Santa and his Sleigh will be out and about again in 2012.
Santa Sleigh Collection 2011
Santa and his Sleigh, with full complement of Elves were again out visiting Oldmeldrum and the surrounding villages in the weeks running up to Christmas 2011. The weather this year was significantly better than the previous year and allowed us to complete our full programme of visits. Due to the generousity of the children and adults in Oldmeldrum, Tarves, Rothienorman, Methlick, Daviot and Newmachar, we were able to collect just under £3300.
Santa Sleigh Collection 2009
The
Rotary Club of Oldmeldrum gives its grateful thanks to everyone who supported
its pre-Christmas Santa Sleigh collections, which in 2009 managed to raise
over £3,000
for charity.
Each year, the Club brings Santa and his Sleigh to the communities around Oldmeldrum in the days leading up to Christmas, giving children a chance to see Santa. However, while Santa waves to the children and hands out sweets from his musical sleigh, he makes sure that all his "Elves" are working very hard too, running from door to door to collect donations.
Club President Hilary Gordon said:
"Santa's Sleigh has become something of an Oldmeldrum Rotary tradition.
We all look forward to it immensely, as everyone in the club has great fun
bringing Santa and his Elves to the area for a quick visit before Christmas!"
"The club
would like to thank all the volunteers who took part, including Santa himself.
However, we'd particularly like to thank everyone who made a donation,
no matter how big or small. This year, even with the economic downturn,
people have still given very generously to support our activities".
"As well as for providing funds for support of local community activities,
the monies raised will go towards supporting projects which bring clean water
to remote communities in the developing world; towards projects to promote
literacy and of course, towards the Rotary campaign to eradicate polio worldwide".
"The
generosity of folk in the area has once again been magnificent, and people
can know that the monies raised will be used to make a big difference to the
lives of people around the world less fortunate than ourselves".
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