Saturday 5^th June 2010

What a brilliant day on Sunday 18th April for the first ever Brighton Marathon.  All 6 runners made it and they all finished.  The Link Romania team tried to get to as many cheering points as possible and the sun shone brightly so it was a great day.  Sincere thanks to all the runners and everyone that sponsored them.  Here below are some pictures of the day

Saturday 24th April - 10am - 4pm

The invitations are going out now to all Shoebox Area and Group Collectors, Child/Family/Farm of Hope sponsors, Donors, Friends of Link Romania and long term supporters. The conference is an opportunity for supporters to be able to impact upon and direct the work of Link Romania for the future as well as learning more about what we are currently involved with, including the 2010 Family Shoebox Appeal.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the first ever Pancake Olympics in Worthing on Saturday 13th February.  It was freezing but our teams 'Flipping Heck' and the 'Recycled Teenagers' did brilliantly.  It was a joint fundraising venture between ourselves, Worthing Homeless Project, Guild Care and Worthing Hospotal Clearly "we was robbed" as we didn't win but gave it a really good go and managed to raise around £700 which was excellent. 

Days of continuous rain are causing floods in Northern Albania. Floods hit much of the north of the country, and particularly Shkoder district (120 km northwest of Tirana), displacing around 5,000 persons. According to authorities, no casualties resulted from the flood which is fortunate but many people are homeless and have lost everything.

Just to say we came back -  the Shoebox Delivery Team. We left on Sunday 29th November and returned Wednesday 9th Dec.  We visited Iasi in NE Romania where we not only delivered Shoeboxes but visited the kindergarten we support and saw the new building at the Farm of Hope. 

As we approach the 20th Anniversary of the fall of Ceausescu, Romania is again in a state of political crisis. The Social Democratic Party left the governing coalition on 1st October in protest over the sacking of one of their ministers. The Government then collapsed on Tuesday 13th October, after a vote of no confidence by the Parliament. Presidential elections are due to take place on 22nd November.

Just to let everyone know that the first Shoeboxes have appeared at the warehouse.  First to arrive were from Westbourne House Pre Prep School with 219 closely followed by Davisons High School for girls with 157 boxes - double the number they did last year which is fantastic.