The first edition of this great little fun book was published by hand on the 16th December 2009 and is available to buy from Clare Mead in Jungheinrich's MK Branch. All proceeds go to The Harley Slack Fund.
The aim of the book is to help children's charities around the UK, and of cause to bring a little fun for those who buy it. This site was set-up by me to give you as much information about the charities the will or have benefited from the proceeds of sales.
I would firstly like to say a big thank you to Matt Murray who has given so much help in producing the book.
Now, as you will see from the menus at the top of this page you can register which would be nice of you. Registering is free and it will help us to keep track of people who would like to receive future issues of "The Doodle Book".
The charities link will display all the charities the book has donated to.
The issues link will display all the issues as and when they are produced and also all previous issues with answer to the puzzles.
The login link will let you login obviously, when you have logged in you will have access to the forum page amongst other things allowing you to post comments and upload puzzles you would be happy for us to use in future issues.
For a small fee you can even have an advert in "The Doodle Book"
The First Edition.
This special first edition is in aid of a three year old boy called Harley Slack, who is critically ill with meningitus B (Meningococcal septicaemia), Harley deserves the best chance in life and hopefully with everybody's help we will be able to let him chose his own path and replace the limbs that he has lost to the disease. There are lots of ways to donate and contribute to this cause and this link will direct you straight to Harley's Web Site which contains all of the information required to make the 'bravest boy in britain' happy once more.
The above picture is Harley Slack taken earlier this year. Since he was born he has suffered from epilepsy, is lactose intolerant and has suffered from a poor immune system. This has helped meningitus spread through his body as his defences weren't strong enough. Below shows the full effect of the disease and what it can do to a human body, this is meningitus B at its worst.
Meningococcal disease is uncommon, affecting approximately 1 person in every 20,000 each year. But it can be very serious. Meningococcal disease is the commonest infectious cause of death in children and young people up to 20 years, and it is the number one killer of children aged 1-5 years. The greatest burden of group B disease is in children under five years of age, and so the development of an effective group B vaccine for use in infants is a major priority.
As a result of this both of Harley's arms and legs were amputated in order to save his life. He is now being cared for at the new Royal Manchester Children's hospital where he is likely to be until the end of the year. The Harley Slack Fund has been setup with the sole purpose of raising funds to give him his life back. Harley is going to need new Prosthetics roughly twice a year at the approximate cost of £120,000 a time, due to his growing needs. This does not include any future specialist care he may need.
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First Edition Published: 16th December 2009 With support from Jungheinrich UK & ctrl-alt-del Networks Ltd. All proceeds going to the Harley Slack Fund |
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Easter Edition To Be Published: End of March 2010 |
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Next Edition To Be Published: End of June 2010 |
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Next Edition To Be Published: End of September 2010 |
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Christmas Edition To Be Published: 7th December 2010 |
