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News from Friends of Take Care Nursery School July 2008 The 60's Night was a great success despite the inclement weather. Fantastic performances by The upBeaTles and Cliff...asif. Plus we had an unexpected appearence of Elvis. Thank you to everyone. June 2008 We had another good day at the Mountsorrel United Charities Fete on Saturday 14th June where we had a tombola and sold some Gambian crafts. May 2008 We had a stall at the Loughborough Canal Festival at the May Bank holiday weekend followed by a stall at the Loughborough Lions May Day Carnival in Loughborough on the Bank Holiday Monday. Both events went very well and helped to raise funds and awareness of the achievements that have been made at the Take Care Nursery School. Our Spring Raffle was drawn on 26th May. Thank you to everyone who supported us. The proceeds of the raffle have been added to the 'Container Fund'. March 2008 We had a stall at the CAFF (Charnwood Action For Fairtrade) event at Barrow-upon-Soar. December 2007 Our Christmas Prize Draw was drawn on 16th December. Many thanks to everyone who supported us. We visited Gambia and the nursery school. Further details on the Gambia Visit 2007 page. Many thanks to Stoneygate School for their donation of money and also clothes, toys and books ready for the container that we will be sending over to The Gambia in 2008. November 2007 We have had a stall at the Mountsorrel Charities Fair and also a stall at the Kirby Muxloe Christmas Craft Fair. We have also had a stall at the Loughborough Craft Fair and a stall at the Rothley Craft Fair. We have also introduced our Ethical Gift Certificates, available here or on ebay within the next few weeks. On the 4th October Billy Mitchell and Bob Fox were at the Swan in the Rushes in Loughborough for their First Farewell Tour. Not only was this an excellent evening but it also raised £174. We are looking forward to their Next Farewell Tour! September 2007 A busy month! Bakary Kujabi, the headmaster of the Take Care Nursery School, came to the UK for a visit between 13th to 27th. Thank you to everyone who has helped - these are just some of the events that happened: Civic reception with the Mayor of Charnwood, Councillor Joe Tormey Invitation to the Leicester Orphean Youth Orchestra 50th anniversary Visit to Longslade Community College Visit to Roundhill Community College Visit to 1st Mountsorrel Guides Visit to St Clements Nursery and Pre-school Visit to the Caterpillar Pre-school 3 day trip round England including London for a day!
We received donations that will allow us to build another classroom, a dining area that can also be used as an outdoor teaching area plus desks and chairs for at least one classroom - amazing - thank you everyone! And on the 21st Ant had his first shave for 34 years - hair went as well! This was to raise funds to enable a container to be sent over to the village and nursery school sometime in 2008 - hopefully not too far into the year. It looks as though this may raise about £1,000 - not sufficient but a good start!  
Bakary & Ant before and after! August 2007 We are now a registered charity - see Home page. Thank you to everyone who has helped us. July 2007 A group of 29 sixth form students and staff from Longslade Community College in Birstall have just been to Gambia on a field trip for two weeks. The party was led by our good friend Kim Philpot, who is head of social sciences at the college. While they were in Gambia they spent a day at the nursery school on 16th July. There was lots of excitement, singing, dancing, and the arrival of the party was heralded by a long procession of people who led their coach from the main highway to the school compound. The village elders held a meeting with the Longslade party when speeches were made, and everyone prayed and gave thanks in their own way. The group handed over gifts of books, toys, writing materials, childrens’ clothes, seeds and many more things. A great cheer went up from some of the women when Kim was able to announce that they had raised enough money for them to buy desks and chairs for a classroom.
We received two very excited phone calls from both Bakary and Kim that day. Clearly everyone was having a fantastic time – we just wished that we could have been there! Kim said that lots of students and staff had said that this was the best day of their holiday. We will be bringing you some video material and photographs of their trip later on.
June 2007 We had a good day at the Mountsorrel Charities Fete on Saturday 9th June where we sold some Gambian crafts. We were joined by our friend Pam Martin who gave taster holistic therapy sessions in return for donations. It was a nice opportunity to meet people in the village. The 'bag pack' at Asda in Thurmaston on Saturday 23rd June raised £416. Many thanks to Asda and to the 1st Mountsorrel Guides for their sterling work at bag packing. The Mountsorrel Guides raised nearly £200 with sponsored runs. Well done to Francesa, Katie, Kayleigh, Rebecca, Jordan and Rosie (all pictured front row) May 2007 We received a wonderful donation of £1000 from the Co-Operative Bank plc Community Fund to buy much needed educational equipment. This will go such a long way. Funds reached Farato at the beginning of June - we will give an update about what equipment has been purchased when we get the information. Our application has now gone to the Charity Commission - thanks to the Lions (see March below). April 2007 Members of the Mountsorrel Guiding Group raised £110.85 through a sponsored swim by Teresa and a Easter Egg raffle run by Laura, Harriet and Lizzie. Well done all of you and thank you for your hard work !! Karen with Lizzie, Laura & Harriet Ant with Teresa. and the Guide Leaders. March 2007 We were invited to the 30th Charter Anniversary Annual Dinner Dance of the Rothley and Soar Valley Lions Club held at Birstall Golf Club. We were presented with a very generous donation of £1,000 by the Lions President. We would like to thank the Lions for this generous gift which will achieve such a lot of good work at the nursery school and will also now enable us to apply to become a registered charity - a very big thank you!
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