May 2008 Archives

I do not know Adrian Sudbury, but his is a story I feel my paper must tell. Adrian is a fellow journalist who works for another newspaper within our group. He is a young ambitious reporter and should have the world at his feet, but within weeks he will probably be dead. He has leukaemia and his treatment has failed. Rather than sit and dwell on these facts he has decided to use the time he has left to try and get each and everyone of us to become bone marrow donors so another family don't have to go through what his is. Read Adrian's words and then honour his life by adding your name to the list of donors.

I'm 26 years old and will be dead in a matter of months.
I will die from the leukaemia I have been battling for nearly a year and a half.
There is only one thing left for me to try and achieve.
My dying wish is that everyone reading this will think again about bone marrow donation.
In around 75 per cent of cases the procedure is not too dissimilar from giving blood.
If more people knew that then the 7,000 children and adults, who are still waiting for a transplant, might have a chance of surviving.
As it stands they will die.

LAST night, Thursday, I was invited to a meeting to discuss Chesham Museum's plans to move to the former Chapter One book shop site in Chesham.
I was really pleased to see that so many people attended, the organiser even had to bring in more chairs to accommodate everyone. However we were all given a glass of wine, so maybe that's what encouraged people to attend!
For those who don't know, Chesham Museum is currently situated in a small stable behind the Gamekeepers Lodge pub in Bellingdon Road. This is generously given to the museum by the landlord.
Ideally though the museum should be in the centre of town and in a bigger premises as currently only a fraction of exhibits are able to go on show.
So when Chapter One came up for rent museum staff felt it would be the perfect venue, and I have to agree.
Now though the difficult bit. About £13,000 needs to be raised to cover rental of the premises and costs etc in the first year, and they need a good idea as to whether this is possible within the next three months.
The purpose of the meeting was to try and find people with various skills who can set up a group to raise the finds, fill out the forms for grants etc and generally rally people to make sure this dream becomes a reality.
I have pledged that the paper will help where possible and we will obviously keep readers informed of what is happening and the various fundraiser that are being organised.
If you can help pop into the museum or visit the museum's website at www.cheshammuseum.org.uk