Balloon Race & Fundraising Update & Thank you!
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
On Bank Holiday Monday 4th May we attended our local May Day fete in St Neots, Cambridgeshire where we held a stall along with a balloon release competition.
Despite cold, wet, windy weather along with trees surrounding the area, we managed to successfully release a total of 437 balloons on the day. Combined with additional sales from our stall, we managed to raise a total of £635.21 toward Educational Aid Project/s for children in Burlacu, Moldova. A HUGE heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in helping us raise this amount. Winning balloon race competition entries will be published 6th July 2009.
For Balloon Race Labels Found SO FAR (plus photos of the day) - please see our special balloon race page under Fundraising and Volunteering - located on the left hand side of this website.
We’d like to extend our special thanks to our friends and family who made this event possible for us to do - to Alan, Margaret and Nannette for helping with a whopping 110 balloon pre-sales, to Dympna, Sue, Peter, Lynne, Sharon, Laura, Daniel, Kirsty, Kate, Stevie and Dan Dan for all preparation, help and packing up afterwards on the day. Special thanks to our own two children Jessica and AJ who put up with parental neglect, tiredness and utter madness in the hectic run-up - fundraising although great fun is hard work between work, school, children and other responsibilities! Jess and AJ did have a ball on the day though and had a great time. Finally, a huge big thank you to those who contributed by buying something from us - whether balloon or stall purchases. We love you all - Muchos Gracias everyone!
