FIRST ANNIVERSARY!

 

What an eventful year it’s been too!  Writing on 3rd January, I’m pleased to say that in our first year, we have amassed over £45,000 actually in the Bank. This is a tremendous result, and we are deeply grateful to all who have given so generously of their CASH, their TIME and their TALENTS!

 

We plan to mark the actual Anniversary (19th February) with an open meeting in St. Mary’s Room at 7.30 p.m. This will be a regular working meeting, but with a glass of something to celebrate, and if you’ve never been to one of these very popular and well attended meetings, then do come, and we’ll make you very welcome. Leading up to the Anniversary we thought of having an

f f f

 

“What’s  f f f  ?”, we hear you cry!

 

Well, in music it means very loud, but we thought we could make it mean a

 

Fast Fundraising Fortnight!

 

Wouldn’t it be good if we can get the Appeal total up to half way by the Anniversary date? Why not root out that loose change from the tray on the dressing table? What about those New Year Resolutions? Give the appeal £5 if you’ve managed to keep them so far – or £10 if you’ve broken them already !

 

If you’ve been meaning to send in a donation, but haven’t got round to it yet, then please send it now (and if you can GIFT AID it so much the better – the tax re-claimable drops by 2p in the £1 from April !)

Please catch the spirit of the f f f and see if in a very short time we can raise the couple of thousand we need to establish a record-breaking result for St Mary’s and the Appeal. You could add the extra “f ” and make it FUN as well. Meanwhile, we’re breaking new ground with direct Appeals to the FTSE 250 companies, and starting the complex and detailed work applying to trusts and Grant Making Bodies. This is invisible work, but time consuming and could produce really good results.

 

At the same time there are more Events to enjoy and raise more money :

There’s the PUDDINGS PARTY in St Mary’s Room on 23rd February and the Appeal Committee have agreed to provide and serve the MU Dinner on 5th March. The Grand AUCTION OF PROMISES is on 28th March and we’re looking forward to fixing the date for a GARDEN  PARTY at the home of Wendy and Ivor Drake in Clifford, in the Summer!

 

We also hope soon to have more information from the Architect and the Organ Builder, so you see there is a lot happening.

 

Happy Anniversary!

 

John and Liz