A wonderful day….it was great to see so many visitors & several went away as winners…this was a young man called Miles, who was a mascot at the Scunthorpe United FC v Altrincham FC match, with the winning raffle Prize
Friends of Pakati’s stall at the Scunthorpe United Community Day was, without a doubt, a great success! For that we have several people to thank:
Firstly, the generosity of so many Iron Fans has been proven beyond doubt once more – as on the day we received £161 in cash & £10 via online payments! A massive THANK YOU for each & every penny we were given. £95 was donated in advance, making a total of £266 – though we still await the online auction, which is likely to raise another £80 at least. There are two other donors who are promising to add significantly to this total once we have the full amount in.
Secondly, the generosity of several people who helped us on the stall, giving their time & effort freely in support of Friends of Pakati, not last in running the raffle & tombola – These include the following: Alison & Hannah, Harley, Daniel, Lorraine and Brad Mell. The stall ran from 12.00 noon until 4.30pm. After that then some of us continued with drawing the raffle, contacting the winners of the various prizes, then meeting most of them after the match to hand the prizes over. a massive THANK YOU to those people too. It is also worth mentioning the people who donated gifts for the raffle & tombola as prizes, all of which helped the success of the day for us.
Thirdly, the efforts of a number of people who have supported & promoted our participation, helping us to reach the generous audience which came to our stall – notably Gareth Holden (aka IronArmy) and Andy Barraclough (aka Barra or YorkieIron), both of whom gave us much appreciated advance publicity, and both of whom are members of the team which makes up the Iron Hour Podcast – a massive THANK YOU for the continued support!
And last, but not least, the various staff members of Scunthorpe United who helped organise the event & ensure it was successful, these included James Moody, Glyn Sparks, Devon Riley & Julie Taylor amongst many others – another massive THANK YOU to you too! It was I think the 4th event Friends of Pakati has attended there, 3 Community Days and an Open Day. These have added much needed funds to help us meet our stated aims of providing help to both Pakati Schools in Zimbabwe.
A podcast will be released during the week, discussing all aspects of the Community Day, including what it all means for Friends of Pakati!
If you can, please donate to http://paypal.me/friendsofpakati or http://gofundme.com/friends-of-pakati
THANKS AGAIN!
