Sainsbury customers top again

Another great Sainsbury (Pinhoe Road) in store collection last Saturday for Honeylands Children's Charity. £204.04 raised with a massive donation by one individual. The customers came up trumps again. Thank you to you all and also the collectors for giving your time. Julia (PR Ambassador) once again did the organising, thanks.

Now a date for your diaries, Sunday 13th April 2014 3.45 pm onwards, a Car Boot Sale in the car park of Sainsbury's Pinhoe Road Store in aid of Honeylands Children's Charity. Come along as a seller or buyer, would be great to see you there. More details later in another blog.

Honeylands CC Update

There are a couple of events in the pipeline to put in your diaries. Like all charities Honeylands CC needs to continually raise funds to be able to continue providing the services and resources it currently does. These include a Music Therapy programme, the specialist toy library both vital for the children who attend to develop there communication and interaction abilities with others.

Dates:
Saturday 29th March 2014 - In-store collection at Sainsbury's Pinhoe Road, Exeter - please see the previous blog.
(note:) Sainsbury's are fantastic together we raised another £383 through selling second-hand books recently.

Sunday 13th April 2013 - Car Boot Sale in the Sainsbury's Pinhoe Road, Exeter car par from 3.45 pm onwards. Can you support this as a helper and bargain hunter. You never know you may pick up a Picaso worth millions for just £1.00.

In addition Carers Week is in June and we will hopefully do something during that week. We are organising a Spring Ball for next year on 17th April 2015 at Exeter University, plus we are considering a Toddle and continually making applications to donors. All need organising so could you help.

Secretary Role.
Have you got good organising/administration skills. If so and you want to give a little time to suit you - please get in touch, website contact page or via honeylandscc@gmail.com. Our meetings are bi-monthly and correspondence in between are meetings is small.

Honeylands Children's Charity (HCC) Supporter Request

Hi everyone, sometime now since I blogged you. We are still around and doing fine, lots of things happening to make Honeylands Children's Charity (HCC) even better for the children and families who attend the Honeylands Centre.

Take a look at the website that's changed, the bee has been buzzing and has updated the site. Looks good don't you agree.

Now then, you have all heard on telly about DIY SOS and Children in Need and how they seek support from the community - well this is HCC SOS.

There are a lot of you good people out there who give us likes, shares and re-tweets on our social media but wouldn't you just like to get a little more involved. It is not time consuming, not necessarily regular support but it is enjoyable and you will meet some nice people (me probably) and make new friends. We just need to be able to ask for your support at some events.

But ......
this is what HCC are in need of now. On Saturday 29th March for an hour or so between 8.30 am and 6.00 pm at Sainsbury's Pinhoe Store in Exeter could you shake a tin. Sainsbury's are fantastic corporate supporters of Honeylands Children's Charity this year and on that date we are having an
in-store collection. Its could be fancy dress (optional) if you want dress as a children's character but if not just come along and help raise some vital cash for HCC.
We need people in 1 or 2 hour stints. Please get in touch if you can help via the CHARITY website  contact page (www.honeylands.org.uk) or direct to honeylandscc@gmail.com and let me know your name and time you can give between 8.30 am and 6.00 pm.

Now you are thinking about it, go on do it you'll be surprised how enjoyable it is and it would be lovely to see you there. Before or after you can do your shopping. WIN WIN for all

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Sainsbury Pinhoe Book Sale - Supporting Honeylands Children's Charity

Hi everyone,
Sainsburys Store at Pinhoe are holding a secondhand book sale in the foyer of their store on Wednesday 19th February during opening hours. Why not pop along, do your shopping, have a coffee and buy a book for a small donation. There are some great books and some real bargains to be had and of course you will be helping raise funds for Honeyland's Children's Charity.

Julia the PR Ambassador for Sainsburys has done a fantastic job organising this event, so do support her and the charity.

Hope to see you there.

Exeter Business Club

I had the pleasure a couple of weeks ago of being invited to the Exeter Business Club breakfast meeting at Fresha Cafe on Sowton. What a great group of businesses and very welcoming. I gave a short brief about Honeyland's Children's Charity (HCC) and the work of the Honeylands Centre.

I have now heard from Ashley at Printing.com who invited me that HCC have been chosen as one of two charities to be the Business Club's charity of the year. Absolutely fantastic and I am really looking forward to working with this group of SME's throughout the year for the benefit of those who attend Honeylands.

This just shows what a great community spirit there is amongst the group and how businesses large or small can come together for the benefit the local community.

I know we will have a super year, oh and by the way the breakfast was good also.

The Oakford Players

The cast of Aladdin invited myself and Pat from Honeyland's Children's Charity and Josh from the Calvert Trust to the Red Lion at Oakford, near Bampton last night to present both charities with cheques to the value of £850. What a great bunch of people and lively too. It was lovely that the children from the pantomime cast made the presentation.

The Oakford Players on the 5th, 6th and 7th December last year put on their annual pantomime in Oakford Village Hall to raise funds for Honeylands CC and the Trust. Thirty five people from the Players came out in dreadfully wet conditions to greet us, make us warmly welcome and wine and dine us with a lovely roast meal in the recently refurbished village pub.

The Oakford Players have been putting on an annual pantomime since 1988 raising funds for local children's charities and have raised in excess of £22,000. What a fantastic achievement and great local community spirit. Well done to Strong Pong/Executioner/Genie/Chairman Patrick Lester and the whole cast and supporters - may you continue with your successful fund raising efforts.

Finally a big thank you from all the children, families and supporters of Honeylands for your kind and thoughtfull gesture.

Like the pantomime a good night was had by all.