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The Circle G Foundation
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The Circle G Foundation - Mission Statement
To explore all opportunities to protect and preserve the elements at the Circle G Ranch connected to Elvis’ tenure at the property. To have his connection with the City of Horn Lake celebrated and commemorated and to continue his charitable and humanitarian legacy - his Circle G Ranch acting as our inspirational beacon.
PLAY YOUR PART......
The Circle G Foundation needs YOUR help as we try to raise funds to donate to our nominated cause this year which is music therapy and specifically the two charities we hope to be able to donate to Jessie’s Fund and Music Moves Mountains.
We are struggling to sell enough tickets to make our two day fundraising event viable and if this proves to be the case then we would still very much like to be able to make our annual charitable donation in Elvis’ name.
BUT….as a non-profit organisation we are not like businesses who organise events. We do not have money stashed away in a bank account to fall back on. WHY? Well, quite simply because every penny that is raised through ticket sales over the amount required to pay the event overheads is donated to charity in Elvis’ name. Over the years we are very proud to have raised over £10,000 donated to charitable causes and sponsored the Historic Marker at The Circle G Ranch…thank you to all of you who have supported us in doing that.
For the last 15 years we have funded the running costs of The Circle G Foundation from our own pockets along with overheads relating to decorations etc for events. We have never asked for help with this and will not do so.
This year we have worked really hard to put together an amazing two day event on 18th and 19th October. The problem we have is that support for the event has been poor and ticket sales slow. We realise that October feels a long way off BUT we have to pay the venue balance very soon.
If we do not raise sufficient funds in time for us to pay the balance due on the venue/food bill or we do not sell the required number of tickets to make the event viable then we will have no option but to cancel the event.
If we do have to make that decision WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE TWO MUSIC THERAPY CHARITIES WE HAVE FEATURED THIS YEAR. If sufficient funds are not raised to split between the two charities we hope to support (Jessie’s Fund and Music Moves Mountains) then the donation will go to The Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation.
PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING US…FOR ELVIS AND FOR HIS LEGACY
PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING US…FOR ELVIS AND FOR HIS LEGACY
THANK YOU.
PROMO VIDEO FOR THE EVENT
ENJOY THIS VIDEO - AND JOIN US FOR AN AMAZING FUNDRAISING EVENT.
CLICK THE LINK TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
WE NOW HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SATURDAY EVENING ONLY TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED PERIOD.
For more information and to buy tickets contact us at thecirclegfoundation@gmail.com
Tickets are selling and accommodation being booked (20% discount for ticket holders) so please don't miss out!
Birthday Week Flowers
Thank you for your donations
Thank you to everyone who donated towards our flowers for Birthday Week 2025. We have chosen the designs, one for Elvis and one for Lisa.
The Flowers will be delivered to Graceland on January 6th 2025.
Any money remaining when the flowers have been paid for will be donated to our charitable cause for 2024/2025 which is Music Therapy.
If you are visiting Graceland during Birthday Week - please look out for our floral tributes - and send us a photograph if you can.
Click on the link to watch this beautiful video produced by our Ambassador Rick Lowe at the Elvis a-z Youtube channel
https://youtu.be/cMNLV_utx2A?si=jmS89NA7sUN9LtCc
Happy 90th Birthday Elvis!
Floral tributes for Elvis and Lisa Marie
Thanks to generous donations from Circle G Foundation supporters we were able to send these two beautiful floral tributes to Graceland to celebrate Elvis' 90th birthday and to remember Lisa Marie.
The designs were made using our logo colours of white, purple and gold.
Thank you to all the team at Pugh's florists in Memphis for doing such a great job again.
The central picture is a closer look at Lisa's flowers before they left the florists. Thank you to everyone who donated and who send ut pictures of the flowers at Graceland.
2025 UK FUNDRAISING EVENT - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR OUR U.K. FUNDRAISING EVENT 2025
As you can see from the poster we have TWO fabulous days of ELVIS planned for you. ALL profits from ticket sales and the auction will be donated to our Nominated charities for 2024/2025 which are Jessie’s Fund and Music Moves Mountains – two AMAZING organisations providing music therapy to adults and children in the UK and the USA.
