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September 2016
No.425
Play Parks Update Along with the working group set up by the Parish Council to work on improving the Villages Play Parks, a community fundraising group has been brought together, the group comprises of Ellie Wharton (from the Parish Council), Katie Eagle and Gemma Coe. We met up for the first time at the end of July to talk through fundraising ideas. From this we organised our first event, a Teddy Bears Picnic, it was held on Wednesday 27th July at Westhall Play Park. The event was a fantastic success the Prize Draw and Ice pop sales raising £110 and we would like to thank everyone who came to support the event. As this event was such a success we are planning on running another picnic, this time a Back to School Picnic on Tuesday 30th August 11.30am – 1.30pm , it’s free to attend and again we will run a raffle which will be £1 a strip, all you need to do is bring yourselves and your picnic. Our next event after this is a Family Disco on Saturday 1st October 4pm – 7pm at Stradbroke Community Centre, We have the wonderful Stradbroke based ‘Amazing Happenings’ running the Disco for us and some fantastic prizes up for grabs in the Raffle. We will also have face painting, temporary tattoos and a Sweet Stop and the Pizza Base to help fill any hungry bellies, the Bar will also be open so you will be able to quench your thirst too! Tickets are £2 for children and £3 for Adults with all proceeds going to the Play Park Improvements fund. They can be bought in person from any of the fundraising group members, by emailing elliestradpc@outlook.com or at the Library. We are also currently working on a Charity Calendar with local tradesmen and business’ taking part, we have all our volunteers for photos but if there is anyone who would like to place an advert in the calendar then please email Katie at katie.eagle@btinternet.com to book your spot! Once we have all the adverts and photos done we will get them printed up ready to go on sale and again all proceed will go towards the Play Park Improvements, so watch this space! We are hoping to run a bake sale in the October half term and will let everyone know the details when they are confirmed. We will continue to update you on how our fundraising efforts are going and on upcoming events. If anyone is interested in helping us out with the Family Disco or any other events we run in the future, if you would like to donate a prize for raffles, or are unable to attend our events but would like to make a donation to the fundraising efforts then please do not hesitate to get in contact. Thank you, Ellie, Katie & Gemma
Well, that’s new! The lovely new Stradbroke Monthly illustration on the front page has been produced by Stradbroke based illustrator Hannah Weeks. For more information and to browse Hannah’s work, visit www.hannahweeks.uk
Thanks Hannah! From The Editors