Fundraising Progress

Fundraising continues at a great pace.  With an overall target of £10,000, we've just gone through the £6,000 mark in the last few days, almost 3 weeks before the event starts!  It's been good to see the amount of support the event has attracted and I'm hoping it continues throughout the ride itself and with a little luck we can pass the magic £10k with ease.....

We've been hard at work running a number of pre-ride events to raise awareness of our efforts and to highlight RAFA to both the personnel on Stn and those in the wider local community.  We ran a charity golf match between the Officers' and SNCOs on 4 May which netted over £2,000, including over £350 from a collection by the RAFALO and the Stn Cdr on the Main Gate.  The golf was close during the morning Texas Scramble format, but in the afternoon, the SNCOs pulled smartly ahead in the pairs matchplay.  We established that the Stn Cdr can play golf, I still can't, OC 100 Sqn has the smartest gear and that overall the SNCOs clearly got away from work on a Wed afternoon for a round or two a lot more than the Officers!  Our thanks to the Stn Cdr and CMC making the match possible.  Big thanks must also go to the kind personnel of RAF Leeming who where happily fleeced by myself and the Stn Cdr while trying to get into work the next day. 

The Families Club ran a theme night and auction of various items including a Man Utd matchball which netted (no pun intended) some £440 for RAFA.  Besides being a great night out in itself, it again helped to raise awareness of RAFA and more importantly generated another hefty sum towards our target.  We very much appreciate the hard work and effort from the girls and boys on the Families Club committee - well done!!

Babcock Defence have long been big supporters of charity fundraising at RAF Leeming and were keen to support the RAFA1000.  Many thanks to Babcock and particularly the Chief Engineer for their kind donation!