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On Friday 14th March I held a Presentation Night to present donations to my nominated Charities.
The evening was be held at The Earls Bar, Tall Trees Hotel, Yarm.
7pm - 11pm
Presentations went to
The Parkinson's Disease Society
Ward 14 Cancer Patients At James Cook University Hospital
The Lily Heseltine Fund (but unfortunatley Lily was unable to attend due to her Grandfather being ill)
Redcar Community College Uganda Trip Fund
And The Dave Cole Memorial Fund
I Also presented donations to some of my great friends and supporters.
The night also included a Fabulous Elvis Impersonator who provided the entertainment for the whole evening.
A Raffle & Tombola was also happening to raise money for the next charities I am collecting for; The Parkinson's Disease Society, STAMP Revisited, Redcar/Cleveland Branch Merchant Navy & Adorable Lily.
A "Traditional" Buffet was provided for all of my guests,a long with "Smiley Face" cakes!
Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the evening.
Keep Smiling
Kendra x
These images are of the Buffet which myself and my mam made for the night and it went down really well with the guests.
Myself with Lal Kwandele Complex general manager at The Tall Trees Hotel.
Lal has always been a brilliant support to me and my charity, and with out his very generous donations of the use of his rooms i would not have been able to have these fantatic charity nights to which you all make it a great success!!!!.
Myself with Gordon Cox who Compered the night for me.
Gordon was absoloutley brilliant on the night and dealt with any hicups that happend!
He made the night a great succes with his humour and proffesional patter.
Gordon has been a fantastic support to my charity, and i can never re-pay him for his kindness, ive tried with his favourite pie, Mince and Onion hope that does the trick! (Hope you shared them with everyone down Arsenal!?) :)
Myself with a Truly amazing man Mr Tony Eastwood, who has been a great help and support in all ways.
It was a great honour to have him attend my evening and i look forward to the many events in the future he will be involved in.
His dedicated support is very much appreciated along with all my many supporters and friends.
Once again, 2 very amazing gentlemen Gordon and Tony, who put so much laughter into the evening with there great humour. they were very entertaining.
My Sister Amanda who was a great support on the night and always, Chris who has been a great support always for me and with out his help everything that i have done would never have been possible.
Myself with Chris & Lal who both have been a brilliant support to me and my charity.
4 Very special gentlemen who are a great support to me and i can never thank them enough for all the help they have given me. Lee, Chris, Myself, Tony And Lal
Myself with Mrs Elizabeth Wilson, Treasurer of the Parkinsons Disease Society collecting the donation to PDS.
Elizabeth is a lovely lady and has always given me and my charity full support. I was honoured to have her attend the night.
Above is myself with Steve Siddell And Steve Bunn who attended the evening to collect there presentation of a cheque towards the Redcar Community College Uganda Trip Fund.
Myself with Chris, collecting his presentation from me to say a small thank you for the help he has given me.
Myself with Tony, collecting his presentation as a small thank you of my appreciation.
Myself with Elvis (Niall Southall), presenting him with a collectable elvis figure as a thank you for performing on the night despite being unwell and also for his support towards the charity,
Myself with Elvis and his presentation.
Me with Chris collecting his presentation
Myself presenting Cllr Lee Narroway with a small gift, he has been such a great support to me and my charity. at the moment Lee has placed a lot of my old toys, from when i was younger, on to ebay to try and raise some more money for my charity.
Lee was great entertainment on the night and really livend the place up along with his lovely partner Fiona.
Myself with Mina Lee, who attended the night on behalf of patients on ward 14 at James Cook University Hospital.They were presented with a Handmade Wooden Wishing well Fountain & A Collection of signed Books, A selection of local Handpainted Scenerys.
This is myself with Mrs Liz Cole.
Liz attended the night to accept a Handmade bench which i bought from the money raised from the Cinders DVD, in memory of Mr Dave Cole.
Dave Cole, was a lovely man, a great friend and a brilliant teacher and the bench is in his memory. On the bench is a small plaque with an inscription appropriate in respect of Dave Cole. The plaque was so kindly donated along with the plaque for the wishing well for ward 14, by Iain of Ace Engravers LTD. it was a surprise after ordering, when he realised by looking on my website and he was amazed by the work that i do, that there was no charge for the plaques and would like to help me in the future.
