FP fan charity fundraising 2010

[Sapphire]

The cooks among us teamed up in several kitchens to make fruit chutneys, pies and other desserts to sell at our local farmers' markets. We all enjoyed cooking together and selling on our stalls and netted a profit in excess of £500. Much of the fruit used came from the Fiction Plane orchard. Cool eh?

[yvie]

Did we really Sapphire? That's much more than I had expected, Well done everyone!

My sister's company sponsored a firework display and party this Nov 5th and donated the profits to our Alzheimer's Association appeal. It was a fabulous nite and I have £445 to forward to the charity. My thanks to Dickinson's Media and everyone who joined us on the nite.

[hermione]

I love Guy Fawkes night. Thanks for inviting me to your 'do' Yvie. I had a blast!!

I have some cash for our kitty also - £265.00 collected in donations following a backstage tour I organised in Stratford. This included a sneak preview of the main theatre currently under renovation, a talk about all of the RSC theatres and the company, and a chance to meet some of the cast during rehearsals of Roald Dahl's Matilda which opens later this month. Looking forward to seeing that!

[harembee]

Nov 2, 2010 17:49:55 GMT -5 Sapphire said:

The cooks among us teamed up in several kitchens to make fruit chutneys, pies and other desserts to sell at our local farmers' markets. We all enjoyed cooking together and selling on our stalls and netted a profit in excess of £500. Much of the fruit used came from the Fiction Plane orchard. Cool eh?

I loved the team cooking days, so much fun! ;D

[harembee]

Nov 8, 2010 10:43:36 GMT -5 yvie said:

Did we really Sapphire? That's much more than I had expected, Well done everyone!

My sister's company sponsored a firework display and party this Nov 5th and donated the profits to our Alzheimer's Association appeal. It was a fabulous nite and I have £445 to forward to the charity. My thanks to Dickinson's Media and everyone who joined us on the nite.

I had a great time. Just Love fireworks! ;D

[harembee]

Nov 11, 2010 18:37:11 GMT -5 hermione said:

I love Guy Fawkes night. Thanks for inviting me to your 'do' Yvie. I had a blast!!

I have some cash for our kitty also - £265.00 collected in donations following a backstage tour I organised in Stratford. This included a sneak preview of the main theatre currently under renovation, a talk about all of the RSC theatres and the company, and a chance to meet some of the cast during rehearsals of Roald Dahl's Matilda which opens later this month. Looking forward to seeing that!

Sorry to have missed the tour. I used to live in Stratford and work at the theatre. I do miss it sometimes. Must take a trip there next summer. Thanks Hermione.

[harembee]

Everyone ready for the 'Strictly Charity Dancing' comp this weekend? Me? Help - I still can't tango!

[saxman]

My quick-step has to be seen to be believed HB!

Insanity led a few of us to do this to raise a few quid recently....

[lucielou]

That's a REAL shark, right??? You guys are amazing. Totally nuts but amazing!

Sorry I can't be at the dancehall tonite. Best of luck to you all!!

[lucielou]

As you can tell, I'm a bit of a wimp and couldn't go alone, but would like to experience a jungle environment. I plan to talk to our harembee as she's a bit of a Jungle Jane but was wondering if anyone has any ideas. I mean, could we do a sponsored something, in the jungle somewhere, sometime?

[francesca]

I'm a charity fundraiser, get me out of here!!!!??

[harembee]

Definitely not Chessie. Don't even get me started on expressing my views on that dreadful programme! I would happily organize something if you'd like me to though Lucielou, especially if we can get a group together. We could stay in a rainforest, trek through one, visit a tribal community, work on a conservation project... Let me know what you would like to do. I'm definitely in!

[fictionplaner]

Bee, have I told you lately how amazing you are?

