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After doing the latest fundraising event it has definitely shown me what community really means, everyone in my village of Cilgerran and surroundings areas seem to be getting more and more generous! I’ve had some astounding donations, including people I have only met once! But most importantly to me , my family who have all worked hard for me (especially my poor Mum and Dad! So I would like to give a big shout out to every one that came on Saturday 7th April, to everyone that donated raffle prizes and money, I appreciate everything and I understand how tight everything is. With the Sponsored Charity Coracle Run we managed to raise over £700 pounds, I have also had a day out of school uniform, and we sold cakes, £60 split between me and another charity, all together with all the sponsors I’ve managed nearly £2,900! But I can’t stress enough, how grateful I am to everyone! I couldn’t ask for a better community! It most definately hasn’t come without its stresses though, but I know it will all be worth it in the end.

For the Coracle Run we arranged for 10 men to go down in their coracles down the river for 8-9 miles which took about 5 hours. I made sure we advertised heavily, with posters, Facebook and word of mouth. Before they set off in Cenarth to start the run I went round with buckets explaining what I will be doing and all about Lattitude, if you want the donations and sponsorship, you need to be prepared to go out there and talk to people. We then held a raffle, barbecue and disco in the local pub The Cardiff Arms (Thankyou Lucy and Rich!).

 

I also want to give the Lattitude team in Reading a big thankyou for the fantastic opportunity of being the 40,000th volunteer and for having me for those two days. Thankyou Clare, Nick & Sergio

Currently another fundraising night in the pipelines and another Tesco bucket collection on the 4th of June!

Sorry for the delay on this blog!

Becki x