Thank You To Some Special Fundraisers

Some ways in which you have helped us in 2007:

Leeds Half Marathon

Debra Graham and Lucy Carey ran in the Leeds Half Marathon and raised £1300!! Thank you.

Sponsored Cycle Ride

Debra Graham, Kaye Tschanschek, Hayley Ellis and Krystyna Gadd cycled over 50 miles to raise £437.50 in the Pedal for Pounds sponsored cycle ride. Thank you.

City to Surf (Australia)

Jane and Patrick Amerio ran 10 miles from Sydney to Bondi Beach to raise £256.00. Thank you

Abbey Dash

Mike and Louise Akeroyd ran in this 10k race in Leeds and raised £110.00. Thank you

Ruby Wedding

Michael and Valerie Burton asked guests at their wedding anniversary celebration to give donations instead of buying gifts. They raised over £500.00!!Thank you

Margaret MacMillan Primary School

The children paid £1 and dressed in costume for an "International Day" and raised £280.10 Thank you

Howden C of E Primary

We were again invited to the Harvest Festival Assembly and £81.00 was collected in donations. Thank you

The Garden Party Summer 2007

Thank you to all of you who stayed with us on such a dreadful day to help us raise over £5000.

Waitrose Weekend

Waitrose in Otley allowed us to sell our Gift Certificates and collect donations on a busy weekend in November. We collected £562.39.

Thank you to all our helpers on those 2 days:
Debra Graham, Lucy Carey, Jenny Sheard, Wendy Duncalf, Michelle & Matthew Bolton, Julie Hopwood and Kevin Gordon.
Thanks also to Mike Farrell and Mike Cooper, managers at Waitrose.

 

News of Garrie and Margaret's Recent Trip to Africa

Detailed diary entries from the trip can be found in our African Diary 2007 section.

 

How We Spent Your Donations

Now that the visit is completed here is a reminder of how your donations have helped us to help:

• Provide a home and education for 33 abused, neglected and/or orphaned children
• Provide an education centre for over 60 disadvantaged teenagers.
• Provide school materials and teachers at a charity school for 55 secondary pupils.
• Provide food and clothes for 100 families affected by HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.
• Provide maize and rice to 40 grandmothers caring for over 100 children whose crops have been ruined by floods in Zambia.
• Provide a sewing machine and materials to 20 members of a women's group to help create an income generating activity.
• Provide food, soap and clothing to 50 families supporting relatives in hospital.

THANK YOU