DSAA Beeline, Issue 1 2017

how people help
Dorset Golf and
Country Club
Spacemen, beer tasting and golf help raise
over £10K for the Charity
utgoing Captains of the Dorset Golf and
O
Country Club, Tim Morris and Pauline Henson,
presented Leanne Colverson (DSAA Fundraising
Coordinator) with a massive cheque totalling £10,138 for
monies raised during their year of captaincy.
Handing over the cheque, Tim said: “Throughout
the year, the support from all members for our chosen
charity has been tremendous. It felt as if everyone knew,
either first or second-hand, someone who had been
helped by this fantastic service – indeed two of our
members were helped by the air ambulance in our year.”
Speaking about their fundraising activities, Pauline
added: “We held a number of events during our year in
office including raffles, a ladies’ coffee morning and lots
of golf competitions. Tim is a Master Brewer so we hosted
a beer tasting evening, which raised over £600, and a
themed Members’ Day: ‘Ground Control to Captain Tim…’
in honour of UK Astronaut, Tim Peake, who was in space
during our tenure, raising £1,235. Our Bowls Section also
raised money throughout the year – some even auctioned
off their unwanted jewellery.
We are thrilled with the amount raised and we hope
that the money will help the Charity carry on their
great work.”
A big thank you from us all!
An eggs-cellent donation!
The award-winning Rumwell Farm Shop and
Café hosted a series of fundraising initiatives in
2016, which saw £1,500 being donated to the
Charity. Anne Mitchell, joint owner of the farm
shop and café, which is located on the A38
between Taunton and Wellington, said: “We’re
thrilled to have raised such a fantastic amount
of money for DSAA, which was one of our
chosen charities of the year for 2016.
“The £1,500 was raised in a number of
ways including collection tins and a Charity
Carvery & Quiz Evening in June. Ten pence was
donated from every bag of sherbet lemons
and a further 10p from each sale of our dozen,
large, free-range eggs. Additionally, we held
a car wash in aid of the Charity, which saw
the 1st Wellington Scout Group give a helping
hand. Our thanks go to all our staff, customers
and the scout group for helping us to raise this
incredible amount of money.”
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