Old Fashioned English Sports Day and Cream Tea

Hi all,

For our next fundraiser event we are going to have an Old Fashioned English Sports Day and Cream Tea!

Here's the poster, very generously designed by Susan Guthrie (thank you!)

 

Please come, all ages are invited. We'll have races! (Egg and spoon, three legged and others!) Croquet! Dressing up! And more. Plus a proper English tea with jam, homemade scones, cream and of course tea. As well as homemade organic lemonade. Bring your teacup, chair and your mum (if you want to).

On Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 8th
Starting at 1 P.M.
In Monroe on Red Barn Rd

RSVP: Hilaecuadortrip (at) gmail.com
Suggested donation: $10 a person, $5 for kids


My mum came up with the idea, and we're having a great time thinking up ideas for sports and prize ribbons and gathering tea pots and things. My mum has been telling me about the sports days they had when she was little, and they sound very funny (it's quite handy that she is British and has actually been to English sports days, and that she grew up with cream teas). We found some old black and white pictures of egg and spoon races and sack races from this kind of event online and were just hooting over them! I'm very excited about this one.

Really, I'd love for you to come join the fun, bring a friend, bring your kids, bring your mum! (Or not.)

Cherio!

Hila

Update

Hello!

I just thought I'd give a general update on what I'm doing and how things are going! Well, here are my fundraising endeavors at the moment:


Current Efforts

Dog training and walking twice weekly

Going on my regular bottle route to collect returnable bottles

Preparing to host an Ecuadorian Dinner on April 9th

Shoveling snow (no! Not more snow!)

Other yard work

Organizing the next fundraising event, to be announced soon!


On the Horizon

I'm very excited about a few prospective jobs coming up within the next month or so:

Working at a plant nursery in the spring and summer

Making two separate promotional videos for two different friends

Designing a blog and Etsy page for another friend who is a fabulous fiber artist

Playing for a farmers' market

Doing yard work for friends

I'm also excited about the upcoming event that is in the works

And when it warms up I can start busking


As you can see there's a lot to do!

Hila