Fund-raising
for the Restoration
With
the completion of the restoration of the North roofs of
All Saints in sight, the Restoration Committee is
now turning its thoughts towards the restoration of the
South roof. As usual £250 000 seems just as an
impossible amount to raise as the previous two targets
have seemed. However
the last two months have seen many enjoyable and
profitable events which will encourage us all to reach
our next target. In
June we held the Summer Lunch, which you read about in
the last edition of ‘Community’. This raised
£200. The Cream Tea, hosted by Audrey and John Little
raised a further £220 and the concert given by the
Choristers of Canterbury Cathedral raised £300. The
Summer Fete was a great success despite the onset of
heavy rain about 3.30pm. In fact the rain helped because
many people visiting the River Festival, came into the
church to shelter and bought up all the remaining
refreshments. The whole event raised £1352. We
have also had on-going fund-raising activities, like the
‘Smarties’ initiative which has raised over
£500 and the tubes are still being returned full of
money. The Saturday Market has now become something
of an institution for many regular supporters and during
the last six months has raised another thousand pounds.
In all it has raised £7400. I
would like to thank all of you who have made these
amounts a possibility. Some of you help each week and
some when you can and all is greatly appreciated. But
that is not the end………….. We
have more events and activities in the pipeline. Many of
the Thursday Lunchtime concerts add to the Restoration
Fund and the Committee is planning a new initiative now
that just about all the Smarties have been
consumed. If
any of you have heard from friends of a good idea for an
event please pass the information on to the Committee.
The events above raised approximately £3600, which
is just 1.5% of what we need to restore the South
roofs. Mary Shaw |