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Sunday, June 12, 2005

First Fundraising Event!

Right, having started this blog over a month ago now and getting ever-so-slightly worried that I haven't actually done anything practical or fundraisey yet, I thought I'd better get on with it. And so having got a good response for my request for quality unwanted items from some of my friends I now have (almost) enough gear to do a car boot sale in two weeks' time, and I've also managed to engineer it so that Jenfer is visiting so she can help (I'm buggered if I'm doing it all by myself). Hurrah!

However, having checked it out today I'm not so sure I'm going to make an awful lot of money. Everything seems to sell for about a quid, and I'd be very lucky if I managed to shift all of the stuff. Ho hum. Can only hope for the best I suppose. Also, if we put the profits on the fundraising page at www.justgiving.com/sendjenferoverseasdonations, we can claim tax back on everything so for every £1 I flog something for, I am actually getting £1.28 (I think) which is fab.

Amongst my £1 items, I also have a couple of bits that I'd hope would go for a bit more. I've got a brand new ADSL modem (all questions about that to someone else please as I don't know what that means) which should get at least a fiver apparently, and a working VCR with remote (does anyone use those any more?) . I really have no idea about how much I should expect to make on anything really. But like I said, I can only do my best.

Delicate little flower as she is (Ha. Ha ha ha. HA HA HA!), Jenfer is going to need some looking after while she's here to get over the three years of brain-work and alcohol abuse she's been subjected to over the last three years, so I've already got the blankets and cushions on standby and a flask of tea all prepared, ready to make on the morning of the grand sale. I figure a nice Mediterranean Vegetable Ring and an early night on the Saturday and we'll be all set for a good day's sitting about, er, I mean hard work, on Sunday. Marvellous.

1 Comments:

At 5:44 am, Blogger Kate said...

This Sunday! That would be great... cheers mate :)

 

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