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I am pleased to announce that this year we have raised £3300 for our
nominated charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Our target was
£5000, the amount required to sponsor a dog throughout its working life, so
it was agreed at the AGM that Quills would donate a further £1700 from club
funds to top that up. We have now heard that we have been able to
sponsor 'Foggy'.
Our first fundraising event was the June Quiz, which raised £400. The
Quiz night on 2nd November saw another £400 added to this
year's total. Thanks go to Anita Brooks for hosting the evenings and
providing all the questions and the committee and helpers for organising the
evening, providing cakes and raffle prizes, etc.
Our main event of the summer was the Barn Dance. The hall was
packed to the rafters for this September Harvest Supper celebration which
raised £500. Thanks go to Pauline Hearn and her team for organising
an excellent event.
Pauline has also been busy using her artistic talents to further the
fundraising drive. Her beautiful handmade Christmas cards have been
very popular and have raised £200, and her skill with a needle led to a
donation of £150 when Pauline produced a tapestry for a publishing company
in double-quick time.
A collection outside the Ipswich Town football ground before and after
the match raised nearly £200 - thank you to all the collectors involved.
Thanks to all of you who have supported or donated prizes to our club
night raffles. The total raised from club nights, including donations
from speakers on the sale of goods during the evening, was in the region of
£350.
Finally we would like to offer a big thank you to Shaun Whymark who has
passed to us the £1080 he has raised for Hearing Dogs to add to our total.
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