Last year you donated around 300 eggs. Let’s see if we can do even better this year!

You may not believe it when you consider the weather we’re having, but Easter is heading speedily towards us, and it’ll soon be time to think about stuffing our faces with chocolate. And once again, Crawley Town and the Crawley Town Supporters Alliance are pleading for your chocolate donations! Yes, Chairman Paul wants your sweeties!

Following last years success, when you were very generous with your support, we are once again egg-cited (sorry) to be launching an appeal for you to donate Easter Eggs to the club’s charity partner, Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice. The CTSA will be coordinating this appeal, and your Easter Eggs can be delivered directly to the club during office hours, to the CTSA cabin opposite Redz on matchdays, or to CTSA officials at away games. We will make sure that all donations are transported to Chestnut Tree before Easter Sunday, which this year is on 30th March.

So, when you’re helping the chicken cross the road into Tesco, Asda or Sainsbury (other supermarkets are available), think about bringing joy to sick children and their families this Easter and buy an extra egg to donate. You know it’s an egg-cellent idea, don’t you (sorry again)!

A reminder- your Easter Egg Donations can be:

• Delivered to Crawley Town reception during office hours
• Delivered to the CTSA cabin on matchdays
• Handed to a CTSA Official at away games

Chestnut Tree already has a thriving partnership with the football club. It is also the Crawley Town Supporters Alliance partner charity, and we will be looking at running joint events designed to raise money for the hospice and our football in the community projects. Look out for these in the near future- and learn more about the amazing work of Chestnut Tree below and at http://www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk

More about Chestnut Tree House Chestnut Tree House is the only children’s hospice in Sussex and cares for children and young adults from 0-19 years of age with progressive life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses from all over the county.

Completed in 2003, the hospice provides a ‘home from home’ environment with 10 children’s bedrooms plus eight family rooms, a wet and dry play area, computer and music rooms, a multi sensory room and hydrotherapy pool. The house is set in beautiful gardens within an area of outstanding natural beauty.

There are potentially 400 families with life-limited children in Sussex. Chestnut Tree House offers support for the whole family including psychological support, care in bereavement therapy, end of life and respite care and sibling support.

The hospice costs £2.5 million per year to run. Families are never charged for their care and less than 9p in evey pound is funded by the government, so we rely heavily on the generosity, help and support of the people of Sussex.