Many thanks for the great start!

The 'Meet Malawi' event last Friday (see previous post) was a great evening and very sucessful launch of the fund raising campaign for HIV/AIDS projects in Malawi, in partnership with Christian Aid. It was also an example of what we can achieve working together as a group of churches and of how enjoyable that can be.

So a big thank-you to all who made it such a good night.

All who came (more than we had expected!)
The fruit choppers, the juice squeezers, the balloon blowers, the hall-setters-uppers.
Tea and coffee servers.
The home team from Kelvinside Hillhead.
All who baked for the best laden home baking stall that's been seen for a long time.
All who sold baked goodies all night.
Those on the fairtrade stall from the Balmore Coach House Trust.
The Co-Op Great Western Rd. for donated snacks
The One World Shop for supplies of Malawian Cola and Fairtrade juice
The music makers:Nat Chalamanda and David Black who formed an instant new music duo to play music from Malawi.
The speakers: Wendy Young from Christian Aid and Sandra Whyte MSP
Roddy Watt with slides and informative commentary.
The clearer-uppers and dish-washers, and all who worked hard in any way to make the evening so enjoyable.
Money is still coming in - the total will hopefully be around £900, which of course will eventually be multiplied up to £9,000.

There will be more events and fund-raising activities for this project to raise our target of £5,000 by December 2012. Watch this space!