AROUND 180 people danced the night away in Halloween costume – and raised £1,820 for leukaemia charity Bloodwise.
The event was organised by Lymm leukaemia campaigner Joanne Brown who, over the last 15 years has raised about £30,000 for the cause.
The event was at Grappenhall and Thelwall Royal British Legion club and was attended by people from all over the Lymm, Thelwall and Grappenhall areas in fancy dress. Seventies and Eighties disco music kept them dancing all night.
Afterwards, mother-of-four Joanne said: “I would like to thank everyone who attended and all the local firms who supported the event. We could not do anything without them.”
Joanne started her campaigning back in 2002 after being diagnosed with leukaemia and becoming the first person in the North West to be treated with a then new “wonder drug” her husband, Tony, learned about on the internet.
As a result, little more than 12 months after being diagnosed, the disease was in remission.
She said: “I was, in effect, a guinea pig – and it worked.”
Ever since, she has organised fundraising events for Bloodwise as a way of saying “thank you” for the treatment she received.
Halloween dancers raise £1,820 for leukaemia charity
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