SATURDAY 18th OCTOBER 2025
Our two day event begins with a special film presentation by The Elvis Film Club, presented by Nick Dadd starting at 2pm on 18.10.25.
It’s Elvis party time in the evening 7.30 til late ….the theme is ‘Vegas Baby’ and the entertainment will be provided by Phil Shakespeare and his All Elvis Big Screen Disco. Our guests will arrive via our red carpet where our official event photographer will take your picture as a wonderful memory of the event and your ‘official photograph’ will be e mailed to you a few days after the event. There will be a delicious buffet, silent auction and our annual Circle G Foundation awards.
To end our fabulous weekend on Sunday 19th October 2025 at 2pm we are delighted that Shelly Powers will be joining us to talk about her book Remembering Elvis and all the fabulous ‘Elvis’ people she met in writing the book.
Andrew from Elvis Stuff will be with us for the two days so that you can buy some wonderful Elvis merchandise as a momento of your weekend and we will also have some special Elvis memorabilia on display from private collections.
The venue is The Holiday Inn Express, Sale Way, Leigh Sports Village WN7 4JY. This is a great location within easy reach of motorways and trains. The
entire event is being held at the hotel so once you arrive you have all the
entertainment on site. We have negotiated a GREAT discount of 20% off room prices and this INCLUDES breakfast. When you receive your tickets you’ll be given a link to book your accommodation with the 20% discount.
There is a pub up the road from the hotel and also a Morrisons just a couple of minutes walk away.. The hotel has a bistro where you can eat too.
TICKETS are £45 for the two days
25.5.25 FOR A LIMITED PERIOD WE HAVE SOME SATURDAY EVENING ONLY TICKETS AVAILABLE AT £35 EACH.
To buy your tickets please email us at thecirclegfoundation@gmail.com
Payment is via PayPal, bank credit or cheque.
Tickets will be emailed out when payment is received/cleared.
We know it seems a long way away but numbers are limited and tickets have started selling already. There are lots of great Elvis events happening in 2025 and we’ve planned ours not to clash with any that have already been announced. We hope you will join us for two days of ELVIS, ELVIS, ELVIS and all in support of our nominated charitable cause for 2024/2025 - Music Therapy.
Any questions please get in touch and we look forward to you joining us.
OUR CHARITABLE CAUSE FOR 2025
We are thrilled to announce that our nominated charitable cause for 2024/2025 is Music Therapy.
We have selected two organisations that will be the recipients of our donation in Elvis' name in late 2025 - so you've plenty of time to get involved!
CLICK THIS LINK TO WATCH A WONDERFUL VIDEO TELLING YOU MORE ABOUT THESE TWO WONDERFUL ORGANISATION
https://youtu.be/ZByxjvSLDOE?si=CBXhXiAAORx6Gtzg
These amazing organisations both do wonderful work and we hope you'll support our fundraising efforts so that we can make a generous donation to them at the end of 2025.
Elvis knew that music can be healing, restorative, comforting and inspirational....help us to continue his legacy and help others lead a more fulfilled life.
Thank you.
The Circle G Foundation Annual Awards
Winners announced May 11 2024
At our Annual UK Fundraising event we were delighted to announce the winners of our Annual Awards. We are delighted to introduce Emily Sullivan, the winner of our Elvis Presley Rising Sun Memorial Award 2024. Emily is a truly inspiring young lady. Emily has benefited from equine therapy which has changed her life….and all because she loves Elvis and saw a documentary about his love of horses. That was enough to inspire Emily and she has worked so hard and has achieved amazing things that have improved the quality of her life on so many levels. Sadly (in the best award ceremony tradition) Emily could not be with us to accept her award on Saturday night but her award will be sent to her in the USA and we will post pictures of her with it as soon as we have them. Congratulations Emily and thank you for loving Elvis
Congratulations to Christine Frain the winner of our Gary Pepper Memorial Award 2024 ; a lady who despite her own health issues is a regular volunteer at a Dementia and Alzheimer’s support group. We’ve been told she lifts everyone’s spirits with her infectious personality - as you can see from this picture from our fundraising event on Saturday. Christine truly embodies the qualities we aspire to find in the winners of our Gary Pepper Memorial Award…which recognises an individual who has shown the true Elvis spirit, whether that be someone battling against adversity, striving and succeeding against the odds or an individual who has made another persons life better by their kindness. Many congratulations Christine from all of us at The Circle G Foundation.
