Taking a stand: Friends run the carnival tombola contest

Riverhead Carnival September 20, 2009

Funds were boosted by £406 raised from a tombola competition at the Riverhead Carnival – which was again blessed with fine weather on September 20. Bessels Green Unitarian Church also donated £70 raised at the event to the Friends.

In the money

A big thank you to those who helped and contributed to our street collection in Sevenoaks on August 7, 2010 which raised £460.02.

Many local stores are collecting money for the hospital in colourful money boxes provided by the Friends in which customers put their loose change. In 2009 this raised £2,563.

If you would like to have a box in your shop or business please let us know - mailto:info@lofosh.org.uk.

Keeping an eye

The League of Friends decided to buy a £2,400 pachymeter for the ophthalmic clinic. It is used for measuring the thickness of the cornea and is useful for screening patients suspected of developing glaucoma. The new equipment will now save patients the inconvenience of having to travel to an acute hospital.

Charity support

The League has benefitted from a local charities scheme supported by Sevenoaks' Waitrose. Shoppers put their green tokens in the collecting boxes to vote for their favourite causes and the Friends received £463.

 Hospital quiz success

A special quiz arranged by the Hospital Friends raised just over £200.

The standard was very high - with most entrants scoring more than 80%. The two joint winners had 91 out of 100. Mike Murray who organised the quiz with his wife Tessa explained: “There were some interesting questions: - A house built in 50BC burns down in 25AD. How long had it stood? Most people said 75 years, but the answer is 74 years - there's no year 0!

“There was a question on the longest word made up using only the upper row of a standard computer - we had thought that the answer was `typewriter’ but someone found the word `Rupturewort!’ Sounds horrible - but it is a flower.

The questions were compiled from a variety of sources. Mike explained: “Some questions we posed from facts picked up on our travels
- for example: “What does the Bosphorus have in common with an English University?” “The answer is Bosphorus, meaning Ox Ford.”