First of all we'll like to apologise for the lack of blogging recently. Our communications expert has been revising for GCSEs and has had other Scouting committments.
During the month of April we took part in many fundraising events from bag packing to a massive district campfire.
Bag Packing
We have done various bag packing events with cake sales along side them.
Some of us went down to hobbycraft to bag pack, sell cakes and paracord.
We also went down to B&Q, Tesco and Sainsburys to do mass bag packing.
Here are the totals we raised:
B&Q: £105.41
Hobbycraft: £139.64
Tesco: £234.52
Sainsburys: £393.50
Car Washing
Over the past few months car washing has seemed a rather popular thing to raise money for Japan. It's quick, requires minimal organisation and we get a massive response from the community.
Every other month/every month we run a car wash down at the Hiltingbury Rec Car Park on a Saturday morning.
During April we made £160.00 from car washing!
We charge £5 a car and that includes a free hot drink - bare that in mind for next time when you are passing!
District Campfire
On Friday 2nd May we hosted a massive district campfire for the Chandlers Ford District. It was mainly for Beavers and Cubs but we spotted a few explorers hiding in the audience!
We sold paracord bracelets, jelly bean neckers with smiley face woggles, glow sticks, hot dogs and hot drinks. It was a £1 per person to get in and we had a massive response.
Everyone enjoy the evening and a few of us woke everyone up by singing the popular campfire song 'Everywhere We Go'.
Thank you to those who came to the campfire! We hope to do another one in September!
PS - We are waiting for some pictures from the campfire to be sent to us!
St. George's Day Parade
Due to the weather we couldn't sell any cakes at St. Georges Day Parade but instead we gave out leaflets with information on our future events. Publicity is growing!
Waitrose
We now have a box at Waitrose in Chandlers Ford to enable those that shop there to donate their green token into our box. Visit http://www.waitrose.com/ for more details.
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Monday, 10 March 2014
B&Q collection and Jelly Bean Necker Sales
Well the weekend just gone, 8th - 9th March, was a busy one because we had people fundraising in 2 places, from collections in B&Q in Eastleigh to selling neckers at a campsite in Lyndhurst.
A number of scouts went down to B&Q in Eastleigh to help do some bag packing and walk around with collection buckets explaining the worthy cause that customers were donating to. £105.41 was made during this event so well done to those who were collecting that day!
One of the explorers, James, went camping for the weekend with a local scout troop - the one that he volunteers at as a young leader. He took along some jelly bean neckers to the campsite hoping to sell them to scouts and guides (because they were camping at Foxlease, guides swarmed the place)! The neckers were a great hit with the scouts and he sold out within a matter of minutes! £27 was raised so well done James!
Beaver Cinema Night - 7th March
As part of support from local scout groups, a beaver colony from the 4th Chandlers Ford had a cinema night to raise funds for Japan!
Ben and Victoria were the Jamboree representatives that night.
£98.85 was raised and thank you to those who kindly donated during this event!
The picture below is of Ben and Victoria presenting a PowerPoint about the Jamboree and the cinema night.
County Quiz - 1st March
Last Saturday, 1st March, a number of scouts went down to help out at the county support quiz down at the 3rd Chandlers Ford Scout Hut.
It was a tremendous effort from the scouts which resulted in £167.61 being added to the Japan Fund!
They helped cook the food, wait on the quiz contestants and sell a number of jelly bean neckers!
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Making Neckers
So the mums and a few scouts are making fun jelly bean neckers this afternoon as a fundraiser! We'll sell them to Scouts or any other member of the Scouting District as a fun necker that looks funky and is fun to wear!
Car Washing - 8th Feb 2014
Good progress when washing cars today despite the bad weather!
Raised £61.26!
Friday, 7 February 2014
Car Washing - Tomorrow
A quick fundraising update!
We are car washing from 9:30 till 12:00 tomorrow at the 4th Chandlers Ford Scout Hut, Hiltingbury Road. Cost is £5 and you'll get a reliable scouting service!
Come and support us by letting us wash your car!
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