The Kirsty Club has now gone worldwide, thanks to patron Andrea Bommer who has opened our first overseas supporters club in Germany. Hopefully, this is the first of many international branches—setup by people like Andrea who’ve been inspired by Kirsty’s ongoing quest to expand and improve Francis House Children’s Hospice. Please check out The Kirsty Club International and offer your support to Andrea. Alternatively, if you’re an overseas supporter and would like to talk to us about how you can start your own club, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). But for now, Vielen Dank und Gruß from The Kirsty Club Germany!

Come and enjoy this fund-raising event at the Henri Lloyd store in Wilmslow on Thursday, 11th March. There will be a fabulous auction with prizes including holidays in Abersoch, Ben Ainsley memorabilia, Ross Brawn F1 signed poster, and much more. All proceeds of course going to The Kirsty Club. Thank you to everyone involved at Henri Lloyd. Call the Henri Lloyd store on 01625 521382 for more information.

It’s never too early to start planning for the next Great Manchester Run! This is always fun and challenging day, which has become one of our most important fundraisers. The junior run takes place on 15th May, with the main event the following day. You can pre-register for this very popular event now at http://www.greatrun.org. Don’t forget to get your sponsor forms from .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Our team of celeb runners already includes Russell Watson and Richard Fleeshman.

As a previous winner, Kirsty will be attending this year’s Sports Personality of the Year Awards in Sheffield on Sunday 13th December 2009. It should be another star-studded event, and Kirsty is really looking forward to it.

Another year, another fabulous birthday party for Kirsty—and another great fund-raiser for the Kirsty Club. Thanks to everyone who attended this year’s glitzy Angel Ball at the Hallmark Hotel in Handforth. It’s been a difficult year for us all, but we were still able to have some fun and raise some much-needed funding for Francis House Children’s Hospice. Special thanks to the hotel staff, to all our supporters, to our auctioneer Mike Osman, and compare and entertainer Mike Sweeney. Photos will be added to The Kirsty Club photostream on Flickr. If you have some pics you’d like to add, please send them to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).