The Saturday before Christmas saw club members helping with our annual 
bucket collection at Sainsbury's Colchester Avenue.  This year we were 
collecting for the RNLI and other charities supported by the club.  In 
the morning we were supported by our friends who provided a brass 
quartet playing Christmas music, who attracted their own audience, and 
in the afternoon members of the club led by Mark on the keyboard sang 
carols to entertain the shoppers. The total amount raised wasn £638.28.