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Big ‘Thank You’ as Almost £2500 Raised for Flood Relief
30th August 2010
Local residents, charities and businesses have donated almost £2500 for victims of the Pakistan floods at a local fundraising event.
Organised by Doncaster CVS in conjunction with Islamic Relief and members of the local community, the event included a charity auction with items ranging from fire-eating lessons to a cricket bat signed by some of Pakistan’s international cricketers. A sponsored fast was also undertaken by non-muslim residents along with various other fundraising activities.
Speaking about the fundraising effort, Nazia Sattar of Doncaster CVS said:
“We would like to thank everyone who was involved in the fundraising event.”
“The event was attended by around 80 people, coming from a range of backgrounds and the money they have raised could feed 60 families of 6 for a month, or provide 16 families with vital emergency shelter.
“It was great to see so many people involved and a massive ‘thank you’ must go to all the local people and businesses that so generously donated their time, money and products.“
The United Nations now estimates that the floods have destroyed or badly damaged 1.2m homes and significantly affected over 17 million people. There are now also fears of major outbreaks of diseases such as cholera.
An area of more than 160,000 square kilometres – greater than the entire size of England – has now been ravaged by floods since exceptionally heavy monsoon rains began falling in Pakistan late in July.
Thank you to those organisations & individuals who donated items to the charity auction, which included:
- Aagrah
- The Great Babu aka Bob Adams
- Boots
- Copyworld
- Costa
- Debenhams
- Doncaster CVS staff members
- Fountain Health (Bessacarr)
- Key Fund Yorkshire
- Lush
- Marks & Spencer
- Mount Pleasant Hotel
- Nadeem Murtuja
- Sainsburys
- Secrets of Beauty (Belle Vue)
- Tesco
- Thorntons
- WHSmiths
Thank you to those who donated some of the food on the night: Maya Davda catering for the starter, Moore’s Bakery Ltd for the dessert, and the donations made by the Muslim community. Also, thank you to Askew Design & Print for donating the banner for the event.
Thanks to Islamic Relief in all their support prior to the event and on the day and to the 14 people who undertook the sponsored fast. Finally, thank you to all the volunteers in their support before the event and on the night to make it run as smoothly as possible.
It was a really fun and enjoyable evening for a very good cause.
Donations for the floods can stil be made via Islamic Relief or the Disasters Emergency Committee.
