Rea Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 Eleven! We'd taken some money from the petty cash to buy everyone who turned up a drink, I thought at one point we might run out, they just kept arriving. It was so unbelievable. We've got a secretary but no treasurer. But, we've got a man who is regional manager of Sainsburys homebase and he said he can get us anything we need for our new garden plus their staff have two paid days a year to help with voluntary projects. He's got 150 people he can call on to help with the digging, clearing, planting, fencing... He used to be regional manager at Argos too and has said he still has contacts and can help with providing things for fundraising raffles. Told us anything we want, so us being the poor playgroup we are, we thought about £20-£50 maybe. No. He suggested an XBOX or Wii Another parent said her brother is a TA at a local nursery and he will be our Father Christmas and another mom said as she's being an Elf at her local school she'll come in for us too. They all agreed to our proposal to have a fund for stationery or equipment and to asking for donations of tissues, nappy sacks/wipes, washing up liquid etc. I'm flabbergasted, shame about the treasurer but hey Quote
hali Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 wow you were lucky think the most we had was 3 - got to be a bit of a game how quickly we could close the meeting - got it down to 26mins one year Quote
Fredbear Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 Yipee, fantastic, wonderful, well done you. Quote
Deb Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 Wow what an achievement! Lots of impetus for the future then, enjoy! Quote
HoneyPancakes Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 What a great post. This site really needs a LIKE button. Honey Quote
Beau Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 Wow, that must've been some drink you were offering! Quote
Rea Posted November 24, 2011 Author Posted November 24, 2011 9 cokes, 1 lemonade 1 pint of Murphys Quote
sunnyday Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Fantastic news! Hope you enjoyed your pint! Quote
Panders Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 I'm so pleased for you Rea! what fantastic help there appears to be for the next year or two and if you keep in with your new man for the future toooooooo Quote
Stargrower Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Gives you faith that there are people out there that believe in us and will go out of their way to support early years. HOORAY! Well done! Beehive Quote
Inge Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Well, whatever you said seems to have worked.. and contacts you need to keep for as long as you can (Can I just say at this point that Homebase no longer belongs to Sainsbury but is part of the same company as Argos, has been for a while now. ) Always remember setting up our garden, we used the probationary service as at the time we had a probation officer on our committee.. hope all goes well this year .. Quote
lashes2508 Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) [ there is hope for us all , must remember , all future agm to be held in pub!! lol even if noone turns up we can instantly drown our sorrows haha Edited November 25, 2011 by lashes2508 Quote
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