SCARECROW FESTIVAL 2012
The 2012 festival has been and gone!(5th, 6th & 7th May weekend)
And what a great weekend it has been. There were some amazing scarecrows. The heavy rain stayed away and lots and lots of people came to do the scarecrow trails. A VERY BIG thank you to everyone who made a scarecrow and to all the volunteers to who worked so hard both before, and during the festival weekend.
We now have the pleasure in sharing the £4,198.54 that we raised, between Mercy Ships and local organisations – thank you for a fine team effort! Also, two other refreshment stops (private addresses) raised £102 and £600+ for the Alzheimers Society.
Winning Scarecrows
Over-all Winner
Red No 27 – Hazel Holmes, – Wallace & Grommit
Black No 23 - Claire Nicholson - Nagini
Blue No 14 – Charlie Kitchen - Monsters Inc
Green No 43 - Claire Campbell - Olympic Flame
Orange No 21 - Kevin Hilditch - Workmen
We are very grateful to the following local traders who have supported our Scarecrow Festival and who have either supplied our prizes or given a donation -
Aroma Coffee Shop : Bankfield B & B : Christine’s Hair Fashions
Co-operative Funeralcare : Flowers & Hearts Florist : Fruitifresh
Haxby Cycle Shop : Hunters Estate Agents : Intercounty Estate Agents
Johnsons Cleaners : Sainsbury’s : Sephora : Shotokan Karate Club
Station Garage : The Cottage Inn : The Pizza Box
Here are the answers for the 2012 scarecrow trails (PDF)
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Scarecrow Festival 2011
In 2011, thanks to all your efforts, we raised £4,254.40. All money raised was given away to charity – This was be split between Phambili ngeThemba, who work with the orphans and underprivileged of Langa Township in Cape Town, South Africa and local organisations.
Here are the answer for the 2011 scarecrow trails (They are all in PDF.)
Scarecrow Festival 2010
In 2010 the scarecrows were visited by about 5000 people over the weekend. £3,809.50 was raised – £2000 for Christian Aid, £1000 for the Haiti Appeal and £809.50 for various local charitable causes.