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4 July 2009 -CASH IN THE ATTIC Saturday 4 July. We raised £360 from a stall at the annual Rose Fair in Wisbech. Well-wishers had kindly raided their cupboards and attics to find books, bric-a-brac and clothes for us to sell. Now collecting for the next one - all donations gratefully received. |
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4 May 2009 - BINGO ESPANA! Dawn and a team of Ashley's Ark helpers ran a bingo in Moraira, Spain to raise money for the APASA dog sanctuary in Javea. The team were well used to running bingos - but never before in English, Spanish and German at the same time! However, they succeeded in raising an impressive £900. |
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31 January 2009 - THE JUMBLIES Ashley's Ark joined forces with the Cat Welfare Fund (Wisbech) for a grand jumble sale in the town. It raised over £300 in total. |
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20 & 21 November 2008 - BINGO AND BARGAINS Nearly £1000 was raised at a bingo held at Emneth, Village Hall, followed next day by a charity market stall in Downham Market . |
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October 3 2008 - POPTASTIC! Seventeen teams battled it out for the Ashley’s Ark music quiz trophy – raising over £700. The event, held on Friday 3 October, was put together by Steve Powell, with live music from David and Andrew Powell. The event attracted over 80 contestants. See here for photos. Many thanks to everybody who came, including Kevin Allen, Karen and Mike Stapley, Dawn and Graham Sammons, Judith and Aongus Mullen and everybody else who contributed raffle prizes. Big thank you to Colin and Christine who sponsored the room hire. |
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September 27
2008 - HOT DOGS!
Pupils, teachers and parents also ran a car boot and school fete alongside it, which raised around £500 - split between Ashley's Ark and the school's Malawi fund. Many thanks for the support and enthusiasm of all concerned. A great day had by all!
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April 24 2008 - Bingo at Emneth
Village Hall. Over £800 was raised. Thank you to all who came. |
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August 27 2007 - SILENCE WAS GOLDEN The silent auction and afternoon tea, held on Monday 27th August at Emneth Central Hall at noon raised a fantastic £1,015 – and was a much talked about event in the village. Recreating that golden era of ‘tea at the Ritz’, with period music, around 300 lots went under the ‘virtual’ hammer, as people wrote down their bids for household items, toys, pet goods and jewellery – outbidding each other in a frenzy of good-natured ‘gazumping’ as the final countdown swung into action. Outside business was brisk on the boot stall. The fun event included tea, sandwiches and fancy cakes – served by white-shirted, bow-tied waiters – Ashley’s brother Adrian and his friend Liam. Big thank-you to all who helped on the day and who supported the event, and to those who donated items for sale and for auction. |
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June 26 2007 - CANINE ‘OSCAR’ FOR OSCAR
Plucky rescue
dog, Oscar, a four year old long haired cross breed terrier, has won
the canine ‘Oscar’ at a fun dog show organised by local charity
Ashley’s Ark. Held at Marshland High School on Saturday 23 June, the dog show attracted 73 hopeful hounds, but it was Oscar, owned by West Walton man Jonathon O'Neill, who was judged ‘Best Rescued Dog’ and overall ‘Best in Show’. Reserve Best in show was Rosie, an Irish Wolfhound, who also won Best Bitch. Ashley’s Ark has been set up by the family of Ashley Sammons, who died in June last year aged 17 and who was a former pupil of Marshland High. The fun dog show was a ‘thank you’ to the school who earlier in the year raised over £1,000 for the charity with a non-uniform day. The school also supported the dog show with a car boot and fete, which raised another £726.46 to be shared between Ashley’s Ark and the school’s Malawi Fund. Ashley’s mother Dawn Sammons said: “The school have been terrific in their support of Ashley’s Ark and so we organised the dog show as a free event to encourage pupils and their parents to come along and celebrate the special bond they have with their pets – something Ashley, himself an animal lover, would have highly approved of.”
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April 5, 2007 & November 16 - Bingo Night It was eyes down for over 100 people who came to support a charity bingo night, raffle and tombola at the Village Hall in Emneth, Norfolk – raising over £900 for Ashley’s Ark. |
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There were so many prizes up for grabs that hardly anybody went home empty handed! |
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Tuesday 3 April, 2007 – Market Stall We turned unwanted items into cash at a charity market stall in Kings Lynn and raised £240. |
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Friday 9 February, 2007 – non-uniform day A big ‘thank-you’ to pupils at Marshland High, Ashley’s former school, for raising £1000 on their non-uniform day – it was, as you can see from this picture of Savannah and Chelsy (pictured with Headmaster Mr. Bennett, Dawn Sammons and Megan the dog), a ‘purr-fect’ amount! |
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January 26, 2007 – Quiz NightOver 120 people pitted their wits in a quiz night, raffle and fish & chip supper, held at Shelly Farm Community Centre, Monkspath, Solihull - raising £1,250 for Ashley’s Ark. |
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| Here is the team that triumphed and took home the trophy. They are Speakers Corner - Sarah and Simon Frend, Vanessa and James Pritchard, Chris Freville, Tom Foulerton and Heather Williams | |
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