For every £1 we raise, we have another £1 to match it from our charitable benefactors, up to £20,000 with a deadline of the end of September. So how are we doing?
Well, we're doing ok. We still have some way to go, so need to be busy over the summer, particularly selling tickets for our Grand Draw, but we are on somewhere around £13,000 so far.
That is assuming a £6,000 profit on the Donkey Derby last week. We still have some incoming funds and some outgoing expenses on that, and will have for some time, so the Donkey Derby money is only an estimate at the moment, but based on previous years and our knowledge of how successful the event was this year, it is probably not far off.
On the Grand Draw, we've sold somewhere close to £700-worth of tickets. We need to sell a LOT more over the next 2-3 months. If anyone can help, please don't hesitate to contact us.
The Smartie Challenge was a fantastic success, raising a total of about £950! The rest of the money has come from the Barn Dance, back packing, donations etc. that have been coming in through the year.
Some main fundraising activities coming up are:
- Litter picking at Netley Marsh Steam Fair on the weekend of 24th July.
- Selling tickets for the Grand Draw - anywhere and everywhere. Everyone wants a chance to win £500, so it is pretty easy to sell a ticket for just 50p a chance. Or a book for £2.50 for that matter!
- We're looking at running another bag packing session later in the year - previous sessions have raised well over £1,000.
- 4 September is our Group boating day, combined with a Hampshire Wildlife Trust open day at Testwood Lakes - we'll be doing things like sponsored boating, serving food etc., so we hope to raise a fair amount that day. And I guess we'll be looking to sell lots more draw tickets then too!
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