This page will be shown to businesses and any which make a contribution will be publicly thanked here and at the dinner. The same applies to anyone who makes a personal contribution.
Update on 19 January 09.
We now have plenty of raffle prizes and a list of all those who donated will be found at the foot of this page. There is also a description of what was involved.
Our wish list summary
Help with the organising - see "The Rabbie-team", "Burns Nicht Helpers" and the "Assets etc " pages via the Links page.
Help in obtaining the food etc to create the meal - see below.
Help in obtaining raffle prizes . Please - everyone - contribute.
Help in boosting the funds raised from the meal by sending cheques or postal orders
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Enough for eighty meals (We think.)
Cockie-leekie soup
20lbs leeks
5 lbs onion
5 packs of celery
2lbs margarine
4 large boiling fowl
1 lb prunes
Main Course
2 x 10lb haggises
30lbs swede
1 large bag of potatoes
4lbs margarine
5o white rolls
40 brown rolls
90 butter portions
3 botttles of whisky
90 very small plastic glasses
Pudding
20lbs cooking apples
2lbs soft light brown sugar
2lbs caster sugar
2 jars of honey
5 large tins pinhead oatmeal
5lbs of good quality frozen raspberries
1 bottle whisky
9 pints double cream
10 boxes round shortbread petticoat tails
(the cranachan will sit on the shortbread
and the biscuits on the picture won't be used)
Coffee and mints
6lbs coffee
4lbs sugar cubes
8 pts milk
Various mints
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Equipment
to borrow
8 large folding tables
100 wine glasses
10 tea-towels
5 dish sponges
to dispose of later
80 cardboard tumblers
Rolls of paper table-covering - preferably coloured
100 paper napkins
4 kitchen rolls
To check at the hall
Soup plates
Large plates
Dessert plates
Side plates
Cups, saucers
Cutlery
These are the Ross-on-Wye shops and Main-Street businesses which have kindly made donations to the Age Concern Robert Burns fund-raising events.
At Home General Store . . . .763606
Colmans Stationery . . . . . . .566946
Coppini Café . . . . . . . . . . . . .568763
Crows' Feet Gift Shop . . . . . 763698
Daniels Spectacles . . . . . . . 562173
Edinburgh Woollen Mill . . .. . 564472
The Electric Shop . . . . . . . . 566232
Likes Florist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562590
Market Garden Veg Shop . . 564609
One Stop Supermarket . . . . 767472
Parkers Hardware Store . . .566866
Peter Hickman Hair . . . . . . .769301
Reds - Hairdresser . . . . . . . 566800
Ross Music Box . . . . . . . . . . 566856
S & R Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .566246
Sewing Essentials . . . . . . . . 566406
Special Occasions . . . . . . . . 565113
Stella by Starlight . . . . . . . .566944
Susannes's Hair . . . . . . . . . 563520
10 High Street Seconds . . . 563436
Weatherspoons . . . . . . . . . 760920
Wine Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . .763310
Worthington Wood Gifts ... 564542
Wye Electrical Shop . . . . . . 563031
