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Surrey Harmony members have been lucky enough to
compete 5 times at the International Convention, but each time the cost
of going escalates. As usual everyone in the Chorus and our supporters
helped to swell the coffers. But this time around the Chorus as two fund
raising “champions”.
 Judith
has raised £3,000 by using Ebay to sell items no longer wanted by Surrey
Harmony members. “It all began with an umbrella that was among some
items given to me by a friend who told me I could sell everything to
raise some cash for the Chorus. I made over £100 profit on that first
item and it’s just spiralled from there”, says Judith.
Now Judith is totally hooked on Ebay checking the
site several times a day to see how bids are progressing. She has even
started going to auctions and doing car boot sales although sometimes
they are more profitable than others.
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in donating things to sell”, says Judith. “Old sheet music,
children’s games and books are popular, along with named
pottery, wooden animals and paperweights. I’ve sent stuff all
over the world, often telling the buyer that I am helping to
raise money for Surrey Harmony to go to Las Vegas. I even sent a
cut-throat razor to South Korea! |
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 By
the time we travel to Las Vegas Jean’s fund raising project will
have raised £6,000 for Chorus funds. Jean explains how her 400 Club
works. “Each person who contributes £10 a month has a number which
relates to the bonus ball number drawn each Saturday in the National
Lottery. Each person with that number gets £30. Then once a month we
have a prize draw at Chorus when a numbered ball is drawn from the big
orange sack. The person with that number wins £300”.
The Club has 100 participants, not as many as Jean
had hoped for originally, hence the name. “We have had support from 12
Choruses in the UK region and for that we are very grateful, also from
our FISH members (Friends Involved
with Surrey Harmony) and supporters like Edwina Currie and friends and
family. City of Roses Chorus in Aberdeen has been the luckiest Chorus
and we’ve have had 52 individual winners so far.”
Jean hopes to continue with the 400 Club in the
future providing there is enough support. Oh, and if you are wondering
what the most lucky numbers have been – in the Weekly Draw they were 7,
12, 31 & 42. In the £300 monthly draw they were 2,36,69 & 84.
Well Done
to Judith and Jean for their hard work in raising
so much money for our Las Vegas funds.
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