Thank
you
As mentioned before
in earlier issues Mayo
Wynne Baxter have a
dedicated fundraising
team called the Chestnut
Champions, made up of
representatives from all of
our six offices. They are
affectionately known as
the “Chestnutters” and it
is up to us “Chestnutters”
to come up with ideas to
raise money for Chestnut
Tree House.
In September we held a car boot sale
at Brighton Racecourse selling items
kindly donated by staff. After a very early
Sunday morning start, we managed to
raise £162.00. This was much to our
delight as it was extremely hard trying to
get buyers to part with even a £1 on the
day! At the end of the car boot sale other
sellers decided to donate to us their unsold items, and we actually went away
with more items than we started with.
We took all these items to the Chestnut
Tree House charity shop in Seaford, who
have so far raised a further £60.00 from
the items donated which is excellent.
Sid Sloane of CBeebies fame, generously
donated his time for a story telling
session at a child’s school or nursery, and
Peter James donated a complete signed
set of his Roy Grace novels. We had
everything from chocolate, golf and spa
treats up for grabs.
Following the car boot, in the first
week of November we ran our annual
silent auction for all of the staff. We
had some amazing prizes donated by
local companies, and we are extremely
grateful for the support shown for
Chestnut Tree House in these tough
economic times.
Again, many many thanks to the
companies that donated, and a thank
you on behalf of the staff and children at
Chestnut Tree House.
The auction is always a popular choice,
and was taken quite seriously with some
tactical bidding taking place.
After all the bids were checked (and
double checked), we raised an amazing
£750.
By Alisa Chamberlen
Prizes donated by
Wave Leisure
Sylvia’s Kitchen
Sid Sloane
Montezuma’s
Energie Fitness Club
Rookwood Golf Club
Choccywoccydoodah
Lingfield Marriott Hotel
92
Alexander House Hotel
Lampons.com
Sussex County Cricket Club
Whiting & Hammond
Paradise Park
Peter James
Drusillas Park
Ministry of Paintball
Robson’s Of Lewes
Knockhatch Adventure Park
Sussex Polo Club
Coast to Coast
DSFit
Badger Homemade
Jewellery
The Sewing Badger