LAST UPDATED:22nd July 2010

Teas & Talks

On Monday August 9^th TWOAT will be offering Teas and Talks at the Good Shepherd Hall (Station Approach, Tadworth) from 3pm until 4.30pm.  This will be an opportunity to hear briefly about some of the overseas projects which we support and have tea and cakes with us.  There will be no charge for admission or the tea and cakes although donations would be appreciated.  Please bring your friends as this is an opportunity to get to know about the work of TWOAT and let us know if you plan to attend (Mike Fox 01737 350452).

Spit Roast Event

On Sunday September 19^th from 12.30pm Roger and Ana-Stina Ponsford will be staging their annual Spit Roast event in aid of TWOAT in the garden at Kaprifol 54 Meadow Walk, Walton-on-the-Hill  For further information contact Roger on 01737 814396.

Annual Social Meeting

We will be holding our ASM on Saturday 23rd October at St John's Hall (opposite Tadworth Station) starting at 7.30pm.  The evening will include dinner and presentations about some of our projects.  There will be no charge but please let us know if you plan to attend (Mike Fox 01737 350452).

RECENT EVENTS

Garden Teas

I am very please to report that we raised about £140 when serving teas during the most recent National Garden Scheme opening at 41 Shelvers Way.  This brought the total of money raised from the three garden openings this year to just over £500.  Many thanks to Keith and Elisabeth Lewis and NGS for giving us this opportunity.

Sponsored Walks

Over 40 walkers participated in our Sponsored Walks. Sponsorship monies are still coming in and so far we have raised well over £1,000. 

Walton May Fayre

Donated items for our Bottle Stall at the Walton May Fayre raised of the order of £300.  Many thanks to those that contributed.

Street Collection

Our annual street collection  on April 17th raised a record sum exceeding £500. Many thanks to all those that donated and those that stood on street corners for us including a location in Kingswood for the first time. 

HARP Recital

Over 70 people attended our Dinner with Harp Recital on Tuesday 6th April and all were entranced with the playing of Candy Bowtell, the daughter of one of our Trustees.  Over £700 was raised for our projects.

Tadworth 10

We are very grateful to the Tadworth Athletics Club who donated £250 to us from the takings of the Tadworth 10 run.

QUIZ Evening

I am pleased to record that we raised over £400 at our Quiz evening with 50 attendess who seemed to enjoy themselves despite complaining about the difficulty of my animal kingdom photos!  Many thanks to Christchurch for the use of their hall. 

Carol Singing Events

Our various Carol Singing events raised nearly £700 and we are particularly grateful for the participation of Walton Primary School Choir at the Sing Carols event organised by Christchurch.

Annual Social Meeting

Our Annual Social Meeting featured short presentations about 8 of our projects and raised over £1,000 in donations.  Many thanks to those that provided food for the occasion and those that cooked.   We were, however, saddened to have to report the death of Joe Williams in Mozambique who, with his wife Lorraine, has lead the Imagine Project which we have supported for several years. Lorraine is hoping to continue their work and our thoughts and prayers are with her.

Spit Roast Lunch Sept 13th 12.30pm

The Spit Roast lunch held at the home of Anna-Stina and Roger Ponsford in Walton raised over £800 for us.  This is the highest total ever achieved by this type of event for TWOAT.  We are particularly grateful to Roger and Anna-Stina for their efforts in organising the event as Anna-Stina had to combine this with being away on the day itself as it ended up clashing with a family member's birthday celebration in Sweden!  Thanks also go to Roger's helpers Alan and Val Corrigall and Duncan and Marilyn Reid, to Stella Gritten who contributed apples for sale and to Lakeland who donated an apple coring device to be raffled.  I would also like to thank TWOAT committee members and friends who contributed food and items for our raffle.   

Sponsored Walks

The two sponsored walks raised over £1500.  Many congratulations to the organiser, John Allinson, and to those that walked and those that sponsored. 

Bottle Stall May 16th

We raised over £230 on our stall at the Walton May Fayre and have a few bottles left to use on another occasion.  Many thanks to those that donated bottles etc.

Auction of Promises
7.15pm Saturday, May 9^th St John’s Hall 

An Auction of Promises is when individuals and local businesses have donated promises to provide a service like a haircut or a meal but sometimes an item like a bottle of vintage wine.  These are then auctioned off to the highest bidder to raise money for a good cause, in this case TWOAT.  

I am delighted to tell you we raised over £2600.  Our grateful thanks go to the Friends of TWOAT who provided many items and also to local businesses as follows:

Promises from local businesses in alphabetic order

STOP PRESS

We had further items from Chapmans (shoulder of lamb), Gemini (meal for two), Newman's Greengrocers (£20 voucher), Meryl Davies (chiropody session), Thai Cottage (30% discount on a meal), Cutting Remarks (blow dry), One Stop (box of chocolates), Harringtons (cleaning voucher), Flowerpot (a delivered bouquet) and The Chequers (meal for two)