Hi Folks: I've just been tidying up the Macmillan bits and bobs for 2008, so have a final figure for this year. To be clear, this is the figure that I've administered from here, so does not include Rafki's donations, Ian's (both as above) or the car auction.
To put it another way, the below figure is our starting point, as we have direct donations plus this year's car auction to add to the total. In addition, the below figure does not include Gift-Aid either, although all but a small handful of donations that have gone via me have had Gift-Aid forms filled in and submitted.
Anyway, here we go:
£4664.00p
Due to requests from many donors, I've decided not to list individual names / amounts. All details are here on file, and I would like someone (ideally local or a Fairmile visitor) to look over the (very basic) file, simply to confirm and report back that the 'Thank You' letters received from Macmillan exactly match the figures and donations received here.
All donations this year have been via cheques or postal orders made out to 'Macmillan Cancer Support', which has been great, as I don't have to worry about handling 'real money'
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Now then, to take this total a bit further:
2006: £9127.50
2007: £2219.00
2008: £7500 (auction).
2008: £1210 (1st batch of cheques)
2008: £1650 (2nd batch of cheques)
2008: £403 (3rd batch of cheques)
2008: £245 (4th batch of cheques)
2008: £216 (5th batch of cheques)
2008: £840 (6th batch of cheques)
Therefore, so far we have directly raised £23,410.50p. Again, we still need to add on Gift-Aid and individual, direct donations as well.
It's a credit to the spirit of DDK, and I know many people have helped push us towards this fantastic amount. Nothing illustrates this further than the efforts of Helen, Larry and their team of show-goers at the NEC. I'll sign off with an extract of our last letter to Macmillan of 2008:
Please find enclosed the latest batch of cheques from DDK (the on-line club for early Porsche cars). This time our total is £840, representing our final batch for 2008.
Once again, there have been a variety of reasons for the cheques: several donations of parts between members have triggered donations. Two of particular note this time though are from Helen and Larry Goff. They organized our stand at the NEC Classic Car Show, and combined stand materials from both DDK and Macmillan. In fact I gather that the stand was so heavily liveried in Macmillan colours that many people thought you had branched out into early Porsche ownership!
Anyway, with true entrepreneurial spirit, they charged not only for DDK lapel badges, but also donations were encouraged if people sat in one of the cars. It says much for the goodwill that Macmillan enjoys that people were delighted to join in the ‘sit-and-donate’ initiative. Helen and Larry made a particular point of mentioning the high level of positive feedback your charity received.
To this end, I’m delighted to confirm that they raised £500 over the weekend. I’m sure they’d be delighted to hear from you directly, and therefore have taken the liberty of enclosing their address so that you might write.