[harembee]

Awww, how nice! ....
Or did you mean to say crazy rather than amazing? ;D

[harembee]

The FPF are hanging up their fundraising hats until 2011. Here are the details of all the events held and the monies raised....

for The Rainforest Foundation
Hermione’s carousel weekend £920
Bee’s Gambia bird-watch £1,000
Francesca’s bridal show £1,435
Lily & Jez’s garage sale £1,000
Bee’s rainforest talks & workshops £470
Lily’s fun-run £450
Principessa’s Chelsea Flower Show day £520
Saxman’s Richmond Hill gig £350
Yvie’s African evening £180
Jez’s 90’s music night £525
Woody’s stock market flutter £1,500
Woody’s bunjee jump £800
Yvie’s Bollywood evening £300
Bee’s Jack the Ripper night £320
Francesca's winter fashion show £1,230
Emma's table-top sale £225
Skye's London to Edinburgh cycle ride £2,060
October total: £13,055
plus.....
Lucielou's raffle £45
2010 total: £13,100


for Alzheimer’s Association /Alzheimer’s Society
Francesca’s evening with Michael Palin £900
Lily’s ladies’ pampering day £335
Bee’s solstice breakfast £230
Lily & Jez’s garage sale £1,000
Principessa’s gardening £265
Saxman’s Mount Snowden climb £2,000
Yvie’s ice-cream sales £840
Saxman’s Richmond Hill gig £380
Jez’s quadbiking afternoon £140
Jez’s 80’s music night £480
Jez’s paintballing afternoon £155
Anonymous donation £1,000
Nuala’s raffle £40
Principessa’s plant sales £170
Woody’s stock market flutter £1,500
Eaglealan’s Shropshire hill climb £160
Romilly's Memory Walk - York £115
Woody's Memory Walk - London £235
Bee's Memory Walk - Woodsford Valley, Wiltshire £130
Bonniescottie's Memory Walk - Isle of Skye £105
Francesca's winter fashion show £1,000
Woody's cider brewery afternoon £185
October total: £11,365
plus....
Yvie's firework party £445
Team farmers markets produce sales £510
2010 total: £12,320

for Save The Children
Bee’s paragliding flight £1,000
Hermione’s ‘Abigail’s Party’ production £1,055
Francesca’s auction of promises £775
Lily & Jez’s garage sale £1,000
Lily’s duck race £200
Sapphire’s cake sales £150
Nuala’s car boot sale £95
Saxman’s coracle race £790
Saxman’s Richmond Hill gig £375
Principessa’s Kew Gardens day £385
Jez’s 70’s music night £400
Matt’s parachute jump £1,020
Yvie’s scarecrow competition £445
Bee & Peter’s garden party £200
Eaglealan’s Shropshire golf day £265
Woody’s stock market flutter £1,500
Yvie’s bucket-shake £120
Hermione’s bucket-shake £215
Violetvixen’s horseracing day £460
Bee’s Tuscan BBQ £270
Francesca's winter fashion show £1,000
Lucie's sponsored swim £80
October total: £11,800
plus.....
Sara's book sale £55
2010 total: £11,855

for British Red Cross
Matt & Woody’s bucket-shake £210
Violetvixen’s sculpture workshops £325
Bee & Sapphire’s bucket-shake £145
Jez's rally car racing day £170
Matt's car valeting day £235
Bee's Ceremony of the Keys night £635
Celticcerys's Lake Vernwy cycle ride £310
Bee's Wolf day £160
Principessa's fungi foray £120
Hermione's murder mystery day £515
Sapphire's jewellery fair £370
Francesca's winter fashion show £1,000
FPF team whitewater rafting £7,250
Lily & Jez's wedding donation £725
October total: £12,850
plus....
Lucielou's car boot sale £110
2010 total: £12,960

for Action For Children *newly added charity*
FPF team Great North Runs £6,465
Bee's Shropshire Teddy Bears' picnic £225
Nuala's jumble sale £245
October total: £6,935
plus...
Yvie's firework party £265
Team Strictly Charity Dancing competition £3,410
2010 total: £10,610

We also donated an amazing 112 shoe boxes full of Christmas gifts to Link Romania.

My sincere thanks to everyone who sponsored us, donated gift-filled shoe boxes, money, gift vouchers, goods or their time to help us support these wonderful organisations,

to Fiction Plane for helping us choose which charities to support this year,

and of course the biggest thanks of all to the team themselves: Hermione, Lily, Yvie, Francesca, Sapphire, Nuala, Principessa, Violetvixen, lucielou, Emma, Bonniescottie, Skye, Romilly, Celticcerys, Sara, Fictionplaner, Saxman, Jez, Woody, Matt and Eaglealan. Your generosity and dedication makes me with happiness!

I look forward to fundraising with you all again in 2011!!