A review of some of the many varied fund-raising activities that have taken place over the years
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| | Saturday 17th July 2010
Ian Richards and the 'A-Team' held another 'Party In The Marquee' and passed on the tidy sum of £120.00 to the Fund
Bob likes it '...when a plan comes together!'
June 2010
Ketley Local Gun Club, Week St. Mary, presented Bob with a donation of £51.00 for the RJLF.
May 29th 2010
Hazel collected £150 as a result of donations made to celebrate her 60th birthday.
April 2010
Amanda collected sponsorship for the Ruby Run but regrettably has had to pull out for medical reasons but her sponsors to date all agreed to donate the money to the RJLF anyway - so thanks to them! - this amounted to £40.00
March 2010
£115.00 was donated to the RJLF by Lin & Alf Browning in celebration of their Ruby Wedding Anniversary
6th April 2010
Whitstone Stores Collection Box: £17.22 donation
Thanks also goes to Mike & Trudi Rogers' 60th birthday donation of £36.50
March 19th 2010
£138.20 was donated to Bob by way of profit made at the Camelford YFC bar. |
| | March 3rd 2010
£242 was presented to Bob as a result of donations, in lieu of presents, for Kevn Hutchings' 40th birthday party, held at The Countryman, Langdon Cross. |
| | February 18th 2010
A cheque for £300 was presented to Bob Johns MBE, the main trustee for the Robert Johns Leukaemia Fund on Thursday 18th February by Tom and Jo James and their daughters Beth and Molly, from the money saved by sending Xmas cards via email to their customers rather than by post. Tom said it is amazing the money saved by sending cards this way, and so helping a local charity which the couple have supported now for many years.Bob thanked the James's for their continued support and this very kind gesture. |
| February 13th 2010
The profit of £380.32 was presented to Bob as the result of the wedding bar at Marie & Dan's wedding. |
| | 19th December 2009
Whitstone Stores Collection Box: £18.13 donation | |
| 17th December 2009
David & Elizabeth Pierce: £20 donation | |
| 10th December 2009
Cooplands Bakery: £10 donation | |
| 8th December 2009
Dunstaple Farm Dairy Ice Cream
£300 in lieu of sending Christmas cards | |
| Micheline Smith
£10.00 donation from Week St. Mary's Women's Institute | |
| Jeffery & Charlotte Hopper's Wedding
£328.00 raised by the wedding bar | |
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August 8th 2009
Pictured from left at the RJLF charity clay pigeon shoot at Maxworthy on Saturday 8th August are Dick Yates, Bob Johns MBE, Graham Sanderson, Greg Sleeman, Anthea Barker, Jack Wise and Martin Kemp. Picture by Paul Hamlyn
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July 4th 2009
£701.00 collected by Craig & Gemma Rowland at their 'House Warming'
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May 15th 2009
£16.45 collected by Sally Harrison (Doncaster)
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May 12th 2009
£13.00 collected by the Cooplands (Doncaster)
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May 1st 2009
£18.05 collected from a collection box placed at Whitstone Stores.
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April 13th 2009
After a successful Auction of Promises Fundraising event, Week St. Mary F.C. donated £100 to RJLF
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| | December 6th 2007
Patricia Rail celebrates her 50th birthday, giving 50% to RJLF and Great Ormond Street Hospital October 31st 2007
£153.43 collected from a collection box placed at Whitstone Stores. October 10th 2007
£100.00 donation received from the 3 Counties Heavy Horse Society, Ashburton. October 4th 2007
£3,000.00 sent to the Royal Marsden Leukaemia Unit, now under Prof. Gareth Morgan. |
| | September 21st 2007
£345.00 raised at the 5th RJLF Annual Charity Dinner held at the Falcon Hotel, Bude, with guest speaker
Dr. Stephen Kelly, from Plymouth. | Hazel Cartwright, with guest speaker Dr Stephen Kelly and Bob Johns pictured at the 2007 Annual Dinner |  |
| | August 11th 2007
£4,869.00 (gross) raised by the RJLF at their "Music in the Marquee" event. Bands included Bad Habitz, Whiskey Thieves, Bobble Hats and boy band The Rayz. A good night had by all. July 21st 2007
£74.27 raised at the Week St. Mary BRIPS event; a children's football tournament. |
| |  | July 12th 2007
£3,245.44 raised from a cycle ride from Lands End to John O Groats by 58-year-old Stan Blake, with his support team, Dave & Phil Blake and Noel Kavanagh. The distance was 910 miles covered in 12 days 2 hours. |  |
| | July 10th 2007
£6,000.00 presented to Children's Oncology Unit, Plymouth (Cancer Unit). Once again met the staff, some of whom have been there for over 24 years - a good day! July 7th 2007
£2,900.51 from the bar at Craig & Gemma Smale's wedding celebration. June 12th 2007
