MFC Foundation are holding a Memorabilia Exhibition this week.
After the huge success of last year’s exhibition, Joslin Rhodes at Preston Farm has ‘teamed up’ again with MFC Foundation to host another Football Memorabilia Memory Room Exhibition.
Running over two days (Mon 17 April - Tues 18 April) this event is to raise awareness and much needed funds for the amazing work the Foundation does in relation to Dementia and the issues facing local people affected by the condition.
Doors open at 6pm on Monday with Boro legend Alan Peacock ‘kicking off’ the event with his own memory box containing memorabilia gathered throughout his prestigious career. The football-based project was created following Alan’s own Dementia diagnosis.
The exhibition is part of Roary's Big Week with the aim being to spread the word about the Foundation and hopefully raise funds along the way.
As part of the week, the Central Library, the water fountains outside the Town Hall, the Town Hall itself and the Newport Bridge, will, from time to time, be lit in red.
AM Recruitment are hosting a networking coffee morning at their Grange Business Centre headquarters on Belasis Avenue in Billingham on Tuesday from 9 until 11, then on Wednesday a group of intrepid souls are cycling from Hull City’s MKM Stadium to the Riverside, arriving in time for the 8pm kick-off between the two teams.
The route is around 100 miles and each of the riders has been sponsored.
Earlier that afternoon there is a Walking Football Tournament and bucket collection at our Herlingshaw Centre.
Two days later, on Friday, several schools around the region have agreed to allow their pupils to dress in red, while the annual Middlesbrough College Business 5-a-side tournament takes place on the external all-weather pitches at the college’s complex, each team having paid an entry fee to take part.
All funds raised across the week will help us continue our work across the communities of Teesside, for the young in age and young at heart.