Advice needed please for thank you speech - phobia of public speaking

[fakeblondie]

Hi
Im going to a charity event soon and the lady who organises it every year is brilliant - she raises thousands for charity and the evening is always enjoyed by all. I am in a position where i am expected to say something and i need to stand up and say thank you to this lady for all her hard work. I would really appreciate any tips on what to say . I cannot tell you how much this scares me - i feel shallow and embarrassed that i feel like this in the wake of other such problems people face every day - however i really cant even think straight enough to write down something suitable. I wake up panicking and feel sick all day . I need to address the room and say on behalf of myself and everyone else basically thank you for arranging the event, which she does every year , and raises masses of money for breakthro . Just a couple of heart felt sentences because she deserves something lovely to be said , not me a fumbling red faced wreck looking at the floor ! If i find the right few words it will give me the confidence to deliver them im sure.
Thanks in advance x

My husband was in a bit of a state when he was asked by his brother to be his best man last year. We found a really good website (can't remember it but you can google) on best man speaches & took the best lines for a dozen or so different ones to make his up and changed the words around a little so that it was more personal to the couple. You could google for some thing similar & see what it comes up with, you never know what you might find. He then praticed it over & over again until he knew it off by heart that way he could deliver it without looking at his notes & improvise if he needed to.
Hope this helps a little

Thanks-yes i`ve googled and there are lots of thank you speeches-i could pinch a few lines from each .

fakeblondie glad I could help good luck with the speach