Can you help with a charity event?

One of my closest friends is organising a fund-raising gala evening in aid of a Thai orphanage after she did some voluntary work there earlier this year. The children who live at the orphanage were all orphaned in the tsunami and the staff are desperate for equipment.

I have said I will do whatever I can to help my friend organise her event, which will be held at Tara Leisure, Shaw, on Friday, November 12th. There will be entertainment for adults and children, a hot supper of potato pie or Thai green curry and a separate children's buffet. Tickets are £15 for adults and £7.50 for children.

Hanna has written to loads of businesses to ask for donations of raffle prizes and items to auction. she has had a few generous donations, including a helicopter ride, a meal for two and a portrait sitting, but she really needs more. Every business that donates will be credited on the night and we hope to get some good publicity for the event too.

So, I have three asks really:

1. Could you donate an item or a service that can be raffled off on the night?

2. Would you like to buy any tickets for the event?

3. Has anyone got a projector we could borrow for the evening as we want to show slides of the orphanage and acknowledgement of the donors?

Further information about the charity and the work it does can be found at www.homeandlifethailand.net.

If anyone can hep in any way please get in touch.

Thanks,

Lisa

Tags: Thailand, auction, charity, raffle

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Guy Sedgwick on September 27, 2010 at 15:56

Lisa,
Tell your friend to give me a call and I will sort something out for her.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Lisa Gee (Moderator) on September 27, 2010 at 16:03

Thanks Guy, much appreciated.

Guy Sedgwick said:

Lisa,
Tell your friend to give me a call and I will sort something out for her.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Deborah Wroe on September 27, 2010 at 17:10

Hi Lisa
Can you check the weblink - it is not working?
If you fix it, I can tweet it to Owl Business News followers
Cheers
Deborah

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Lisa Gee (Moderator) on September 27, 2010 at 17:44

My fault. I mustn't have been listening properly when I wrote it down. It is www.homelifethailand.net.

Thanks for the help.

Deborah Wroe said:

Hi Lisa
Can you check the weblink - it is not working?
If you fix it, I can tweet it to Owl Business News followers
Cheers
Deborah

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Deborah Wroe on September 28, 2010 at 8:55

Hi Lisa
Just tweeted it to our followers now.
Good luck
Deborah

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Lisa Gee (Moderator) on September 28, 2010 at 9:02

Thanks Deborah, that's very kind of you.

Deborah Wroe said:

Hi Lisa
Just tweeted it to our followers now.
Good luck
Deborah

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Andy Hall (Moderator) on October 5, 2010 at 8:24

Hi Lisa, I've promoted this Event for Hanna on my Local Community Website. Under the Local Events section. I've also suggested quite afew business owners to donate for the raffle.
I can't make it to the event itself but I'm sure Hanna will make a success of it.
Andy

http://www.yellowtom.co.uk/oldham/events.html

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Lisa Gee (Moderator) on October 15, 2010 at 23:04

Thanks Jason, that's very generous of you. I will pass on your details to my friend Hanna, if that's OK. she is collecting all the prizes together.

Jason Kenny said:

I can offer a full years computer maintenance services but not parts if thats any help? I mean free software like spyware virus so on Data Recovery format hard drive reinstall windows so on for a year would save a lot of money let me know...

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by vix Daubney on November 7, 2010 at 9:11

i can do a spot of kids entertainment if you like- i live just up the street from there and wouldnt mind popping round for an hour or two

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Lisa Gee (Moderator) on November 7, 2010 at 18:42

Hi Vix,

Thanks very much for the offer of help. I will pass your details on to my friend and she will be in touch with you if that's ok?

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by vix Daubney on November 7, 2010 at 18:52

Lisa Gee said:

Hi Vix,

Thanks very much for the offer of help. I will pass your details on to my friend and she will be in touch with you if that's ok?

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Lisa Gee (Moderator) on November 7, 2010 at 22:19

Thanks Norm, that's very kind. The event is this Friday, so my friend Hanna, who is organising the event, is trying to collect all the donated items together as soon as possible. I will pass your contact details to her if I may?

Norman Bright said: