At a recent meeting the Treasurer reported that £6,000 had been transferred to the Hospice during the financial year ending 31st March, 2005. Our main income came from our Evening with the Golden Girls, donations, street collections and the boxes. A big thank you to all our supporters and a special thank you to Gill Archer (Strood Green Post Office) who has sent us a further donation of £1,000, being the proceeds from her sale of books, making a total of just over £2,000 raised for the Hospice over the last three years.

Golden Opportunity – Again, many thanks for the kind donations of unwanted/broken jewellery received recently. This is an on-going project and is helping the Hospice with much needed funds.
Stamps – Another very worthwhile project is the collection of used postage stamps. If anyone would like to help in this way please give any used postage stamps to Gill Archer at the Strood Green Post Office or to Marjorie Catterall, “Esterel”, Brockham Lane, Telephone No: 843604, who trims and sorts the stamps before they are taken to the Hospice.

Boxes – We still have some spare Hospice Boxes and if anyone would like to have a box, please give me or Sheila Dyer (842046) a ring.
GARDEN FETE AT “LAWNSWOOD” – 12TH JUNE, 2005

Please don’t forget the Fete at “Lawnswood”, Kiln Lane, Brockham, Carol and Jim Parker’s home, on 12th June, 2005 from 2pm-5pm. All are welcome. This promises to be a lovely occasion. There will be the usual stalls plus the chance to enjoy a cup of tea, and the Apex Jazz Band will entertain us during the afternoon. All we need is a nice sunny day, and we look forward to seeing you.

Moreen Gardiner

3B's Committee Member

September 2004

Our Tombola at the Village Weekend and the recent Box Hill Fair raised £405.90 for the Hospice. Many thanks to Carol and her helpers.

A reminder that the Annual Street Collection for Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland will be on Friday, 17th September ’04, from 9am to 1pm outside the village shops. We are still desperately in need of more volunteers to help with this collection and if you are able to help for just an hour, please give Sheila Dyer a ring on 01737 842046.

Golden Opportunity – in their last Newsletter the Hospice reminded us of the continued appeal for unwanted or broken jewellery which so far has raised just over £38,000 for the Hospice. Broken chains, the single earring, brooches, costume jewellery and watches can all be converted into funds to enable the Hospice to continue its work. If anyone has any unwanted items, please give me a ring – there are pre-paid padded envelopes available, or you can ring the Hospice direct – Elaine on 01293 447364. Thank you for your continued support.

Moreen Gardiner

3B's Committee Member

September 2004

A recent Dorking Street Collection raised £737.00 of which £94.50 was collected by three of our members. The Annual Street Collection for Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland will be on Friday, 17th September 2004, from 9am to 1pm outside the village shops. We are desperately in need of some more volunteers to help with this collection and if you are able to help for just an hour, please give Sheila Dyer a ring on 01737 842046.

Once again we would like to thank Gill Archer (Strood Green Post Office) for all her efforts on behalf of the Hospice. As well as selling second hand books, Gill also collects used postage stamps and we would also like to thank Mrs Marjorie Catterall who then sorts and trims the stamps before they are sent on to the Hospice.

Moreen Gardiner

3B's Committee Member

August 2004

At our Annual General Meeting held on 18 May 04, the Treasurer reported that £6,000 had been transferred to the Hospice during the financial year ending 31 March 2004. Our main income came from donations, street collections and the boxes. A big thank you to all our supporters.

Sheila Dyer confirmed her intention to retire from the post of Hon Chairperson, and the Committee recorded a vote of thanks for all her hard work. She has done a marvellous job and we are glad that she is not going to leave us. Although we are now few in number it was decided that we would all continue to meet and work as an informal 3 B’ s Group raising funds for the Hospice. Ray agreed to continue as our Hon Treasurer and Sheila said she would be happy to continue to receive donations for the work of the Hospice.

If anyone would like to join the Committee, or help in any way, please give me a ring. We are a small friendly group and you would be most welcome.
Moreen Gardiner (842260). 3B's Committee Member

Moreen Gardiner

3B's Committee Member

July 2004

On the 24th April Mrs. Vivienne Boustred of Brook House, Leigh held a ‘Compost Open Day’ in her garden, in conjunction with Mole Valley District Council.

The proceeds from this event raised approximately £400.00 which Mrs. Boustred very kindly gave to Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland Committee to pass on to St. Catherine’s. Three of our Committee assisted on the day but we must record our grateful thanks to Mrs. Boustred for her generosity and hard work!

Sheila Dyer

Hon. Chairperson

June 2004

We are holding our Annual General Meeting on the 18th May, 2004 at 2.30 – venue No. 1 Church Street, Betchworth, and we shall be delighted to see any of our supporters at this meeting. Whilst writing I would like to invite anyone who could give a little of their time to help with fund raising either on the Committee (with some fresh ideas) or help at events. Also we shall need a new Chairman after the A.G.M. as I am retiring in this capacity after too many years.

If anyone would like an official ‘collecting box’ in the 3 B’s area, please contact me on 842046.

Sheila Dyer

Hon. Chairperson

May 2004

Our grateful thanks to all those who supported our coffee morning on Saturday 6th March, we raised a total of £170.00 for the hospice.

Sheila Dyer

Hon. Chairperson

April 2004

STOP PRESS
I have just heard this morning that Andy at the Royal Oak, Stonebridge, Dorking, is going to donate £1.00 to St. Catherine’s for every meal he serves in March. GREAT NEWS! I mentioned this Pub in the February Parish News edition.

Sheila Dyer

Hon. Chairperson

March 2004

Now that Christmas and the New Year celebrations are over I would just like to put in writing our grateful thanks to some of our loyal supporters. Each year we receive a donation from Brockham Bonfire Committee and last December I was thrilled to be given a cheque for £140.00 from Brockham Brownies – they had collected this in one evening by being sponsored for various challenges.

The Pharmacy in Brockham tops the ‘boxes’ list by regularly donating a substantial amount, followed by the Royal Oak at Stonebridge, Dorking. (Incidentally the food is very good at this Pub too).

The Dukes’s Head on Brockham Green collected £126.00 in their jar for us and Gill Archer is still doing a wonderful job selling second-hand books.
Of course, there are a number on anonymous individuals who regularly give to St. Catherines’s, so to them, the above mentioned and lots more unmentioned, MANY, MANY THANKS!

Sheila Dyer

Hon. Chairperson

February 2004

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