Update: Children With Leukaemia Party - amount raised...

Hello BDSS'ers just thought I'd give an update on the Children with Leukaemia party organised by our father Rawley P which took place on 7th May 2011.

Children with Leukaemia

"dump da da daaaa"  (drum roll please)...  he raised over £800 from the night alone! :-)  Everyone was so generous and although he found it very stressful (arranging it all) he has vowed to do another party next year which will be bigger and better so I'm really proud of him. Least we forget he ran the London Virgin Marathon also in aid of raising money for the Children with Leukaemia charity.

Rawley P Marathon

Rawley P and son

During the night he lamented that 4 years ago his daughter, (our sister) was diagnosed with cancer and today after undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment she is 18 years old and it is through God's grace she is still with us! Amen.

Our lovely sister

He talked about how during her treatment thanks to the wonderful charities she was able to enjoy days out with the family at what was an extremely frightening and stressful time. These charities rely on donations in order to make the lives of children suffering with cancer a little bit more bearable, therefore it is extremely important to donate! (You can still donate to Rawley's Virgin Money Giving Page by clicking on this link).

Please also check out the Children with Leukaemia website to find out what the charity do: Children with Leukaemia

Some more pictures from the night:

The BDSS ladies 

"Just Like Candy" Sel & Debs getting down!

Fundraising fun

So there you have it BDSS'ers please donate as we are all aware cancer does not discriminate and with 6 teenagers a day being diagnosed with cancer, it is surely a worthwhile cause.

Si x

Also today Sel and I are heading down to Orpington to watch our other sister and nephew run for the Footstep International Marafun. Footsteps is an International Charity, which cares for street children and orphans in Kenya. You can donate here: http://www.justgiving.com/Sonia-Flavius

Update: Some pictures from their Marafun.

Footsteps Intl - Marafun

Sis reaching 10K finishline

Final lap

Nephew after finishing 4K

Nephew and Sis with their
medals and certificates

Great stuff!

London Marathon - Children with Leukaemia Fund Raising!

So if you follow TheBDSS on twitter (twitter/com/TheBDSS) then you may know that yesterday mine and Sel's father Rawley P ran the Virgin London Marathon –woo!

Upon finishing he updated his Facebook status (yes practically our whole family is on FB) with the following:

‘Completed the marathon in tremendous pain, started getting bad cramps at 16 miles and for the last 10 miles had to visit St John’s Ambulance tent’s for massages regularly, but I finished; all be it in 6hours and 4 minutes but in the end it was not about the TIME I finished but about the good times my fundraising will give to children suffering from Leukaemia. My pain will be their gain…’

Aww so modest. Just want to say how proud we are of him. This is his second London Marathon the first one he ran in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust; and now in aid of Children with Leukaemia.

Unfortunately cancer does not discriminate so we all probably know someone who has been affected by cancer therefore what he is doing and has done is commendable.

He is also throwing a fund raising dance on 7th May 2011. Location: Stratford in London all proceeds going to Children with Leukaemia.

Therefore I would encourage you BDSS’ers to come out on the 7th May to lend your support to a great and worthy cause.

Tickets are £10 and it’s from 7pm -12am so you still have time (if your not too partied out) to go on to some other none worthy rave! haha

For tickets and details you can email us here: info@thebdss.com

Just some interesting facts about Rawley P:

1) He is what some would call a ‘gym freak’. If he is not at work you can find him in the gym, it’s like his second home. Not only that his gym people are like his second family.

2) He once had a 100 metre race with a man 15 years his junior. He reasoned it was a win-win situation:
‘As I'm older if I loss people won't be surprised because well.. I'm older. However if I win people will be surprised and I will get all the adulation’… by the way he WON –lol (it was the most hilarious thing I've ever witnessed) - so he is great fun!

3) His 50th birthday party was a road block event. I’m talking cars parked illegally on the pavement, on double yellow lines etc. There was just no place to park!

…Therefore BDSS’ers tickets for the fund raising event are likely to sell out fast! So in order to not miss out on a good night and a great cause email us now… info@thebdss.com xoxo

*Update - You can donate here: Rawle Phillips Fundraising Page