North Staffs Special Olympics Fundraiser

 

On Saturday 18^th April, North Staffordshire Special Olympics held its fourth fund raising event to send a very strong team of 80 athletes to the games to compete in their chosen sport of football, swimming, athletics, basketball, kayaking or badminton.

 

The evening saw a live performance from Matt Shaw aka Meat Loaf. Matt won the Stars in Your Eyes Final in 2000. An auction and a raffle were held with some excellent prizes donated by a number of businesses.

 

We had some fantastic VIPs attend the evening to help promote North Staffordshire Special Olympics and the games such as Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Stoke -on-Trent Councillor Jean Bowers, The High Sherriff of Staffordshire Katie Evans and Rob Flello local Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South.

 

The event raised a fantastic £880 which will help the team from North Staffordshire Special Olympics attend the Special Olympics National Summer Games, 25-31 July 09, in Leicester .

 

For more information contact:

Matthew Fry, Fundraiser via Naomi Bird on 01785 619585 or nbird@staffordbc.gov.uk