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What WE CAN do for OUR New Village Memorial Hall
‘Project Parwich’
You will probably know that we are getting nearer to realising our dream for a new Parwich Memorial Hall. Obviously the cost of this is substantial and as a village we could not possibly find all the money ourselves. We hope to be successful with our £500,000 bid from the Big Lottery Fund and other grants for which the Fund Raising Group is busy applying. However every penny we can raise will go towards making the hall a better-equipped building. If you think of the actual building of the new hall as a slice of bread then we could make the whole thing tastier by fund raising for the jam! This is where every member of our community can help. We will be showing the Lottery Fund that we can help ourselves, we will be having fun and making our contribution all at the same time.
We all have things that we can do, interests and hobbies that could be used as a starting point for a fund raising event. You could be a good cook or a sportsman or a gardener or a craftsman, or generally good at helping out. You might know other people that could be of help to us – suppliers of food, marquees etc. Perhaps you have a field, barn or garden to offer. We don’t need to raise a particular amount – every penny will count. The important thing is to do things that will appeal to a wide range of people outside our immediate community but have fun ourselves while we are doing it. Over the years our villages have organised countless events and activities – a list of some of these is included to give us some ideas but obviously other suggestions are welcome. Some of us have other fund raising commitments but we hope you can find time for this important project too.
We are going to call this PROJECT PARWICH. The fund raising will last for just twelve months from June 1st 2008 to June 30th 2009. This is so we can all really make an effort and concentrate our energies in one big push. All you need to do is to say either you will organise something or help in some way. Once you make the offer then other people will always help. Ruby and Ted Hickmott (Tel 390 323) have offered to be the Events Co-ordinators and will be on hand to help and explain. The Committee will undertake all the advertising to make sure you get as much publicity as possible.
What do you do next?
Ruby Hickmott is our official Events Organiser, who will be keeping a list of volunteers and putting together a calendar of events. (You can e-mail Ruby, or phone her on 323.) Everyone is encouraged to get involved, whether by planning their own event or by helping out at the many events that will be taking place between now and mid-2009.
If you need suppport with the Memorial Hall projector for any events contact parwich film (Peter on 287, Martin on 529 or Arnold on 317). We can project videos and dvds, or can project from a laptop computer, so you can show films, music videos, slide shows and Power Point presentations, amongst other options still to be explored. Depending on how events are advertised comercial films may be shown on our existing film licence.
Project Parwich Update 19th May 2008
The following are the latest calender of events/funding ideas/offers of help to date for Project Parwich - I have a list of volunteers if people wish to contact me for more details:
Events with Dates
- Meet the Gnomes and make a donation - Sycamore Cottages - Summer 2008
- Make-up Demonstration Evening - Monday May 19th May 08 - at the Horns, Ashbourne - Wine & Canapes
- Quiz Night at the Sycamore Inn - Sunday 1st June 08 - 7.45 for 8pm start - Raffle Prizes appreciated please
- Art Exhibition on Open Gardens Day - Sunday 22nd June 08 in ‘The Studio’ Parwich (Mrs Littlewood’s) with a percentage of any sales going to Project Parwich
Other Planned/Suggested Events (dates to be confirmed)
- Strawberry Cream Tea - June 08
- Milionaires Evening - Oct/Nov
- Dressage Demo
- Children’s Sports Day
- Card/Jewellery Evening
- Fete
- Barbeque
- Long Walk!
- Parwich Run
- Coffee/Tea Morning with Raffle
- Dances
- Auction of Promises
Offers of Support for Events
- Cut & donate 3 Sapphires for guess the weight competition, to be used whenever
- A bottle of 5p pieces that someone can have at an event for guess the amount competition
- Art/posters
- General helping/set up/clear up for events
- Computer Work - Graphics/Flyers/Posters for events
- Parwich Film support for events - show films, music,videos as part of the event, photos projected on screen, power point presentations (Contact, Peter Trewhitt, Arnold Chadfield or Martin Compton)
Other Fund Raising Ideas
- Village e-bay site
- Selling things via PARWICH.ORG classfied ads (just email parwich@hotmail.co.uk)
- DJ -I POD/CD recording
- Web/Writing/Music related stuff
- Cake Baking
- Build/Demolish work
- Birthday cards, congratulation cards etc to order on at PARWICH.ORG in exchange for a donation to Project Parwich (just email parwich@hotmail.co.uk marking it for Peter)
Please let me know the amount raised on your event so I can keep a log of the funding raisedMany thanks for all offers of help/events to date, please keep those ideas/help for Project Parwich coming in, all appreciated.
Best wishes
Ruby (tel. 390 323)
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