A very happy New Year to all our parishioners.
Many thanks to all who contributed to the celebration of Christmas – decorating the tree, putting up the crib, moving chairs down from the choir loft and putting them back again, cleaning and helping to prepare the church, arranging the flowers, preparing the children for the Christmas tableau – and to our altar servers.
Please do not park on Low Lane.
The road is very dangerous and parking on Low Lane makes the problem much worse.
Our parish Christmas Fair, which took place last weekend at St Margaret’s Church Hall, raised a grand total of £2,160.79 (details inside). This is a tremendous amount. Thanks you to all who helped organise the Fair, who worked on the stalls, who gave so generously of their time, skills and money, and to all who supported the Fair in any way.
The fabulous Christmas Cake and bottle of Champagne are, at the time of writing, still unclaimed.
The winning ticket is a yellow ticket number 119 and is believed to have been sold at a Saturday evening Mass.
Please check your ticket numbers! If you believe you have the winning ticket (the security number will need to be checked) please contact Maureen Dowd at fundraising@stclare.org.uk.
Thanks to all those from outside of our Catholic community who continue to support our Christmas Fair, especially to the Anglican community of St Margaret’s, Jane Dionysiou of Plantarama Garden Centre (01642 320514) and Bob Singh of McKenzie Dry Cleaning (01642 247605) for their generosity.
Our parish Christmas Fair raised £2,160.79 from the following;
| Name the Doll | £26 |
|---|---|
| Receipts on the door | £74.86 |
| Christmas Cake and Champagne | £181 |
| Cakes | £143.87 |
| Children’s Tombola | £58 |
| Tombola | £305 |
| Raffle | £712.30 |
| Teas | £9.10 |
| 6 bottle wine basket | £57 |
| Crafts | £117.11 |
| Books | £52.55 |
| Sub-total | £1736.79 |
There were also kind donations totalling £436
Of this amount £375 was given away as raffle prizes leaving £61
However £15 of this total was received after the money was banked
The money banked was £1736.79 + (£61 - £15) £1782.79
The extra donation of £15 needs to be added to this along with the kind support of Barclaycard who will match £ for £ the tombola total (£58+£305) making the final total £1782.79+£15+£363
Final total £2160.79
Can you promise a prize for the Parish Christmas Raffle?
We are not asking for prizes just yet, only the promise of them so that we can get the raffle tickets printed.
Please contact Maureen Dowd on 01642 291947 or email fundraising@stclare.org.uk
