Summary of Christian Aid
collections May 2008
I have now finalised the accounts for Christian Aid Week from Epsom
Methodist church and can report that we paid in a total of £3218.48.
This was made up of £2738.48 from the house to house collection, and
£480 of donations. In 2007 we had a total of 2875.16, so this represents
a brilliant 11% increase. I can only say a huge thank you to all those
who contributed in anyway, those who delivered, particularly those who
collected, and those who gave donations. Also my thanks go to David and
Jen Barry who spent many hours on Sunday 18 May counting and bagging
nearly £2,000 of cash. What a real team effort - we have made a
fantastic achievement.
On top of this the public street collection in Epsom town centre on the
17 May raised another £316.45. We did this last year for the first time
and raised £270.25, so another big increase, and certainly a worthwhile
effort. I know for some of you it probably felt a bit soul destroying
standing there with very few 'punters' contributing, but again by
everyone doing a bit we achieved a lot.
I have just started to finalise the accounts for the Epsom area and will
give you that detail in due course. I couldn't do this without you all,
and for those who deliver and collect on a regular basis I am so
grateful because you make my job so much easier. If anyone wants any
more details about amounts collected by each person, or amounts per road
then I have all that detail and can supply it if requested. If anyone
wants the job of Christian Aid secretary for EMC more than happy to
speak to you.
See you next year!
Regards Gillian Mead
Summary of Christian Aid
collections May 2007
The total collected from the
street-to-street collections during
Christian Aid
week from Epsom Methodist Church was £2,710.99. On top of this there
were a few donations, the largest being from Coffee Cup making a total
from Epsom Methodist Church of £2,875.16.
The total amounts for the whole
of Epsom from the 8 churches was £10,665.34, and the total from the
public street collection held on 19 May was £270.25, making a grand
total of £10,935.59 sent from the Epsom area. This is a fantastic
achievement, and just the street-to-street collection was 9% up on last
year. This comes from a mixture of some churches having a healthy
increase and some having a very slight reduction. Epsom Methodist
Church had a slight reduction of 2%.
Once again I would like to say a
huge thank you to all my regular street collectors, and also those who
volunteered to do the public street collection.
If anyone would like further
information on Christian Aid, then do visit their website at
http://www.christianaid.org.uk, or let me know if I can be of any
help
Gillian Meade
ChristianAid Week 13 - 19 May 2007
Christian Aid
Week is seven amazing days of fundraising, prayer and action against
global poverty. We want people to add their time, money and voices, and
to see that multiplied to make an impact around the world through
Christian Aid.
This year
Christian Aid's message is about growth for poor communities. Did you
know that on average each Christian Aid collector raises enough money to
plant more than 50 mango saplings in northern Senegal (33.50) Could you
spare a couple of hours in Christian Aid Week to provide 50 trees, or
another life-transforming gift?
I am sure that
there are many people who could help in this vital way, to help
Christian Aid collect more than £10 million which they did in 2006. Just
an hour or so, delivering or collecting envelopes during the week could
make an amazing difference to someone's life on the other side of the
world. Please contact me if you feel you can help in this way. I would
much prefer you came and talked to me, rather than me having to approach
all of you!
New this year:
We have applied
for a public collection license from Epsom & Ewell Borough Council. This
means that we will be holding a public collection in and around Epsom
town centre on Saturday 19 May 2007. This is an initiative for all the
churches in Epsom, but I will be arranging a Rota for that Saturday. I
need just a few people, to do an hour or hour and a half on that
Saturday. If this is something that you feel that you could do then
please contact me by email. This is only if you feel that you really
cannot do the house-to-house collection.
I thank you for
your response, and for your prayers in the preparation and organisation
of this week.
Please e-mail me
asp
Gillian Mead
