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Meadows Fundraising 2005
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In December 2005 Meadows held a collection to buy tents and shelter for the victims of the Pakistan Earthquake. Thanks to the generosity of all the visitors, tenants and staff at Meadows we sent over £4,000 worth of equipment to Pakistan.
(Pictured: Malcolm Tilsed, Centre Manager and Mo Pishbin of Charm Leatherware)
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On Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th November 2005 Guide Dogs for the Blind came into the Centre to promote their charity Christmas cards.
The total amount raised was a fantastic £982.57, thank you to everyone who donated.
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On Saturday 17th September 2005 the Royal Air Forces Association came to collect in the Meadows.
The amount collected was £688.28, thank you to everyone who helped this local branch.
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On Saturday 23rd July 2005 Meadows held a Marrowthon Family Fun Day to raise awareness for
The Anthony Nolan Trust.
Over £5,000 was raised for this charity and 24 more Bone Marrow Donors joined The Anthony Nolan Trust.
Thank you to everyone who supported this event.
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Chelmsford Branch of Guide Dogs for the Blind had their Flag Day on Saturday 21st May 2005.
They came to collect in The Meadows and raised a fantastic £2,313.60!
Thank you to everyone who donated to this important local charity.
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On Monday 11th April Meadows held an Auction and entertainments evening, in aid of the Bulgarian Orphanage Project.
Performers included Alone Me, Brook Ensemble and Debbie Nunn.
John the Juggler also helped to entertain the crowds for the evening, as did the Canvey Island Line Dancing Club.
This money is being used to bring 10 orphans over from Berkovitsa, to take part in the One World Chelmsford event on 30th April 2005.
This is a fantastic opportunity for these children to perform a traditional Bulgarian song and dance.
The children will also get to take a trip to London with the BOP Team to see the sights.
The charity event on Monday raised £1,250, so thank you to everyone who attended the event, donated prizes and helped to organise this fantastic event.
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Every year Meadows collects food to send over to the Balkans as part of Harvest for the Hungry (H4H).
Last year, 68 tonnes of food were sent by Meadows, which was 1/3rd of all total food aid sent.
When the team delivers the aid they also visit an Orphanage in Berkovitsa, Bulgaria, where they have now helped to raise money for new toilets, classrooms and showers for the children.
This year Malcolm Tilsed (Centre Manager) will be visiting the orphanage in November, for his 5th time. A charity has now been set up for this orphanage and Meadows continue to raise funds for the Bulgarian Orphanage Project (BOP) throughout the year.
Meadows has invited 10 children over from the orphanage for the 'One World' event taking place on Saturday 30th April.
This is a fantastic oportunity for the children and there will be an event on Monday 11th April to raise money to help fund their trip. Look out for further details on the 'This Week' page or contact Malcolm Tilsed on 01245 346266.
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Meadows staff and tenants got into the spirit of Comic Relief 2005 on Friday 11th March, helping to raise over £1,000!
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Meadows Staff, Tenants and visitors helped to raise over £14,000 for the Tsunami Disaster.
Meadows also collected over 6 tonnes of aid to send to Phuket in Thailand following the disaster.
Pictured: Centre Manager, Malcolm Tilsed with some of the aid collected.
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Monday 7th March saw another of Meadows' famous Quiz Nights and this time the quiz night was held to raise money for The Mayor's Charity, Farleigh Hospice.
With the quiz, a raffle and an auction a total of £3,097 was raised in just 4 hours!
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In December 2004 Meadows held a raffle in the mall and raised over £500 for BOP.
The lucky winner won a PlayStation 2 in time for Christmas!
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