£352.58 donation from the Countryman bottle collection.May 17th 2007
£108.00 donation from Dick & Ann Dingle "Bit O' Luck Band". April 30th 2007
£50.73 donation. Found in an old clome oven during renovations at Middle Whitley house. March 10th 2007
£400.00 donated by Rex Pollard following his 40th birthday bash. March 7th 2007
£43.50 donation following a talk to Bude Women's Guild.February 3rd 2007
£601.00 donated by Joyce Paddon following her 60th birthday celebration. January 10th 2007
Whitstone Women's Institute donated £40 after listening to a talk on the charity by Bob.January 6th 2007
Bob's niece, Trudi Barkwell, donated £363.50 from her 40th birthday bash. October 13th 2006
The Robert Johns Leukaemia Fund's Annual Charity Dinner was held at the Falcon Hotel, Bude, where the guest speaker was Dr. Wayne Thomas, from Plymouth Hospital. There were 72 supporters in attendance and with the raffle and auction over £500 was raised.October 11th - 2006
The Bullers Arms Hotel was the venue for the presentation to the Fund of a cheque for £500 by Stratton Young Farmers. October 1st 2006
Mousehole Male Voice Choir made the trip to Week St. Mary Church for a well-attended concert where the highlight for many was the superb rendition of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' contrasting to classic and Cornish melodies. Over £400 was raised by this event. August 12th-13th 2006
The Annual Fun Day with 'No Limitz' Motorcycle Display Team were particularly entertaining - all children ranging in age from 7 to 18 years. With the pony show, Cozmic entertainment and much more, the Saturday evening's music helped to swell the proceeds to gross over £7,500.May 28th-29th 2006
Launceston Steam Rally kindly presented a cheque for £500, on July 11th, to the Robert Johns Leukaemia Fund. April 30th 2006
Went to Geevor Tin Mine at Pendeen where the Resident's Association held a Gala Day in aid of our fund and raised £1,100. A cheque was presented on our Fun Day. 2006
March sees the start of another fundraising year with the hope that one day we will see the end of this awful disease. Already booked were the 'No Limitz' Motorcycle team from Southampton along with other events for our Annual Funday on 12th-13th August. Two bands 'Gumbo Flyers' and 'Bad Habitz' supplied the music for the Saturday evening. 2005
With a pony show and dog agility competitions, it was the charity's best ever event and saw gross receipts in excess of £8,600. Two bands played in the marquee - it was like a mini-Glastonbury. 2004
Keith Horrell, with Bob as ballast, took part in the classic Lands End Trial - well, at least they got to Crackington Haven before having to retire with a cracked gearbox. |
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Janet Eathorne of Radio Cornwall,
broadcasting 'live'.
| | BBC Radio Cornwall's Janet Eathorne & Raymond Shaddick were live from the main August event for 2 hours, helping to promote the fund-raising.
This year also saw the first Charity Dinner, held at Eagle House, Launceston, with Dr. Paul Ward as the guest speaker. | 
Bob with Raymond Shaddick
of Radio Cornwall
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| | 2002
Sadly, not every event can be a success - the main fund-raising event had to be cancelled as the weather was atrocious. Perhaps mud-pie throwing competitions should have been the order of the day!
Robert Johns (Senior) was privileged to be awarded by HRH Prince Charles, an MBE for his charitable works. Bob attended Buckingham Palace in full Cornish regalia. |  |
| | 2001
With the outbreak of Foot & Mouth doubt was cast over the main fund-raising event of the year "It's A Knockout" but permission was given and a well-supported event it was by all the local Young Farmers Clubs. |
| | 1999
Instead of presents donations were invited at Linda & Roy Cobbledick's (Trustee) Silver Wedding Celebration - pictured here with Bob Johns. | 
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| | 1999
In September Bob and Mike Ronald left Woolley, Kilkhampton, in 2 Sinclair C5 'cars', taking it in turns to travel around Cornwall finally arriving at Derriford Hospital 2 days later. We were met by staff from the Children's Oncology Ward. This event raised £3,065.00 for the charity. |  |
| | 1998
16 people again successfully completed a parachute jump on October 3rd. This raised £2,000 for the charity.
1994
October 30th saw Keith Horrell and Ron Redgrave compete in the Weston-Super-Mare Beach Race. Riding a motorcycle and sidecar, wearing number 174, they finished 21st and raised £212.00 for the charity.
1994
16 people successfully completed a parachute jump on March 20th. This jump raised £1,646 for the charity. |
| |  | 1990
Left: Roy Cobbledick, Bob Johns and Vic Thurston left Polson, Launceston, to walk to Lands End. Right: The walkers arrive and enjoy a well-earned rest. |  |
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