The Big Declutter

Kat and Rach were up at 4am to run our fundraising stall. From 5.30am to 1.30pm we ran our stall, which had a coin water drop, guess the number of sweets in the jar, sponsorship forms and free painting for children.


We raised no money at all before 8am, even though we were singing, dancing, acting and guiding lost car booters. Our first customer happened to be a man who is 'living in the 1930s' himself. He told us his house was decorated 1930s-style and that he drove a 1930s car. We were rather impressed.

In total, after a lot of begging, we raised about £21. The actual total will be announced when we find all the loose change we were given. Until 11am we only had £2.70, so we are very glad of the last-minute surge of support.


This is what our stall looked like at 5.30am. Kat painted the signs for us (there were entry forms for sponsors, and more signs were on the table to explain pricing). We did rearrange the stall after this, and Rachel did remove her camera bag. The whiteboard showed a list of challenges that we had been set.

We are also very impressed by the artwork that was painted whilst we were running our stall. A few children took part in our free painting sessions, and some had their photos taken for our blog.

If anyone wants their paintings, just email us: rachelkdell@gmail.com and put 'Big Declutter paintings' in the subject. We'll give you an address where you can send a stamp addressed envelope and have the paintings posted to you. The paintings left behind are below.

Due to the low amount of money raised today the 'guess the number of sweets' competition is still open until next Sunday evening. It is 20p a turn, or 3 for 50p. You can donate via our donations page: http://www.justgiving.com/the1930schallenge




Thank you all for your support.

Guess the number of sweets in the jar

For our fundraising at the Big Declutter this Sunday we are holding a guess the number of sweets in the jar.

To ensure we raise as much money as possible we are also allowing our online followers to guess.

Add your guess to the list via our fundraising page: http://www.justgiving.com/the1930schallenge Each guess costs 20p, 3 guesses for 50p. Make sure you write your guesses in the message and make sure we can contact you if you win. You can always email Rachel your guesses too to ensure we can contact you if you win - rachelkdell@gmail.com

Don't worry if you don't live nearby, we will find a way to reach you.

Thank you

Big Declutter Update

Kat and Rach now have some 1930s style clothes and shoes ready for our challenge. We will wear these at the Declutter this Sunday.


The Declutter is being held this Sunday at the Suffolk Showground, and we will be there from 6am until around 2pm. Our stall is going to be next to EACH's, so we will be in a prime location and can be found easily.


Kat has made an art deco sign for our stall, and we will have business cards to hand out to anyone who wants to help us spread the word.


We are going to have buckets for donations and will be taking new sponsors. There will be activities for children, although we are yet to confirm what these will be.


If anyone has anything they believe will help us during our challenge please feel free to bring them to us. We would especially like family recipes and ideas for daytime entertainment and tips on how clothes would have been washed, as this is one of our week-long challenges.


Thank you all so much.
Kat and Rach

Alex Day

Rachel emailed him a while back, not expecting much, but in the hope that we could get someone with much more influence than ourselves to help us spread the word. 


Today we got an email back. He posted a link to our fundraising page to his 108 000 followers. 

In the two hours since that was posted, we have had 6 new sponsors, bringing the total up to 7 today. £24 in one day.


We really cannot thank him enough for this. Hopefully when we wake up we will have even more sponsors.


Thank you all so much. 

Big Declutter, Trinity Park

Kat and Rach are going to be at the Big Declutter this Sunday, from 7am to 1pm. We will arrive early to set up, and leave late to pack up, so don't worry about missing us.


We will be dressed in 1930s clothes and will have sponsorship forms and cards with our details on. If we have time we will also be selling homemade sweets.


If anyone has anything that could help us during our challenge, such as recipes or old clothes or board games we would greatly appreciate it. Although we are trying to find things ourselves, we are limited by our student budget.


We hope to see you on Sunday,
Kat and Rach

Food

Rachel's mum has a recipe book from the 1930s, which will be used as the basis of what we cook each week.


As useful as this book is, we still need more ideas, especially for drinks. We are also planning on making sweets and lemonade, so it would be brilliant if you guys could help us with ideas and simple, cheap recipes.


Please leave comments below, as it would really help us.


Thanks.

Letters

As our communication is limited during our 1930s week, we are going to write letters.

For a £1 donation, we will write you a letter. Donate by online or by text by sending TNTC99 £1 to 70070, If you would like to donate, just click on the JustGiving link on the right hand side of the homepage and follow the instructions.

Remember to then email your address to rachelkdell@gmail.com. During the challenge the emails will still be read, just not by Kat or Rach.

Thanks

Kat and Rach

New Challenges

Sorry we forgot to post about these ones - we have been planning ways to get more sponsors. We are going to be at the Big Summer Declutter on Sunday 29 July, hopefully wearing 1930s clothes and collecting new sponsors.


We have gained £55 in sponsors since the last post and now have new challenges to go with them.


We are washing our laundry by hand for the week, thanks to Rachel's mother.


We are baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies, which were apparently made by accident in 1930


The last challenge from this week is to write a letter and send it to our sponsor.


In addition to the £2 challenge donation, we now have a £1 letter donation. For a £1 donation we will send you a letter. Once you have donated, email your address to rachelkdell@gmail.com (don't worry if it's during the challenge, we will have someone checking daily for new challenges).


Thanks, guys
Kat and Rach