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Spencer Hockey Club - Junior Section

Lesley Gairns is raising money for The Spencer Club
“Lesley Gairns's fundraising”

on 28 July 2009

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The Spencer Club is a not-for-profit amateur sports club serving the community in SW London. The club is a multi-sports club with emphasis on Excellence in the Community. The club provides opportunities for competitive and social sport to men, women and children in cricket, tennis, hockey, lacrosse, squash and rugby.

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #006400;"> <p><strong>&pound;300 raised at Hockey Fun Day in October</strong></p> <p><span style="color: #333333;">Dispite the terrible weather and amazing &pound;298.27 was raised by Spencer Junior Hockey members on the start of season fun day. Well done everyone - you're amazing.</span></p> <p><strong>Another &pound;377 in March</strong></p> </span> <p><span>An amazing effort at the end of season tournament and fun day has raised &pound;377 for the cause. Thank you to all parents who baked, bounced, threw wellies, barbequed and served.</span></p> </span> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">Other great individual efforts to note: &nbsp;</span></p> </span> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">The Leightons and Girls U14 Development team have donated &pound;250 after raising money from doughnut selling. &nbsp;Martin Carr-Hill (Boys U12 manager) is running up a hill in Lanzarote and has raised almost &pound;2,000!&nbsp;<a href="../martinch">http://www.justgiving.com/martinch</a></span></p> <p>Martin has raised a further &pound;1k+ by auctioning off a signed football photo at a work function.</p> <p>Also a big thanks to Ian Stoppani who is donating 20% of the value of every meal bought in aid of Spencer fundraising in April at Le Bouchon Bordelais, Battersea, and Le Bouchon Breton in the City.</p> <p>And thank you to everyone who has donated below. You're all just outstanding!!!</p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #006400; font-size: x-small;"><strong>&pound;350 More Raised in November</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #006400;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">Two cakes sales in November, the Halloween movie night and the Year 7,8,9 Disco have raised over &pound;350 towards our target.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #006400;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">Thanks to parents who baked, sold cakes and coffee. Also all our bouncers at the disco.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #006400;">Hockey Fun Day raises over &pound;700.00</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #006400;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <strong><span style="color: #006400;"> <div><span style="color: #000000;">Junior hockey members and their friends and families enjoyed the last of the summer sun on Sunday 4 Oct 09&nbsp;at the Fun Day.</span></div> <div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">All age groups took part in matches and tournaments, and some tremendous hockey skill was on display, dispite it being the start of the season.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">As well as all the fun and games on the astro and grass, a team of parents got down and dirty landscaping the area next to steps to the astro. Lose yourself in the colour and scent next time you walk onto the pitch!</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">THANK YOU TO ALL PARENTS AND PLAYERS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS DAY A SUCCESS!</span></p> </div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="95%" summary="main content"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </span></strong> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #006400;">Why are we raising money?</span></strong></p> <p>Our sports facilities&nbsp;are now brilliant thanks to the efforts of tennis, hockey, cricket and squash members past and present. We have use of a fantastic new astroturf pitch which has propelled the hockey juniors into a new era of growth and development.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although we are now able to give competitive sporting opportunities to about 1800 regular players of all ages across our different sports at Spencer, the changing and social facilities have not kept pace. The club once again finds itself limited in what it can achieve by the state of the buildings. <span><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">We need to bring our crumbling shack of a&nbsp;clubhouse into the 21st century.</span></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Recently The Spencer Club approved a plan to refurbish the clubhouse. This will involve maintaining the present layout but improving the quality of the facilities within it, such as the social area, changing rooms, toilets and shower facilities. The club&nbsp;plans to improve the kitchen and bring a more professional approach to day to day running of the club, with snacks and light meals available in the evenings and at&nbsp;weekends. The idea is that this will keep us going for a few more years until we raise sufficient funds to completely redesign and rebuild&nbsp;the clubhouse. We hope to begin work in&nbsp;spring next year.</p> <p><span style="color: #006400;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #006400;"><strong>How much do we need?</strong></span></p> <p>However, the refurbishment is not cheap, and the cost has been estimated at some &pound;150,000. Some of this cost is being met from the Club's reserves,but the rest has to be met through fundraising activities across all the sections of the Club. <strong>Each Section has been set a target of raising &pound;50 per adult and junior member by the end of December 09. </strong><span><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">For the junior hockey section, that amounts to &pound;12,000.