The Miriam Hyman Memorial Fund Launch Event - Page 7
Gathering for Miriam's Birthday
The fund-raising effort made at the launch event of the Miriam Hyman Memorial Fund was just one of the successful aspects of the day. This gathering was an important opportunity for friends and loved-ones to meet, to remember Miriam, and to support each other as Miriam would have wished. Around five hundred people attended the event, most of whom had a personal connection with Miriam.
With the help of David Godfrey and others, we managed to capture a few moments. We would be glad to receive any other photographs which people took that day. Please email them to info@miriam-hyman.com.
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Mavis Hyman on the right with Sharon Godfrey |
Mark Godfrey and Jo Dobrin helped to organise the event |
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Esther Hyman in the middle with |
Neighbours and life-long friends of Miriam's, |
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Miriam's friends Nerissa and Tim Sharp |
Colleagues from the BBC Jean Marylees and |
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It was a family occasion too |
Neighbours Nicholas Brill and Heidi Goldsmith |
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Judith Vandervelde, Katie Cooper and |
The Refreshments
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Friends contributed a great variety of food and soft drinks, and these were offered without charge which
gave the event a party atmosphere. Again, we are indebted to the Sternberg Centre for providing
additional space for this purpose. Miriam's friend Judith, who was in charge of refreshments, had
the idea of setting up a children's corner in the refreshments room. Contributions of food were so generous that there were still a lot of left-overs by the end of the day, despite everyone eating their fill. A friend who is a member of an organisation which supports the homeless delivered the left-over food to that cause. Miriam spent many Christmas days serving lunch to the homeless so we know that this would have really pleased her. |
Children playing in the refreshments room |
A Visit from the Religion School Children
| The children from the Religion School at the Sternberg Centre noticed
us setting up the display and they asked their teacher what we were
doing. I spent a few minutes with them explaining the event, and then
they respectfully came and had a look around the room. They were particularly
interested in Miriam’s craft work, especially when they realised that
she was the same age as they are now when she did her craft project. |
The children were fascinated by Miriam's craft work |
Media Coverage
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The launch event for the MHMF was covered by local media from both London and Oxford as well as the
Jewish Chronicle. We appreciate this and the extra interest which it has helped to generate. Here is a link to the article which was published in the Oxford Mail on Thursday 1st December 2005: archive.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk |
One of the local television news teams |
My parents, John and Mavis, join me in warmly thanking everyone who contributed to the event, to those who joined us at the launch, and to all well-wishers who made it a day to remember.
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