How Can You Help?
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- Buy Penny's Delights
--Details Soon! - Purchase a DVD of Aller Jazz Night
(Contact Elaine Major, 01458 252 295) - Visit our activities and sales at Aller Race Day on the Rec, Sept. 11
- Join us for grape-picking and donate your wages this autumn at Higher Plot Vineyard
- Suggest or support a fundraising event
- Contribute a photo of Aller for our next Aller Calendar
- Pray for the church
In
all our efforts to save our
historic building, we strive to remember that St.
Andrew’s is, foremost, a community of people trying to follow Jesus's
great example of love. We continue our service and support of others in
our community and beyond.
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St Andrew's Restoration 2009-2018
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Towering SuccessThe PCC’s approach to this challenge will be to do its utmost to engage St Andrews supporters, near and far, in our efforts to restore the building -- we know the people of Aller, past and present, value their church. With this in mind, the PCC encourages you to help us come up with all sorts of entertainments and projects and join us in what we hope will be the most enjoyable ways possible to raise money for our much-loved and beautiful little church. What follows is a log of our fundraising efforts, in reverse chronological order.
June: Looking ahead, our next fund-raiser will be the Extravaganza on 21st August. Watch for details in The Roundabout and through your letterbox via the Aller Bush Telegraph.
In the autumn -- we don't know exactly when -- a group of villagers will be laboring in the vineyard for the church -- yes, literally! That's Aller's Higher Plot vineyard. On the day when their grapes reach sugar perfection -- late September to mid-October perhaps -- Guy and Laura will be calling us in to harvest their grapes. They will be paying a day's wages for a day's work. Those willing to support the Restoration Fund will be donating their day's wages to the fund. If you would like to join us, please contact Celia at 01458 253 623, and she will put you on Laura's St. Andrew's call list.
April: Work is underway on a proposal seeking support for St. Andrew's Restoration from English Heritage.
DVDs of Aller Jazz Night are now available. Approximately 1 hour long, the DVD includes 12 musical tracks, views of the church, and an interview with Elaine Major about the Restoration efforts. Thanks the the contributions of Starlight Films, the DVDs are available for £5each.
Progress Report: Easter Bingo raises £555.50. Craft show, including Penny's Perfect Pets and PomPoms, donations, and catering raises £117.47. Total raised to date: £2,146.55.
March Events:
Thanks and Kudos to Len White, Kids and adults alike enjoyed an Aller Craft and Hobby show in the Village Hall on March 21, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Included were model trains, needlecrafts and origami, refreshments, and lots of other fun. On March 26 Thelma and Linda Stamp championed Easter Bingo at the Village Hall. Lush prizes, refreshments, and more fun.
February Progress Report: Jazz night was a hit. DVDs of the event are being created and will be available for sale soon. We hope to have a return visit from the Roger Bond Quartet in the autumn. The net profit from the event was £642.36, bringit the total funds raids for the church restoration to: £1,989. 08
January Progress Report: Our first Scenes of Aller 2010 calendar was a sellout. Thanks to this success and an encouraging response to five nights of carol singing and some very generous donations we raised £1,346.72, which will go toward essential work on the church roof. We expect the calendars and carol singing will become annual events. So budding photographers out there should be considering their most stunning shots taken in and around Aller. Please contact David on 252 295 if you might have a photo that could be featured in the 2011 calendar.
November-December 2009 Notes: We have kicked off our Restoration Fund-raising by creating Aller Calendars for 2010. These feature gorgeous photos of our village and its environs. They are perfect gifts for friends, relatives, and people who’ve visited Aller and would enjoy revisiting with this beautiful souvenir. Orders can be placed with David or Elaine Major (01458 252 295 e-mail - emajor@btinternet.com).
The second fund-raiser will be some pre-Christmas Carol-singing. Over the course of 3 nights in mid-December, a handful of choristers will make the rounds of the entire village and regale you with carols. We hope you will enjoy the singing and donate generously to the Restoration Fund. If you don’t enjoy the singing, we hope you’ll give even more generously to be rid of us!
Our third event, and the first date for your diary, is a romantic Jazz Night in Aller Village Hall, Sat. 13th Feb. 2010, 7:30 – 10:30. This evening of jazz is the perfect Valentine’s date, featuring the Roger Bond Jazz quartet. We will have a cash bar. Tickets are available from David or Elaine (252 295) for £7.50. Unsold tickets will be available on the door. All profits go to the Restoration Fund, so grab your Valentine and join us.