£4,000

On Saturday we sold tea and cakes at the Grovesend Farmers' Market again and raised £44. This takes us over the £4,000 mark :)

Rising Total

This morning we received £653.80 from Welsh School of which £535.00 was from bike ride sponsorship and £118.80 was from a nonuniform day. Excellent work from Gwyr students and staff - thank you.

Also we received another £96.04 from the Gowerton Post Office who have been selling used books. Well done to the Post Office and if you have any books cluttering up your house, feel free to drop them off there :)

The grand total now stands just short of £4,000 at £3975.58. This is an excellent achievement considering we have only been fund-raising for 2.5 months :)

Old Mobile Phones for Cash

We are now collecting old mobile phones to convert to cash. We have already received around £30 of cash for the appeal.

If you have an old, forgotten mobile in the back of a drawer, never to be used again, please fish it out - contact Gaynor via the Facebook group and she'll sort out collecting it and trading it in.

Non-uniform Day

We are very grateful to Tregwyr Infants School and Tregwyr Junior School who have raised £399 and £160 respectively, from a non-uniform day and Bike Ride Sponsorship.

Thanks to all involved! :)

Ladies Night

Helen Jenkins is running a Virgin Vie At Home evening of beauty on Thursday 14th August at 7.30pm at the Commercial in Gowerton in aid of the crossing appeal.

There will be trained consultants on hand with beauty tips, mini pampering sessions, prize draws and more.

Entry is free, all welcome!

For more info, give Helen a ring on 07843 666003

Swansea Bay 10K Run

Dave Harris of Garden Village is doing the Swansea Bay 10K Run on September 21st and has offered to donate his sponsor money to our appeal.

The race will start at St Helens Rugby Ground and run up Oystermouth Road to the Mumbles, through the car park opposite the White Rose and back down the cycle track to St Helens.

Thanks, Dave, and the best of luck!

Money for printer cartridges (ink-jet)

We have received our first payout for sending in used ink-jet cartridges - a cheque for £30 has been received!

The ink jet cartridge appeal is on-going, so have a look at the list of what is taken here:

http://www.cashforcartridges.co.uk/ink-cartridge-recycling-prices.html

...and if they are listed, just pop them in an envelope and send them to:

Cash For Cartridges (Ref: R00837)
Freepost
RLZL-EUJG-ZYEL
13 Main Street
Keyworth
Nottingham
NG12 5AA

...the money for the cartridges will then be credited to our account :) Please note that Epson cartridges are not accepted.

Gower Bike Ride

This morning 30 bikers joined the Gower Bike Ride to raise money for the Pelican Crossing. Here are some photos of a showery Sunday morning. Congratulations on a gruelling 29 miles!

Here are a few photos:


Riders in the Gower Bike Ride


Phil Barrow, Community Policeman


Supporters


Collecting at Tesco Express in Gowerton

Waunarlwydd Summer Fete

Today we ran a stall at Waunarlwydd Summer Fete. Unfortunately it rained, but we still made £32. Well done to all involved.

Evening Post again

The picture of the £500 presentation by the Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr PTA finally made it into the Evening Post last night :)

(Click to enlarge)

Nominated for Award!

We have been nominated for the South Wales Police Authority's Community Safety Volunteer Team of the Year for 2008!

Here is the letter: (click to enlarge)

Grovesend Farmer's Market

On Saturday June 29th we ran the cafe at Grovesend Farmer's Market and raised £94.

Not long to go now until the Gower Bike Ride on June 6th. Tesco will be selling refreshments outside their store in Bryn-y-mor Road in Gowerton with profits donated to the crossing. Come along and see our brave cyclists as they pass through the village!