Re: Cancer Care Fundraising
I'd just like to update you all on my progress so far with this because I am a big believer in keeping people well informed!
I've organised a charity night at university in one of the college bars to be held on February 26th. Yes, short notice, perhaps I'm slightly crazy but I've never been afraid of a challenge!
We're having a charity raffle, a fancy dress competition in the theme of pirates, which is a popular theme for student nights so the idea is that people will already have costumes, and live music.
Local businesses and larger chain businesses have been supporting us with raffle prizes and I currently have bath sets, food vouchers, a gym pass, flowers, teddy bears, fancy dress items just to name a few!
I'm EXTREMELY excited and I'm just hoping people attend our events. I met up with the fundraising co-ordinator from Cancer Care today to pick up sweatshirts with their logo on as well as collection boxes and she was extremely encouraging and excited about my event and she'll be attended to decide upon the best pirate of the evening.
It is amazing how it is all coming together.
This is a LOCAL charity which is very much dependent on people like me organising these events and it is a massively important cause which helps all sorts of people. Just the other day I saw a gentleman volunteering his time and car for the charity as a volunteer driver and the charity pays for things like petrol and they drive elderly people to and from hospital and such, and they're just invaluable.
I care very much about this cause and I hope people want to support me in raising funds for this cause.
I'm hoping I can raise at least £200, a modest but substantial amount considering the time I've got to pull this all together. If everyone I knew donated £1 then I'd make so much money, even just 50p, but for postage donations I wouldn't make very much money once I'd paid for the stamp.
Thanks for the time it has taken for you to read my long message anyway, I do get carried away when I get excited!
Last edited by Mick; 12-02-2009 at 13:08.
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