At our Fundraiser on Sat 11th May, we also presented a special award…..The Circle G Foundation If I Can Dream Award 2024. This is given to an individual or organisation who we feel has contributed to society and who deserves special recognition. This award goes to two ladies Marlene Chadwick and Sandra Ashcroft -Co Founders of Happy Timers. Their organisation enables people living with dementia and their carers to take a welcome break from day to day life, enjoy some mental stimulation and enter into activities. This not only reduces social isolation but helps people remain valued members of their community. They now have several groups running and have about 70 people attending. They have live music and a meal and have around 25 volunteers. Well done Marlene and Sandra….worthy winners of our Circle G Foundation If I Can Dream Award.
Because we received such great nominations for our awards we decided that we would also recognise 6 individuals by awarding them our Circle G Foundation Medals of Appreciation. These will be sent to the following worthy recipients. Beth Dixon in Memphis, Benjamin Price here in the U.K., Stephen Shutts in Nashville and Lyn Friel in Northern Ireland along with two ladies who joined us on Saturday night at our fundraising event Anne Foy and Marie Harris
Watch out for news of how you can nominate someone for our 2025 awards
2024 Nominated Causes Donations
Two Charities Benefit from our 2024 Fundraising
Following our fundraising event in May this year we made donations to two organisations. The major donation of £1000 went to a ‘grass roots’ support group working with people living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, their carers and families. We also made a donation of £100 to Alzheimer’s UK who amongst other things are working towards medical advances for the treatment of the disease.
To donate to our charitable cause Paypal thecirclegfoundation@gmail.com
The Circle G Foundation Round Up Newsletter
Our New Quarterly Newsletter
In June 2023 we launched the first issue of our Circle G Foundation Round Up Newsletter.
If you would like to have a copy e mailed to you and wish to add your name to our subscription list all you have to do is email us at thecirclegfoundation@gmail.com....Easy
Get involved....it'll be fun!
Our Patron
We are proud to announce.....
Elvis’ first cousin Donna Presley has graciously accepted our invitation to become the Patron of The Circle G Foundation. Donna has been a long time supporter of our cause and has been a wonderful advocate for what we are working to do in Elvis’ name.
Donna is one of the remaining blood relatives who actually lived on the ranch during Elvis’ ownership and as such she is perfectly placed to understand how important it is to commemorate Elvis’ time there. Donna was present at our Dedication of the State Historic Marker we sponsored at the ranch in September 2021 and has continued to be a great support to us.
What’s next?
The campaign continues…….
Obviously when our campaign to save Elvis’ Circle G Ranch began in 2010 we had no idea that the journey would be such a difficult one. We have encountered problems, delays and let downs along the way BUT WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.
We continue to explore all avenues and we do have plans that we will be pursuing during 2024 and beyond
Elvis inspires us.
We are first and foremost Elvis fans, just like you, and as such we will do all we can to ensure his time at the ranch, which was so important at a very significant period in his life, is not allowed to be forgotten.
Please keep checking back for updates……
A State Historic Marker
September 8 2021
We are so very proud that on Sept 8 2021 we were able to erect a Mississippi State Historic Marker at Elvis’ Circle G Ranch. This was made possible by the love and support of Elvis’ fans from around the world. The dedication ceremony was attended by The Mayor Of Horn Lake and Elvis’ first cousin Donna Presley.
We hope this is just the beginning……..
This is the link to our video that gives you more info on the ranch and The Circle G Foundation and features the dedication ceremony on Sept 8 2021
More Giving in Elvis’ name
The Circle G Foundation is very proud to continue Elvis’ charitable legacy by making donations to good causes in Elvis’ name.
Over the years The Circle G Foundation has donated to
The Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation.
Heartland Hands Food Bank
Red Cross Hawaii Disaster Fund
Papyrus Suicide Prevention.
MAPP Crohns Research
St Jude’s Research Hospital for Children (Memphis)
Cancer Research
Heart Research
Red Cross Ukrainian Aid Fund
Donations via Paypal - thecirclegfoundation@gmail.com
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