Report on Iron Aid/Open Day

Hi everyone…well what a great day at the event yesterday!

Friends of Pakati had a stall at the event, as we mentioned in a recent blog https://friendsofpakati.com/2024/07/25/iron-aid-open-day-28th-july/ with the aim of raising additional funds towards sending more IT out to the 2 Pakati schools this year.

Firstly, let me give my thanks to a number of people involved yesterday:
Kelvin Stanford & Glyn Sparks at Scunthorpe United for organising the day.

Next, the following people who helped me with the stall: Bradley Mell, Brian & Jane Smith, and Simon Faulkner.

Not to mention all those fans, staff & players from the club who attended, whether they came to our stall or not.

Throughout the Open Day, which ran from 10.00am to 2.00pm, We had a good number of visitors to our stall. Many of them already knew about Friends of Pakati, others were introduced to our work.

We had a number of merchandise items to sell , including mugs, t-shirts, coasters, key rings & pin badges. In addition, we had a bucket which was there for any cash donations on the day.

Plus thanks to Simon Faulkner, we had a framed match-worn shirt from one of the players in the later game (Iron legends v Iron fans) to raffle off.

*The frame was signed by a number of players at the Iron Legends v Iron Fans, including….*

*….(the match-worn shirt) from Iron legend Nathan Stanton, seen above on the left of the 3 players.*

This was a particularly lucrative item & was responsible for about 75% of our takings on the day. We had a small number of other shirts donated which were sold on the day. This one was taken as the boy took a shne to it….

Of those who came to the stall, there were some notable visitors, including two of the club’s Joint owners, Michelle Harness & Ian Sharp, plus one of the First team players, Will Evans.

*One of the Iron co-owners Ian Sharp (left) talking to our podcast host Bradley Mell*

*First team player* *Will Evans came with his family & bought some raffle tickets👍*

After a long day in the sun (in Sunny Scunny…) we managed to raise a very good amount of £160 in total! So well done to the Friends of Pakati team, and a huge THANK YOU!!!! To all who bought goods or raffle tickets, or just donated cash. We did also get a monitor & a couple of keyboards donated too as requested. I am sure we will get more things donated in the next few weeks as we publicise our efforts over the weekend.

*People were leaving after the day in a very positive frame of mind, helped by the lovely weather*🌞

Donate money please if you can: http://gofunfme.com/friends-of-pakati or http://paypal.me/friendsofpakati

Donate old IT if you can – Laptops, keyboards, mouse & mats, monitors if you have them. I will be at the first home game of the season on 17th August….Also any football tops please! We aim to send everything we get around mid-September.

Thank you!