This year
was no different but
thankfully the weather
was much kinder to us!
We changed venues to
Belvedere Social Club
where the staff were
very helpful and
supportive to our cause
and special night. Once
again Paul’s younger
brother Mitchell put on
a fantastic disco that
Paul would have been
proud of.
We had
some fantastic prizes
donated for our raffle
and would like to thank
The FA, Manchester
United, Millwall,
Charlton, Watford and
Darent River Football
Clubs. David Lloyd,
Crayford Greyhound
Stadium, Peacocks, T.K
Maxx, Phoenix Theatre
for Blood Brother
tickets, The Prince of
Wales Theatre for Mamma
Mia tickets and HSBC
again kindly gave £500
to our cause. Many
donations were greatly
received and came in
from as far a field as
Canada! Various super
raffle prizes were also
generously given from
friends and family.
A
special raffle was held
for a one-week holiday
in a Turkish apartment,
Debbie & Martin kindly
donated this, they then
decided to auction a
further week, which was
a great help. Katie
Locke very kindly helped
again with the
invitations and
Inspirations in
Bexleyheath very kindly
donated a centre balloon
for our raffle table.
Tickets
sold out in record time
and people were still
turning up to pay on the
door. Paul’s dad, Steve
Wilkins held the raffle
and a very lucky lady
won a one-week stay in
Turkey for £10!
Luckily
the auction for the
second week raised an
impressive £400, which
certainly helped to
boost our grand total to
a staggering
£3600.00!!
We never
forgot why we were there
though, as midnight drew
closer Mitchell played
Paul’s songs, everyone
joined in a circle on
the dance floor and to
‘Nothings Gonna Stop Us
Now’ we all remembered
Paul, a beautiful son,
grandson, brother,
cousin and friend who
had his whole life ahead
of him but who was taken
too soon.
Paul
Wilkins passed away on
his 22nd
birthday on 11th
January 2008 and not a
day goes by when we
don’t remember him and
the good times that he
shared with us during
his short stay in this
world. So far every
year we have held a
charity disco in memory
of him and have raised
money for both Cardiac
Risk In the Young (CRY)
and The Police Cadets
whom Paul supported.
