Jul 16 2009 by Mark Dowling, Chester Chronicle
Newton Lane’s Firs School’s parents committee hosts charity ball in aid of MNDA and Wirral and Chester Renal Group
CHARITABLE Chester parents had a ball to raise £10,000 for two worthy causes.
Parents of pupils of The Firs School, Newton Lane, Chester raised the cash at a ball at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel.
Parents’ committee members Becky Patton and Geoff Faulkner handed cheques for £5,000 each to Julie Williams of the Cheshire branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Cath Jeffries of Wirral and Chester Renal Group.
The ball raised funds via a raffle and an auction.
Parents donated prizes for the auction including tickets for a Liverpool match, bicycles, a holiday on Anglesey, a personal chef and tickets for a Madonna concert.