Saturday 11th May 2024
The Richmond May Fair was back, bigger and better than ever and as Richmond Good Neighbours is very much part of the local community we were delighted to have a stall on Richmond Green.
It was time for a change from the successful “Gin”tastic stall, so this year we came up with a new theme of “Bubble and Truffles”. Our clients, volunteers and supporters in the local community embraced the theme with generous donations of chocolate truffles, Prosecco and Champagne, bubble bath, shampoos and even a couple of bottles of Fairy Liquid!
On a bright sunny day, a rare event in recent weeks, we set up our stall complete with a bubble machine and over 350 prizes. Some were lucky and went off with a haul of prizes and others were less fortunate, but everyone seemed to like the idea and accepted their prizes with a smile.
Thank you to a steady stream of RGN volunteers and family helpers who were there setting up at 7.30am, helped throughout the day and packed up at the end of the day at 5pm. Deidre delivered coffee and cinnamon buns, Fay’s daughter Mabel was a star finding the winning tickets and many others popped by to have a go and support the cause raising £1800. We will be back next year, on May 10th.
Thank you to everyone who donated prizes, visited the stall, spent money and helped on the day. A special thanks to the Richmond May Fair Committee who worked so hard behind the scenes to make the day run so smoothly.
