I think I have sorted out most of the income and expenses for the event and unfortunately, for a number of reasons, we came up a bit short of what I had expected to raise for the charity which will help local disabled people, such as our friend Ali, have a holiday.
Hopefully, some of you met our friend Ali who joined us on the Saturday night for dinner with his Mum. Ali is autistic and Downs and unable to communicate in any way but he seemed to enjoy himself with the company, the food and the drink. Especially the drink! I turned away for one second and he swiped my glass of Autumn Mix Cider and downed it in one. We then went and got him a glass of his own and wrote his name on it like everyone else.
I will make up the shortfall between what we made and what I expected to make (if nearly everyone had turned up). I don't think it right that the generosity of all those tossers who turned up and gave generously should effectively cover the costs of the no-shows and late cancellations (even if for genuine reasons etc).
I have tried to set up a JustGiving account for them but unfortunately that would send the money to the Head Office which is not what I want. I want it to stay with the local group who are strapped for funds.
I have therefore set up a Paypal button below to allow anyone else who wants to contribute to the charity. You will just have to trust me and I will post up a copy of the final amount given to the charity.
NB I am NOT asking for additional funds from anyone who attended the event but this is in response to the various people who sent me pm's asking how they could contribute and saves me sending numerous pm's back to different people. I won't be chasing anyone up at all and I will leave it entirely up to people to decide on any amounts for themselves.
Hope this all make sense. The main thing to remember is that we all had a great weekend and some good has come out of it as well.
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Hopefully, some of you met our friend Ali who joined us on the Saturday night for dinner with his Mum. Ali is autistic and Downs and unable to communicate in any way but he seemed to enjoy himself with the company, the food and the drink. Especially the drink! I turned away for one second and he swiped my glass of Autumn Mix Cider and downed it in one. We then went and got him a glass of his own and wrote his name on it like everyone else.
I will make up the shortfall between what we made and what I expected to make (if nearly everyone had turned up). I don't think it right that the generosity of all those tossers who turned up and gave generously should effectively cover the costs of the no-shows and late cancellations (even if for genuine reasons etc).
I have tried to set up a JustGiving account for them but unfortunately that would send the money to the Head Office which is not what I want. I want it to stay with the local group who are strapped for funds.
I have therefore set up a Paypal button below to allow anyone else who wants to contribute to the charity. You will just have to trust me and I will post up a copy of the final amount given to the charity.
NB I am NOT asking for additional funds from anyone who attended the event but this is in response to the various people who sent me pm's asking how they could contribute and saves me sending numerous pm's back to different people. I won't be chasing anyone up at all and I will leave it entirely up to people to decide on any amounts for themselves.
Hope this all make sense. The main thing to remember is that we all had a great weekend and some good has come out of it as well.
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