A few weeks ago I had my 19th birthday and celebrated it by having a house party (I've been told my house parties are pretty good...) My boyfriend Matt and I went to Morrisons in the day and spent just under £200 on alcohol and food! My initial budget had been £60-£90 so I went just slightly over. :-/ We party-proofed the house, and by that I mean moved everything that might get broken into the utility room and made that out-of-bounds. Matt set up his DJ equipment in the conservatory and I set up the raffle. The plan was that as people came in they bought raffle tickets at one pound each, and with each raffle ticket they got a free drink. Surprisingly enough we sold over 200 raffle tickets, and when we drew the raffle at midnight, all the raffle prizes were won! I think some people enjoyed the alcohol a wee bit too much however, as there were a fair few people vomiting all over my house. Really classy eh? But sick can always be cleaned, albeit a horrendous job, and by the time I kicked everyone out, I had made £340! So £140 profit just from a house party is rather good going I'd say.
Saturday was spent cleaning up, with each floor being mopped and swept about four times. Once the house was clean however, I was able to move onto preparation for my next fundraiser: a cake sale. With the help of my sister and my dad, I made 100 cupcakes on Saturday night, and then woke up at 7am on Sunday morning to ice and decorate them all. See attached photo.
The sale, which was at a church in Buxton, went very well. All the cakes were sold, and I made a grand total of £84.02! I reckon that church congregation must have been pretty hungry!
To top off my busy weekend, I attended a service of celebration and thanks for one of the trust who have given me money. They asked me to do a little talk about the project, so I did the usual: introduce myself, give some background to the project trust organisation, talk about the selection process, the fundraising process, and finally what I will actually be doing out in Malaysia. Apparently I spoke well, as I was congratulated on it by some of my old school teachers who had been present.
All in all it was a very productive weekend, with a grand total of £300 being added to my fundraising. :-)
I'm getting there...Slowly but surely, so keep an eye on this blog as I've got a few more fundraising events lined up for you to hear about and perhaps attend if you so wish to!
