AN AMBITIOUS target of £20,000 was set by the Saddleworth Ladies Lifeboat Guild to be raised in 2014 – which they fell short of by just £800.
Their impressive total of £19,200 was raised through events including their annual Cream Tea, coffee mornings, a Cross Morecambe Bay Walk, a quiz night and their Annual Luncheon.
Joan Halkyard, Chairman of the SLLG, said: “Narrowly missing the target has spurred us on to increase our efforts for 2015.”
The Guild has already set the ball rolling with £650 raised at a heart-warming charity night courtesy of Saddleworth Players.
An encouraging boost to their plans is the news that the RNLI is the chosen charity for 2014/2015 of Julie Ward, Saddleworth Golf Club’s Lady Captain.
The Guild has arranged a very full programme of events for the year ahead including three coffee mornings between April and November and garden events on June 6 and 7.
Their very popular Cream Tea, which raised £2,000 last year, will be held at the Civic Hall, Uppermill, on July 7 when they hope to have to put up the ‘house full’ notices once again.
Then on July 11 a repeat of last year’s Cross Morecambe Bay Walk, which raised £6,200, is open to all-comers.
The year will be rounded off with the Annual Luncheon at the White Hart, Lydgate, on Sunday, September 27 and their challenging end-of-year Quiz Night at Greenfield Conservative Club on November 20.
Each and every event is accompanied by a stall of RNLI top quality souvenirs, Christmas cards, Saddleworth teddy bears and much more.
For more details of any of these events or to get involved with the SLLG, just get in touch with any member of the Guild or chairman Joan Halkyard by calling 01457 875375 or emailing j.halkyard113@icloud.com
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