As we all watch in disbelief as the horrific scenes unfold in Ukraine, two local children, supported by their dad Josh, decided they want to help in some way.
Last Saturday they ventured out in the cold, onto the village green to sell some homemade cupcakes, - and received some generous support for local businesses.
Their original target was to raise £400, but as we write the total has now reached an impressive £1,937!
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Here is how Josh described their cupcake sale on the the village green:
"I just wanted to say thank you for the overwhelming generosity and support today.
My kids Reuben and Maya are raising money for Ukraine - donating to MSF (Doctors without borders).
We wanted to make a special mention of appreciation to Reuben’s school friend Seb and his Dad, Kristian who joined us on a cold Saturday morning.
Amanda Maidment and the team from The Coastal Bakery who donated the most amazing cakes… which were of course the first to go… we’ll be back next weekend for one ourselves!
Clare Southcombe-Holmes from No.64 Biscuit House for her hot water bottles and donation. You saved the kids from going blue!
Lesley and Alex Davis from the Pickled Weasel for their support and not selling cakes today.
Penny Gluning for her outstanding cakes which were loved by all and also ran out very quickly!
We raised £575 in cash in 3 hours and a further £279 from family, friends and the community on our just giving page bringing the total to £854!
At the end of the day we still had two trays of cakes left which our friend Val Chalk kindly offered to take to church tomorrow to see if we can eek towards £1000!"
To visit the fundraising page, please click here.
This is an amazing result - well done!
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