announcing the amount raised by the Christmas Market held in 2022.
Thank you to everyone involved in the Christmas Market held at the village hall on Saturday the 10th of December 2022.
The market, organised by the Village Hall Management Committee, was a fundraising event for the St Mary’s Church Bell Tower Restoration Fund with refreshments provided by Upchurch WI and included a visit from Santa in his sleigh with giant reindeer, courtesy of Upchurch Parish Council.
The final amount raised on the day is £602 👏🏼
A big thank you to:
Organiser Gerry Lewin and the Village Hall Management Committee members who helped organise and run the whole event and staffed the raffle and to Upchurch WI for running the kitchen and kindly donating their profits.
All sponsors of the raffle:
BOOM hush Theatre Productions
The Crown at Upchurch
Overbury Estates
Joe's Bows
Tinx Fluid Art
Theia Glass
All Vehicle Services
Upchurch Players
The Three Tuns Lower Halstow
Upchurch's Co-op
Also to:
Kay Suzanne Creates for the poster artwork
Upchurch Matters and The Gabriel for publicity
The wonderful stallholders
Upchurch Parish Council for inviting Santa to visit us
And anyone else I have missed!
A JustGiving fundraising page has also been published to help towards the restoration.
Please visit the link to donate >> www.justgiving.com/campaign/upchurchbelltower
Thank you
Alison Lewin
