Arts and Crafts Exhibition

Congratulations to Mrs Elaine Thomas who raised £50 at the Gowerton Arts and Crafts Exhibition this week by selling her craft items.

Football Tournament

A football tournament was held at the Elba in Gowerton this afternoon organised by Phil Barrow, our community policeman The teams came from Gowerton Comprehensive, Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, the Welcome to Gower and the Police. Here are some photos of the action:







The final was played between the teams from Gowerton School and Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, with Gowerton School the eventual champions. Here is the winners' cup:



Thanks to the helpers (some pictured below) who sold tea, coffee, pasties, soup and hot dogs. The total raised in the afternoon was £71.70.

Grovesend November

Well done to the ladies who did the refreshments in the Grovesend Farmers' Market this month and raised £38 :)

An excellent morning at the Christmas Craft Market

The Christmas Craft Market was held this morning at St John's Church Hall, and we made £245 for the Pelican Crossing Appeal from the tea/coffee, cakes, raffle and "Guess the name of the Bear".

This was an excellent effort - so many thanks to Rhian Davies who organised the Market, Elaine Thomas, Maureen Saysell and Joanna Leeuwerke who manned the raffle, and Gaynor Thomas and Louise Chittenden who made the tea and sold the cakes. And of course, all the stall-holders for bringing their wares!



Maureen and Louise

Elaine Thomas manning the raffle

£101 for Ink Cartridges

We have received another payout from the used Ink Cartridges collection people, £101.76, taking us across the £7,000 mark!

If you have any used HP, Lexmark, Dell or Canon ink cartridges, please 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

No Epson cartridges or any toner cartridges, please!

A great way to raise money from stuff we'd normally throw out!

Christmas Market this Saturday!

On Saturday 8th November, Rhian Davies is organising a Christmas Craft Market at St Johns Church Hall in Gowerton - 9.30am to 12.30pm. There will be refreshments for sale in the hall, so come along and snap up your Christmas shopping early!

Grovesend Tea October 2008

Well done to the five ladies who did this month's refreshments at the Grovesend Farmers' Market. They raised £36 :)

Police Bike-riders in Evening Post

Our police bike-riders appeared in the Evening Post tonight, having raised £2,446.91 in their bike ride over the summer. Well done ladies and gents! (Click to enlarge)

Autumn Fayre raises £540!

Our Autumn Fayre was held today in the Sports Hall of Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr and raised a magnificent £540. The Fayre was opened by Kevin Johns of Swansea Sound who got us off to a great start and a pleasant afternoon was passed which included browsing the stalls, sampling the cakes from the cake stall and having a nice cup of tea!

Very well done to everyone who was involved in organising the Fayre: publicity, donating items, serving on the stalls and clearing up afterwards. It was nice to see so many of the local community turning out to support the cause :)

Here are some photos of the day:

Sue Jones and friend on the Bric-a-brac stall
Kevin Johns of Swansea Sound opening the Fayre
Maureen and friend!


Gaynor and friend!
Champions of the cake stall!
Ann on the hot dog stand
Elaine Thomas on the raffle with Katherine Davies
The Book Stall
Rosemary and Maureen

Fayre Approaching

Our next event is an Autumn Fayre at the Welsh School (Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr) on October 18th. We're getting everything ready now - if anyone can help out serving behind a stall for a couple of hours, or has any books etc to donate, contact Gaynor on the Facebook group. And of course, don't forget to come along on the day! Kevin Johns from Swansea Sound will be opening the Fayre and there will be lots of interesting stalls, hot dogs, tea and stuff for the kids. Should be a pleasant Saturday afternoon out!

September Tea

Well done to Maureen Saysell and Gaynor and Elaine Thomas who made £30 on refreshments at Grovesend Farmers' Market this month. :)

Volunteer Team of the Year 2008 Nominee

The Pelican Crossing Appeal has been "Highly Commended" in the South Wales Police Volunteer Awards 2008 in the Team category.

Here is the certificate that has been received:

Swansea 10K Run

Well done and many thanks to Dave Harris of Garden Village for us who did the Swansea 10K run for the Pelican Crossing Appeal on Sunday 21st September. We don't know the final total yet, but he has raised more than £130. Hope your blisters are healing well, Dave!

Here are some photos of Dave in action:

Grovesend Fete

Well done to Elaine Thomas and Maureen Saysell who ran a stall at the Grovesend Fete on Saturday 20th September and raised £40 :)

Evening Post x 2

We have appeared in the Evening Post twice this week, in conjunction with an article about Tregwyr Junior School who are having their own road safety problems, and also on the letters page. (Click on the images to see a larger version)

Evening Post write-up

We appeared in the Evening Post again this week!



Here is a link to the online version of the article:

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Pelican-fund-swells/article-316242-detail/article.html

Gowerton Community Council donates £1,000

Gowerton Community Council has donated £1,000 to the appeal! We are most grateful for this donation - it is a fantastic boost to our fundraising efforts which now stands at £5,700.

Below can be seen Maureen Saysell receiving the cheque from a Community Council representative at the Rechabite Hall, earlier tonight.

Virgin Vie party

On August 14th, a Virgin Vie party was organised by Helen at the Commercial in Gowerton. A very enjoyable evening was had with facials and nail beauty sessions amongst other activities. £66 was raised for the Pelican Crossing Appeal. Many thanks to Helen who organised the party.

Here are some photos of the evening:

£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!

New artwork

Mr Phil Organ of Swansea Metropolitan University has kindly supplied us with the following artwork to be used on posters for events etc. We think it's a fantastic drawing - thank you very much, Phil! :)

Diolch yn fawr!

This morning the Gowerton Pelican Appeal was presented with a generous donation of £500 from the PTA of Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr.

Pictured below are the headmistress of the school, Mrs Katherine Davies and members of the PTA presenting the cheque to Maureen Saysell, Ann Davies and Gaynor Thomas (fundraisers)


Our grand total currently stands at £1442.72.

Diolch yn fawr iawn!

One Month In

Today marks one month since the start of the Pelican Crossing appeal. 

So far we have raised about £600. 

A collection from Dunvant Male Voice Choir raised £30 tonight, and £50 was taken in Bike Ride sponsorship from residents of Cecil Road and Park Road - many thanks to them all! :)

Pelican Crossing Needed

Our first Evening Post write-up (click to enlarge)