Three
Open Gardens Raise £854.00 (updated) For Changing Faces
To
Our Dear Friends Old & New
Here
is the report on
our very successful day on Sunday 28th June in raising an
astonishing amount of money for the charity Changing Faces
( www.changingfaces.org.uk
).
Joanne
and myself are deeply indebted to our family and friends for all the
support that they have given over the years to raise some fantastic
money for this brilliant charity, this year was no exception! A
grand total of £756.00 has been raised from all three gardens.
I
would just like to start by mentioning a few names and I sincerely
hope that I won't forget anybody, if I do please forgive me as there
were so many people involved in making this such a fantastic day.
I
would like to thank David Beeton of the Le Strange Cottages for
opening his beautiful garden yet again this year, several people
remarked on how much they had enjoyed seeing the exotic plants along
with some wonderful Hostas in his large garden. It must have been
quite a challenge for David as he had suffered an injury to his leg
earlier in the year and not only that had lost one his dear friends,
Fred Bissett just recently. I must also mention a big thank you to
Maureen who helped David on the day.
I
am sure all of those people who wandered round to 34a Kenwood Road
would have been greeted with a wonderful reception from Stephanie
Smeaton & Mo Wright. I
understand from Stephanie who came round to our house on Monday
evening that both her and Mo had really enjoyed the whole event and
they had kept everyone happy with their cream teas. There is also a
special mention to Pat Barrow who kindly helped at Kenwood Road.
Thank you everyone for all that you did, I am really grateful!
Here
in The Drift we had our close family and friends to help as usual. I
started the day by putting the paste tables out and would like to
thank Christine, Thelma and her friend for arranging the tables with
all of the bric-a-brac. We
have two wonderful OAP's who help us each year. Roy Carter arrived
just before 2pm to take up his place as the man on the gate and he
was taking the admission fees and Vera Dawkin was inside the house
cutting the cakes for the refreshments that had been provided for
those who required them. Many thanks to both of you for your
kindness and for all the hard work you did.
Meanwhile
I would like to say a special thanks to Jean & David Worrell
(Joanne's parents) who have been working weeks ahead of this event
by making and freezing cakes, providing fresh vegetables, making the
tea's and running the tombola. I really don't know how we would
manage without you, you're wonderful people. Thank you both!
And
finally may we thank all of you very dear people who faithfully
support us each year by giving prizes, plants, bric-a-brac and for
the generous donations that have always been given, some of which
have been posted through our door anonymously. This whole event
wouldn't be possible without your support and kindness and we do
really appreciate all that you've done.
Thank
you so much, we look forward to perhaps seeing you all again next
June?
With
all good wishes
David
& Joanne
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