Effective fundraising
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2004-09-13 07:43:41 - Graham EllisThe charity evening, arranged by four local restaurants in aid of Bangladeshi flood relief last night, seemed a great success; from a quick count up around the room, I'm estimating that several thousand pounds were raised, which isn't at all bad for a wet Sunday evening in Melksham. Good to see the owners of the Refa, the Sultan, the Melksham Tandoori and the Spice of Bengal (Calne) working together when they're competitors in their day-to-day businesses. All food given free, as was the entertainment / bands.
Lisa and I came away saying - "Yes, that's how it should be done"; I for one have spent long days in the past running jumble sales for local charities, raising perhaps a hundred pound of profit for long hours before hand and on the day, but last night they had it right. Well done.
See Melksham Dining for contact information for restaurants and takeaways in Melksham.
As a separate subject - I do have concerns about money given for charity actually reaching the people it's intended for rather that running a vast machine along the way. However - that is not to decry last night's magnificent effort which was excellent and where care was taken to translate the amounts given into the effect it would have on the ground.