Today brought our final fundraising push to reach that all important pledged target of £1500.00.
Once again we had arranged to do a stint of bag packing in our store, M&S Coliseum Simply Foods in Ellesmere Port. The whole team, plus some extra pairs of hands, were mobilised, dressed in team t-shirts with team collecting buckets poised for action.
Two and a half hours later we began the counting and raised......(queue drum roll).....£172.00!!!!
We are therefore thrilled to announce to the world that Team Coliseum M&S have now accumulated the grand total of £1505.50 for Oxfam.
This is, of course, the total so far. We have yet to pay in the sponsorship money being gathered from the teams' friends and relatives, plus we have funds to bank from a treasure map, a £250 donation from one of the team members husband's employer (how very kind of them) and, hopefully, some matched funding from our own wonderful employer, Marks & Spencer.
What an achievement. I, for one, wanted our Virgin Money barometer to have hit the target before we even set foot on the South Downs Way and I can't wait to actually see it when I have paid in this latest money on Monday. I think it will be photographed and framed...a copy for each of us.
Special thanks to Linda and Ellie for their helping hands today and even
more special thanks to the M&S customers who threw their money into
our buckets.
So very proud of our Team, I feel quite emotional! God knows how I will feel when we have actually done the bloomin' walk! Suspect there might be a few tears.
