I seem to be playing a lot of bridge lately. Today was a charity event at a friend's house (guess who won . . .).
Our friend has decided to run a fund-raising event a week for a year to mark a 50th anniversary. All proceeds to be donated to their favourite charities. I just thought I would mention it as a remarkable example of what people do, or what people can do.
One week is a 24-hour tennis marathon. Then a bake and sell fair. A non-stop long-distance walk. The family gave up Christmas dinner to serve soup at the local homeless charity. Her daughter wore a giraffe onesie for a week (I'm sorry I missed that one actually - worth sponsoring I should think). And of course they were sponsored by friends and local traders throughout.
They issue a newsletter ever month to keep us all abreast of their goings-on. So, today was the bridge tea. We had a break at 4pm for sandwiches, scones, tea bread, eclairs, meringues, and five different sorts of sponge cake. Phew! I didn't get round to the sandwiches before I was full up and feeling a bit queasy. But today's newsletter announced that they had so far (half way through their year) raised £12,000! Whatever would they have got if it wasn't a recession!!
Here's her house by the way.
The roof is just being redone. The house next door is also thatched.
It's actually a very tiny village with only a couple of other houses. This is the modern one, built in the late 18th century.
Wonderful social work . Congratulations to you being the winner of the day .
ReplyDeleteMakes up for a week of miserable results. Yes, admirable isn't it.
DeleteI have a lot of admiration for people who do so much work for charity.
ReplyDeleteThey have a beautiful house, I love thatched roofs.
Me too, MItch. What really amazed me though was the sum they had raised. I know from my own work how hard it is to extract money from people. They must surely have a wide range of contacts (or a few very wealthy friends).
DeleteWhere would they find workmen who still know how to thatch a roof? Now you have given me an idea for how we can celebrate our 50th anniversary.....donations to the food bank and/or plant a tree.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see that the thatcher came from Petersfield, where I used to live. I think your ideas for celebrations are so much better than you wearing a giraffe onesie for a week, Karen.
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