Author Archives: Mark Ormesher
Placement Letter Arrived! (Updated)
Today is a good day! 😀 My placement letter arrived from Project Trust, so I know now exactly where I’ll be going to in the summer (less than 4 months now). I’ll be working in St Ignatius Secondary School, Lethem, Guyana. It’s the only secondary school in District 9 and has a wide catchment area, … Continue reading
Bag Packing Raised £902.37!
After 8 hours on our feet, 3733 coins collected and nearly 3 hours counting the results, I’m very happy to say that bag packing today at Morrison’s raised a massive £902.37. This has put me up to 90% of the total target – the end is in sight!
May Deadline Met & Car Boot Sale
With my latest donations and events, I’ve smashed my May deadline of £3000 and currently sit on just over £3500. As with my February deadline I’m about a month ahead of schedule, so things are looking very good for having my total £5100 in time for July! My next fundraiser is a bag packing day … Continue reading
Sweet Jar Winner
Congratulations to Mr Brady from THW for having the closest guess (293) to the 296 delicious sweets in the jar (see the post below this one). He has proudly won the jar of sweets itself and a lovely bottle of red wine. The “Guess How Many Sweets in the Jar?” competition raised me a total … Continue reading
Guess How Many Sweets?
Wednesday through to Saturday this week sees the long-awaited school and sixth form production of GREASE. As well as helping out on the drinks stand, myself and fellow PT volunteer Nicole will be offering patrons a chance to guess how many sweets are in the jar below.
Town Collection Total
Last Saturday I spent just shy of 8 hours stood on Trinity Street in town collection for my Project Trust fund. It was a bitterly cold day and sadly not as busy as I’d hoped for, but I still raised £60.84 towards my fund. This has just tipped me past 40% of my total and … Continue reading
Leg Wax – Total and Photos!
The leg wax was a brilliant success and has so far netted me £155.83 (with about £65 left to collect from sponsors who haven’t paid yet). In the end five “100% willing volunteers” took part: myself, Mr Berridge, Mr Howell, Mr Hanley and Mr Evans. I’d like to say a massive, massive thank you to … Continue reading
PT Staff Visit to Guyana
So Project Trust just uploaded a load of photos to Facebook from their recent staff visit to Guyana… there’s some amazing stuff in there, well worth checking out: View the Photos
£100 From The Alchemy Foundation
I came home today to my first positive response from a charitable trust… The Alchemy Foundation in Surrey have donated £100 towards my total! With their help I’ve just passed £1700, meaning I am now more than a third of the way there 😀
Buckets Arrived and Looking Good
Two big collection buckets arrived the other day, ready for my public collection in town on February 10th (more info). They’ll also be making an appearance at the leg wax next Friday. Got to say – they’re looking pretty good…
Total So Far
£5,215.98 / £5,100 102.27%
