As hopefully you all know by now the cricket club has taken over the organisation of The Chippenham Christmas Market, which has been running in Chippenham village church for many years and is now a big fundraiser for the club. The Market is very popular, which means we are looking for a lot of volunteers to help make sure everything runs smoothly. The good news is the feedback from volunteers at last year’s Christmas Market was very positive with everyone saying what a great event it was to be involved with and how it helped get that festive feeling going. We very much expect the same atmosphere this year and hope as many of you as possible can help make it another enjoyable evening while raising important funds for the club.
This years date is Friday 29th November. We are looking for help in four ways, which are:
1. We will need a lot of helpers at the event on the evening of Friday November 29th. We have all sorts of tasks from selling tickets, preparing food & drink, serving, taking payment and folding tickets to go into the raffle. We are looking for volunteers to work in one of the following shifts on November 29th:
4.45pm-6.30pm
6.15pm- 8pm
8pm-9.45pm
2.If you have any unopened bottles of wine or spirits you can donate then we would love to have them for our bottle stall. The bottle stall is a popular fundraiser at the event and the more bottles we get the more money we make. So if you have a bottle you can donate then please let me know and we will arrange collection.
3.Over the next 10 days we need flyers taken to a selection of businesses in the following towns and villages: : Fordham, Red Lodge, Newmarket and Soham.
These are to go on counters and/or noticeboards to help remind people that the Christmas Market is coming soon. There are less than 10 businesses in each area, so it’s not a mammoth task and they have all accepted our flyers in previous years. Of course we can give you extra flyers if you think there are other businesses in your area who would be willing to take them and you are happy to talk to them about this.
If you feel you can help please let me know before next Friday 8th November and I will contact you to arrange dropping off the flyers.
4.. At the Market the Christmas Draw takes place with a first prize of £250. The ticket sales for the draw are a big part of the fundraising, so if you think you can sell tickets at work or amongst your friends and family, please let me know and I will get some books of tickets to you. They cost £1 per ticket or £5 per book. As well as the first prize of £250 there are a number of other great gifts as well.
I hope all the above is clear but please let me know if you have any questions. Your support is really needed to ensure we make sure the event continues to be a success, so please let me know ASAP if you can help. If you can be there on November 29th please also let me know what time slot you are able to do. You can text or call me or email the club at: cricketchippenham@gmail.com I will then be back in touch to talk through things.
Best regards,
Darren
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