Our efforts to raise funds during winter have begun in earnest. This time of year is unusual because charity shops (in our experience) see a small increase in average daily sales, but the actual number of trading days available what with holidays means the overal income can fall slightly.
This was further compounded with the bad weather we experienced in January which I estimate cost the charity around £800 in net income, not a small sum for our small organisation.
This Christmas we have two events planned that we launched last year, and two brand new ones.
The two returning are our Grand Winter Raffle and our Christmas Bag Pack once again thanks to the Co-operative group.
Launching this winter as mentioned earlier is our Christmas Cards and 2011 Calendar. The cards are on sale now and available from either our web site or from either of our shops in Kidderminster and Stourbridge.
The calendar being brand new is currently being put together thanks to Priya Dadry who has offered her skills free of charge to design it. We will then pay a printer to produce 150 limited edition copies. Even without sight of it more than a quarter of those copies have been sold. We hope to have the calendar ready and posted out to buyers by the middle of December at the latest. Some will be available for sale in the shops and others via the internet.
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