Art Auction – Donations to date

Pictures donated for Art Auction
Well, with just three days to go until the Main Event, we are still receiving donations for our Art Auction. We have been so lucky and overwhelmed by people’s generosity. Today we’ve been given a hand quilted cushion cover with insert, made and donated by Karen Collins, and Karen’s daughter, Sophie, has also donated a “Treasured Torso”. Pictures of these donations have been added to our other auction items.

Below are images of the donations we’ve received for the Art Auction. The auction will take place during the Afternoon Tea at Lyndhurst Park Hotel on Saturday 15th February 2014.  These are just to give you an idea of what will be on offer, although this doesn’t show the true quality of the pictures.  Donations have been received from Maggie Curtis, Water colours and photographs. Graham Neale, copies of his pencil drawings of animals, Wendy Roman, a cross stitch picture of “The Tailor of Gloucester” and Jen Harris, two pastels of Lepe Beach from different perspectives, three life drawings and a rams skull in charcoal. We have also had two hunting prints donated. The first is a genuine 1911 print entitled “Hounds throw up and spread out” and the second, not dated is entitled “The Joint-meet of the Quantock, Tiverton and Devon and Somerset Stag hounds at Crowcombe”. We hope that this eclectic mix has something for everyone.

And there’s even more. People are being very generous with their donations and today we have four more pictures to add to the Art Auction. These are all prints. The first is a purple flower – which I think is an allium. The second is a framed print of a picture entitled “The death of the Earl of warwick (King Henry VI), the third and fourth which should probably go as one lot are two prints of Edwardian scenes by Karl Kieffer.

January Update – Fundraising, Afternoon Tea, Art Auction

We hope that everyone had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year. Now that the celebrations are over, with many of us being back at work and our everyday routines returning to normal the Amy’s HOPE 20 team can get back to the important task of fundraising.

Indoor Car Boot Sale – Lyndhurst Park Hotel
On Sunday we took the items that we’ve had donated to a brand new Indoor Car Boot Sale. This is a great idea, as many of our local car boot sales have closed for the winter. It is also ideal for those of us who, due to the wet weather we’ve had lately, have missed having a look around for that bargain that we just can’t live without, or need to sell, sell sell. It also means that we don’t have to get up early, look out of the window to check out the weather before loading up the car and heading off to sell our wares.

As this was the first Sunday that the hotel had hosted a car boot sale it was fairly quiet, but the organisers kindly said that traders could have a table free of charge for the first three weeks – so we will definitely be there again. Hopefully the word will spread as this venue has the makings of being a really good event.

It’s also perfect for us, being the venue of the Afternoon Tea which we will be holding on Saturday 15th February. I handed out a number of flyers and sold some of our draw tickets.

Indoor Car Boot Sale – Lyndhurst Park Hotel – Week 2 (Sunday 12th January 2014\)
We went to this event again today – and obviously people are getting to hear about it. There were more than twice as many traders as last week and a lot more people through the door. We will definitely be there again next week, so if you are looking for something to do next Sunday morning come along. The hotel have also provided a cafe so you can sit and have a cup of tea or coffee etc in comfort while browsing.

Donations
We have been really touched by people’s generosity. Amy’s PA, Sharon, was in a team that won a local pub quiz the other week and on her suggestion donated their prize money of £144 to Amy’s HOPE 20. On Monday I asked at a local shop if they would display a poster for us – and they offered us a voucher for the draw, and only today, three months after the Skydive I was handed a cheque from someone who said she would like to sponsor our cause. A huge thank you to all of you.

Publicity
We have received quite a bit of pubicity from a couple of different sources. We had an article published in the Waterside Herald at the end of December and an article in the Hampshire Branch Myasthenia Gravis Association Newsletter. This month we had a full page article in the Winter edition of the MGA Quarterly Newsletter, which can be seen on page 9 of the attached downloaded copy. 2013 Winter MGA News

Afternoon Tea
Plans for the Afternoon Tea are coming along nicely. We have got a number of people giving their time to entertain us, numerous prizes have been donated to our prize draw and now we’ve also received a number of items for the art auction. I’ve taken photographs of the auction items which you can see under the Art Auction post. All we need now is to sell more tickets. The venue can hold up to 220 people, so the more who attend, the more money we will be able to donate to the Myasthenia Gravis Association (Hampshire Branch) and Stanley Graveson Ward, Wessex Neurological Ward, Southampton General Hospital.