County Community Foundation Festive Finale a Massive Hit( and just look who showed up !)

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County Community  Foundation Festive Finale a Massive Hit( and just look who showed up !)

Yes, this impromptu Wednesday Report from Help the Hatters makes no apology for featuring our magnificent Community Foundation , who were in the County Museum this morning for the final session of the year of the highly successful `Sport in Memories` group.

Help the Hatters have provided support since the group launched in the form of ensuring food and drink was available and served to all who turned up, and there has been a good number throughout the year, and from the header pic you can see we had a very welcome guest indeed today as John Fitzpatrick popped in to see us – it was so good to see him! 






Adrian opened proceedings, welcoming all and thanking those who have worked so hard to make the group a success.







We knew there would be trouble however as a Pseudo Santa had infiltrated proceedings………..








…………….red rag to the genuine article, and the twosome gave us a brief re-run of Ruiz/ Joshuah 2  …….









Dave and Adrian soon smoothed all that out posing for an appropriate photo.









A huge priority for Help the Hatters was to do the draw for our Xmas Raffle which looks to have raised over £500 – a big contribution towards keeping us doing what we do!
The winner of the First Prize-  handsome hamper, was Kath ( sorry do not know the surname at this point)with yellow tickets 156-160 (752344).









Second prize of a bottle of Chivas Regal Whisky went to Carol Barlow . Pink / White tickets 71-75 ( 472398).

Third Prize of Match Tickets was won by Broderick Harley with yellow tickets 171-175( 337235), and the final prize of a bottle of sherry went to Rob Golding with yellow tickets 41-45 ( 752244 )

Congratulations to all the winners, who will be contacted as soon as possible to arrange collection.

A lively Quiz followed , won by Peter after a tie break question…..








And the final element , Bingo, went to eighty odd numbers before Arthur could claim his prize.








All in all an excellent morning.

It was good to see the Community Foundation and Help the Hatters working so well together, and even better to see Fitzy show his face – keep the good work up John….get well soon !     

Help the Hatters- Doers not Talkers !

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