Well, Hayfield Country Show is at an end now and I think we can say without any doubt that it was a great success for Holly’s Footprint. The weather was unusually summery – Country Show regulars will know from experience that this is not always the case – and there was a good crowd in attendance. It’s been an incredibly busy couple of days (and indeed for the week or two before hand) and I think most of us are ready (and deserve) to take a moment to chill out.
Through the many, many, MANY generous donations of cakes, biscuits and brownies and of time spent manning the tables, painting faces, collecting around the site with “Brian and Lois” (the teddy bears), selling quiz sheets we have raised a considerable sum of money which we’ll let you know about when it has all been totted up.
We need to thank EVERYONE who has contributed to this weekend’s event. So many people have given their time and skills without a second thought to make it a success… it’s truly humbling. And of course everyone who bought items or donated need to be thanked too. THANK YOU ALL.
I will say a particular thank you to the organisers of Hayfield Country Show who have been very generous and accommodating to us, to Chris Smith who loaned us his event shelter for the weekend, to St Johns Church for the tables and to Andrew Thatcher of Monster Displays who kindly supplied our banners.
Now begins the task of reuniting the many thousands of tins, trays and Tupperware with their rightful owners.
We’ve started to receive some of the generous donations of baked goods from people in the village in preparation for this weekend’s Hayfield Country Show, including these lovely biscuits with our logo wonderfully rendered in icing by Michelle Jones and this giant cupcake by Karen Garlick. We are so grateful for the support everyone is showing us… thank you.
First of all, apologies for the terrible pun! But more importantly we need to say a huge thank you to the students and staff of Hope Valley College who have raised just over £200 for Holly’s Footprint through buying our wristbands over the last week or so. We are truly astonished by your generosity and enthusiasm and this will go a long way towards helping us reach our goal for Peak School.
