Let s celebrate Christmas together

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1 Dear Charity Champion Let s celebrate Christmas together This year, East Cheshire Hospice is proud to celebrate 25 years of making every moment count. We have 25 festive fundraising ideas that you can take part in over the Christmas period, to help you to get into the festive spirit and raise money for your local Hospice. Please find enclosed a Charity of the year booklet and your complete guide to Christmas; a one stop pack which will give you and your colleagues plenty of ideas to celebrate Christmas in the work place whilst supporting East Cheshire Hospice. We want to encourage you to take part in as many fundraising activities as you can, but if you only have time for one then why not choose to take part in Reindeer Run! For anyone new to Reindeer Run I assure you that it is incredibly simple to organise and can be worked into any lunch break throughout December. All we ask is that you set a physical challenge for employees and colleagues; this can be anything from a lap of the office building to an office chair race. Each employee taking part will be given their own set of reindeer antlers, a flashing nose and a sponsorship envelope. Santa suits are also available for the Boss! Whatever obstacle you choose and whether you run, walk or fly, above all we want you to have fun and encourage your colleagues to raise as much money as they can for our Hospice. Raising individual sponsorship of just would pay for a Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day dinner for one of our patients, whilst raising 352 as a whole office would mean that we can provide enough medication for 15 patients in a 24hour period so that they can be pain free over the Christmas period. If you would like to host your own Reindeer Run in support of East Cheshire Hospice or you want to get involved with the Hospice in any of the other ways mentioned in the Charity of the year booklet then contact me directly on or jbarnes@echospice.org.uk We hope you can help us to make Christmas count for patients at the Hospice; every penny you raise really will make a difference. Kind Regards Jennie Barnes Corporate Fundraising Officer jbarnes@echospice.org.uk East Cheshire Hospice Tel: (Reception) Registered Charity Number: Millbank Drive Tel: (Fundraising) Limited by Guarantee Number: Macclesfield Fax: Cheshire SK10 3DR fundraising@echospice.org.uk Web:

2 25 for 25 does Christmas! Celebrate Christmas in your workplace - ask for a donation to take part in these easy festive fundraising ideas 1. Don t send cards, use our Christmas poster 2. Giveasyoulive.com - buy presents that keep on giving 3. Office ipod jukebox, pay to play 4. Christmas bake off 5. Mulled wine and mince pie party 6. Pamper party before the office disco 7. Reindeer Run 8. Naughty or nice lucky dip 9. Pin the nose on Rudolph 10. Wear a Christmas jumper day 11. Decorate a desk- speed decorating 12. Guess the weight of a Christmas cake 13. Secret Santa with a donation to East Cheshire Hospice 14. Longest paper chain challenge 15. Hold a talent show for the performers amongst you 16. Donate un-wanted gifts 17. Christmas song karaoke marathon 18. Guess the present 19. Buy Hospice Christmas cards 20. Swap the swear box for a Grinch box 21. Share Christmas messages on our baubles 22. Christmas cracker pulling contest 23. Sweepstake for when the snow will arrive 24. Christmas lunch served by managers 25. Gift wrap presents in exchange for a donation

3 Happy Christmas! Share your Christmas wishes with colleagues on this festive poster; simply choose a star, write your message and make a 1 donation to East Cheshire Hospice. Filling every star with your messages will pay Wishing you a happy Christmas, from all the staff & volunteers at East Cheshire Hospice fundraising@echospice.org.uk -

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6 Christmas Quiz Celebrate Christmas in the workplace with our festive quiz, pupils can work together in teams or on their own, answers can be written on the sheet provided. 1. What is traditionally hidden in a Christmas Pudding? 2. How many days are there in the advent calendar? 3. How many presents were given in total in the Twelve Days of Christmas? 4. In what decade was the first Christmas card sent in the UK? 5. How many of Rudolph s eight companions names start with D? 6. Which X Factor winner made Christmas number one in 2010? 7. In the traditional pantomime, who is Aladdin s mother? 8. Where was it always winter but never Christmas? 9. Which Dr Seuss character stole Christmas? 10. What is the last day of Christmas called? 11. Who wrote A Christmas Carol? 12. Where does the tree in London s Trafalgar Square come from? 13. In Britain mistletoe commonly grows on which tree? 14. What date is St Stephen s day? 15. Which royal couple started the fashion of Christmas Trees in Britain? 16. What is New Years Eve called in Scotland? 17. How many points does a snowflake have? 18. What was the name of the angel who visited Mary? 19. Who released the 1984 record Do they know it s Christmas? 20. What was Scrooge s first name?

7 Christmas Quiz, answers These are the answers to the Christmas Quiz, please keep them safe! 1. A coin s Matt Cardle 7. Widow Twankey 8. Narnia 9. The Grinch 10. Twelfth Night 11. Charles Dickens 12. Norway 13. The apple tree th December Boxing Day 15. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert 16. Hogmanay Gabriel 19. Band Aid 20. Ebenezer

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