Harvest Festival appeared to be continuing the very wet theme that has
accompanied most of the events this year. However, by 5.00 pm the rain had
eased and we had an excellent evening. The church was looking beautiful as
those who decorate for festivals had once again captured the Harvest feel,
and we are very grateful for all their effort.
Following the service we adjourned (with all the saleable produce) to The
Greyhound, which with the addition of a small marquee proved to be an ideal
venue for further harvest celebration and an auction of gifts. Sooty
Hawes our suitably persuasive auctioneer encouraged some generous bidding
and £520.00 was raised. This has been divided between the
East Anglian Children's Hospice which
supports local children and their families, and
Build Africa a charity that
supports African families which have been devastated by disease (mainly
AIDS) by giving the youngsters training and then supplying a chicken-rearing kit to enable them to become self-sufficient.
This was a First for Pettistree and we wish to thank all those who
supported the event and particularly Paul & Margi for offering the pub as
the venue, and coming up with the idea.
Maggie Hallett