Over £1,400.00 was raised at our annual "Spring Fayre 2017" (04-06-2017) recently held in the grounds of Thornhill Community Centre of which will go towards helping local and international causes.
A donation of £650.00 was sent to The East Africa Crisis Appeal via "DEC" and the remainder will be designated towards local grants and causes.
A huge thank you goes out to the local community and sponsors because without their support it would not be possible. Please see below thank you email from "DEC" and for more information please follow link below:
From: Disasters Emergency Committee support@dec.org.uk
Subject: Thank you for your donation
Date: 28 June 2017 at 22:11
To: Rotary Club of Thornhill and District Rotary Club of Thornhill and District alansykes49@gmail.com
Dear Rotary Club of Thornhill
and District,
Thank you so much for your
donation to the East Africa
Crisis Appeal.
Donation reference number:
1NL8Q1TW7ON
Donation amount:
£650.00
On behalf of the millions of people affected by the food crisis across East Africa, we wanted to say
thank you.
DEC member charities are already delivering life-saving assistance in South Sudan, Somalia, Kenya
and Ethiopia. Now, because of your generosity we will be able to reach out to even more of those
affected and provide much needed aid and vital support.
Your donation of £650.00 could be worth an extra £162.50 if we were able to claim Gift Aid on it.
Please consider doing so by making a Gift Aid declaration – it can make a very substantial difference
to the amount we raise during our appeals. If you’re interested in making a Gift Aid declaration,
please contact our Supporter Care team on 01204 770822 or use our contact form. If you want to find
out more about the Gift Aid scheme, please visit https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid.
We also urge you to stay in touch by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter via the links
below. Alternatively give us a call or have a chat online.
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/DisastersEmergencyCommittee
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/DECappeal.
Please also share news of your donation with your friends and family.
If you have any queries relating to this donation, please contact our Supporter Care online.
Yours sincerely,
Saleh Saeed
DEC Chief Executive
A/S16/08/17
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