Those of you who are up and about early these days will realise that Summer is fading and by meteorological reckoning Autumn is officially with us from today, the 1st September. With this in mind my lovely Mum thought it would be appropriate to host a "Last of the Summer Wine Supper" at our family home in support of my WaterAid challenge.
It was a very congenial evening with neighbours, friends and family all coming together to support a great cause. I started the evening with a little introduction to the water crisis and my aims to make a difference. We served everyone with a glass of fresh spring water to highlight how lucky we all are in the developed world to have that 'on tap' but reassured our guests that their glasses would soon be replenished with wine, as long as they later turned their wine back into 'water' with donations to WaterAid! We then watched a short film from WaterAid which outlined their aims and objectives, before moving on to the supper.
Mum outdid herself with home-cooked lasagne, chilli con carne, quiches, chicken, cold meats, a variety of salads, breads & cheeses. Followed by several delicious desserts, tiramisu, trifle, hazelnut gateux, tarte tartin and meringues. My Aunt Lesley also made a wonderful lemon cheese-cake for the occasion. The food went down a treat with many of the guests going back for seconds (and even thirds... Simon <g>)! Our meal was washed down with glasses of wine - some bottles left from last weekend's wine-tasting and many more my Dad had kindly purchased to help me out. Thanks again to Henderson's Wine and Raeburn Fine Wines in Edinburgh for your contribution, helping to make this such a successful night!
The evening progressed with much chat and hilarity and just to keep everyone on their toes I threw in a short WaterAid quiz based on the film clip we had watched earlier with two teams tying for the winning score. Well done to Anne & Dave Nicol and to Linda Colebourn & Elspeth Caldow for their supreme efforts and I hope you enjoy the wine! I also held a small raffle with 2 bottles of wine, 3 Body Shop gifts and a star prize of the Keihl's skincare gift set on offer.
At the end of our soiree guests were encouraged to pop a donation in an envelope anonymously and I later counted it all up, adding it together with the proceeds from my raffle. I couldn't believe my eyes when I realised I had raised £471 from the event!! It certainly seems everyone enjoyed themselves and thought my Mum's cooking was worth so much! I think the harsh statistics of the Water Crisis even in this day and age was also hard hitting and encouraged people to dig deep!
Thank you so much to all who came, it was lovely to see you all again and I truly appreciate your support! Most of all a huge thanks to my Mum & Dad for hosting such a wonderful evening and for all their hard work, I couldn't have done it without them! Thanks to all of you I have now raised an amazing £3647 (including recent dress-down day) and am well on my way to hitting my £4000 target!
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