like to thank all of those people who camped with us and dug deep into their pockets to raise this amazing total. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and I hope to see you all again in the field somewhere this year, please support us over the rest of the season as throughout the year we will be doing more fund raising over the weekends, so keep track of my Chairman log page and also the web site pages. Once again thank you very much for your support.

Chairman Trevor Pilbeam

This year Charity is Demelza Children Hospice in Sittingbourne

Children's hospices support children and young people who are expected to die before reaching adulthood, and their families. Due to the hereditary nature of many of the children's illnesses, some families may have more than one affected child. In many cases there is no cure. In others, treatment has been tried but failed and the focus has transferred from active to palliative care.

When a diagnosis is given which offers no hope or where treatment is abandoned, families often feel very isolated and alone in their grief. Many of the conditions from which the children suffer deteriorate slowly over a number of years, placing an enormous strain on family life. Often the child will need constant care throughout the day and night and whilst families willingly invest their total love, energy and attention into caring for their sick child, they can and do become exhausted. Healthy brothers and sisters often feel left out as attention focuses on the sick child.

Children's hospices provide the necessary short breaks and a range of services benefiting the children and young people themselves and their wider family, which are simply not available elsewhere.

One of our younger members has had to spend time in Demelza.

So she knows first hand what good work they do, that is why Demelza is very close to her heart and cannot thank them enough.

Now have a look at the rest of the East Kent DA Charity Photos Below

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Remember please we are still raising money for Demelza