It is Down's syndrome awareness week 4th - 10th June and to mark the awareness week we are doing a Balloon launch on Sat 9th June at the local church fete ( which is celebrating the church's 750 years )

We will be there from 11pm - 4pm and it is taking place at Cooper and Jordan School field ( behind the main school ) The Green, Aldridge

The balloon that travels the furthest will a prize of a day at Hoar Cross Hall in Leicestershire

You can now buy a balloon online, if you wish to do this remember to leave you name and contact details

This year Down's syndrome Awareness week is focusing on employment of people with DS. Can I encourage you to vote for this amazing fire station in the US who employ Mark who has DS. Everytime you vote the station will also get a $1 and we would really love them to win the competition to help raise awareness about DS

Read all the details here and you only need an email address to vote and you can vote more than once with a different email address. Help make you vote make a difference

http://web.firedog.com/acrossamerica/finalist.aspx?fi=6

Please forward this link on to as many people as you know and help this firestation win

Just a reminder that PROUD is on Saturday 5th May 2pm - 4pm at The Hothouse, Myatt Avenue, Aldridge

We look forward to seeing you there