Myself with Mr John McCormack, the most kind and generous man i have ever met. He has overcome so much himself whilst caring for his wife Ann and being a great support for his 2 children Chris & Bev & Their Family. This whole family has been a great support, help and encouragement to me the work i do for my charity.
it was a great honour to be able to present him with the Signed Boro shirt, to which his wife Ann is allowing him to place it on the Living Room wall! for all to see.
Myself with my Special Friend Tony, who was fantastic on the raffle!!
A true friend, Chris McCormack who has always been my main support.
Me and Amanda, she was fantastic on the night with the Tombola and Photography. A Great sister and im proud of all that she does.
The lovely Fiona, Tony myself and Lee, in hysterics laughing when we shouldnt have been really as lee was devastated... He had just won the handmade chocolate Egg on the special Raffle but within a few moments managed to drop the Egg which shatterd to pieces!! but it was apparently good Chocolate!!
The Lovely most Beautiful Fiona, myself and Lee.
Me and Lee.
Lee is always a great support and i love to see him enjoying himself on my Charity Nights...
The Perfect couple, Lee and Fiona.
Lee and Fiona
and as Lee said...
"The Buffet just wasnt enough...!)
Steve Bunn and Steve Siddell with the shirts which they brought back from the trip to Uganda they have recently been on.
3 Special gentlemen who mean alot to me, they are great friends and a great support.
Sadly there was one person who was missing of this photo who also has been a great support to me, Mr Robert Nicholls, who unfortunatley couldnt attend.
Myself with Graham Wood, who is a Learning Mentor at my former School.
Graham has always been a great support to me and my charity.
He always enjoys the Charity nights and manages to win something he likes!!
These images are of the Niall Southall, the Elvis Impersentor who performed for the whole evening.
Niall is a great support and will be performing at other events in the future.
Anyone wanting information on any of Nialls future performances in the area can contact me for information or visit Nialls website which is on my "Supporters page".
Lee at the end of the night!!
This is the egg which me and my mam decorated for a special Easter Egg raffle on the night.
Lee won the Egg and said the Chocolate was lovely!! :)
The photos below are the ones which were presented to Ward 14 Patients at James Cook University Hospital.
The Local Scenerys were hanpainted by a Gentleman called Harold Pallister, who lives local.
I am hoping the paintings will bring great pleasure to the patients and visitors.
This is the Wishing Well Water Feature that was presented to Ward 14 At James Cook University Hospital.
The wishing well will not only give pleasure to the patients in the Garden but will also raise more money for the hospital through patients and visitors making a donation for a Wish.
Above are the books which i donated to Ward 14.
From the top, L to R are
Voice of The Boro by Alastair Brownlee
Corus Special Edition Middlesbrough & Teesside Memories Donated By Jon Bolton on Behalf of Corus Teesside Cast Products based at Steel House, Redcar,
Legend? By Bernie Slavern
Bottom Row - From The Heart By Myself and Various Poem Donators
Remember When by The Evening Gazette, Kindly donated by Dave Robson
Who's The B*****D in Black? By Jeff Winter
I would like to place a small thank you to 2 very special reporters and good friends who were unable to attend the evening but deserve the recognition for all the help and support they are always giving to me and my charity.
Mr Dave Robson and Mr Chris Brayshay, Special thanks to Dave for getting a donation of the full collection of Remember When books from the Evening Gazette, which i presented to a represetative for Ward 14 Patients.
Also a special thank you to Alastair Brownlee and Bernie Slavern who also were unable to attend due to being needing in Arsenal for the Boro game and had to travel up the night before.
There kind donation of signed copies of thier books were greatly appreciated and i know that the patients on the ward will love them.
Thank you also to Jeff Winter for his contribution, he sadly couldnt attend either due to a prior arrangement.
From the sale of Raffle Tickets, Easter Egg Raffle Tickets and a Tombola on the night
Was raised
Which is now a great start for the money i am now collecting for the new Charities.
This is the special Rose which i was presented on the night by Chris on behalf of my Mam.
As she is never able to attend my Charity nights,she always gets me a special rose to be presented to me, which makes me feel as though she is still part of the night.
Chris gave a lovely speach about my mam and the support she has given me, which made me emotional.
My mam has always been my biggest support for me and my charity and without her none of the events would have been possible and the Buffet wouldn't have been as nice!