</span></span></span></span></p> </div> <div><strong>&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;</div> <div>This is an ambitious target, but we believe achievable through a combination of individual donations, sponsored events and club organised activities. We are appealing to your generosity and initiative to help us make this exciting project a reality.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>You can find the draft plans for the refurbishment&nbsp;on the noticeboard in the clubhouse. We welcome your views and suggestions. Any relevant expertise you can offer will be gratefully received.</div> <div><br />May we thank you all in advance for the help and support you are able to give to the Club, and if any of you have any questions please email your age group manager or Lesley Gairns.<br /><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> <div></div> </span></span> <p>&nbsp;</p> </span></span></span></div> <div> <div><span style="color: #006400;"><strong>How you can make a donation or&nbsp;help raise funds</strong><br /></span> <p>Ways to donate to The Spencer Club clubhouse refurbishment fund:</p> <p><strong>1) Donate on-line</strong> directly to through this Just Giving webpage.</p> <p>For just &pound;5/month for a year you can easily reach the &pound;50 per member target.</p> <p>Make sure you set up an account first, before making a donations. If you donate without setting up an account first, you will not be able to change or cancel your donation on-line. You would have to phone or write to Just Giving.</p> <p><strong>2) Set up your own page on Just Giving</strong>, pick a challenge and get friends and family to sponsor you.</p> <p>Individual target is a minimum of &pound;50. Team targets will be &pound;50 x number of members in your team. Why not get your age group together and pick an event or challenge to do together.&nbsp; <span><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">There are loads of ideas at the bottom of this page. </span></span></span></span></p> <p>a) Go to <a title="http://www.justgiving.com/spencerclub" href="../spencerclub">www.justgiving.com/spencerclub</a> <br />b) click Make Your Page<br />c) follow the instructions. You can see an example of a donation page <a title="http://www.justgiving.com/lesley-gairns" href="../lesley-gairns">www.justgiving.com/lesley-gairns</a></p> <p><strong>3) Sponsor a member through their Just Giving page</strong> Cricket Colts managers are planning to run the Bushy Park 10k on October 4th. If you're not going to join them, your could sponsor them on-line on their Just Giving page.</p> <p><strong>4) Email </strong><a title="mailto:LGairns@aol.com" href="mailto:LGairns@aol.com"><strong>LGairns@aol.com</strong></a> <strong>for a donation form</strong>, which should be returned to your Section's Treasurer.</p> **********************************<br /> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the club and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the club.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now. Don't forget to Gift Aid it!</p> <p><strong>************************************</strong></p> <p><span style="color: #006400;"><strong>Fundraising Ideas</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #ff1493;"><strong>Individual Fundraisers</strong></span></p> <p>Raise &pound;50 on your own &ndash; Set up your page on <a href="../spencerclub"><strong>www.justgiving.com/spencerclub</strong></a> and ask friends and family to sponsor you on-line<strong>. </strong>Here are some fun ideas:</p> <p>1. Swear box <br />2. Dye your hair <br />3. Grow a beard/ moustache <br />4. Wax your body <br />5. Charge for doing chores or odd jobs <br />6. Sweepstakes eg guess the sex, weight, date of birth of a baby <br />7. Keep quiet for a whole day <br />8. Lose 10lbs before Christmas <br />9. Give up alcohol / chocolate/ fizzy drinks / meat for a month</p> <p><span style="color: #ff1493;"><strong>Team Fundraisers</strong></span></p> <p>Pool your &pound;50 per member fundraising targets and organise a big event. Don&rsquo;t forget to ask your sponsors to donate through your team&rsquo;s page on Just Giving so that we can reclaim gift aid on donations.</p> <p>10. Fill a Smarties tube - Each team member fills one or more Smarties tubes with &pound;1 coins. When all handed in, they are numbered and one is picked at random. The collector gets to keep the money in that tube.</p> <p>11. Supermarket bag packing <br />(the lacrosse colts raised over &pound;400 for their tour last year packing bags one weekend at Sainsbury&rsquo;s) <br />12. Cake sales (cake sales can raise up to &pound;100 each time)<br />13. Put on a pantomime or talent show <br />14. Sell T shirts/ mugs/ pins/ equipment <br />15. Compile a joke book, calendar etc and sell <br />16. Car wash and valet <br />17. Sponsored hitchhike to Amsterdam</p> <p><span style="color: #ff1493;"><strong>Events for Adults</strong></span></p> <p>18. Quiz night <br />19. Cheese and wine tasting <br />20. Auction <br />21. Disco <br />22. Horse racing night <br />23. Bingo / Night at the dogs/ Casino night <br />24. Singles night</p> <p><span style="color: #ff1493;"><strong>Events for Kids and families</strong></span></p> <p>25. football, cricket, rugby, hockey or tennis tournament <br />26. Fancy dress race or match <br />27. Run 5k, 10k. Swim 1k <br />28. Three legged 5km <br />29. Disco <br />30. Movie night and Sleep over at the clubhouse <br />31. Car boot sale / village fete &amp; BBQ <br />32. It&rsquo;s a knock out <br />33. Music festival</p> <br /><br /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£5,973.55
+ £1,196.54 Gift Aid
Online
£4,540.00
Offline
£1,433.55

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