With the first prize of 2 Isle of Wight Festival weekend camping tickets, plus a number of other prizes, there was much interest in a recent raffle organised by Girlguiding IW, which raised over £1000 for the charity.
Tickets had been on sale for just a few weeks since Girlguiding IW had been 1 of 10 chosen local charities to receive the tickets from Isle of Wight Festival organisers.
Over 100 charities had applied for the tickets. Lesley Clifford, one of the Island Commissioners for Girlguiding commented:
“We are very lucky to receive the tickets. They made for a great 1st prize for our raffle and dozens of people have been keen to try and win them.”
Taking place at Brown’s Golf Course Cafe, Sandown the draw was overseen by visitors to the Island who drew the winning tickets.
In total the sum raised for Girlguiding IW (which is a registered charity) was over £1,000. All prizes are being distributed to the winners.
Shirley Saunders, joint Island Commissioner added:
“We would like to thank John Giddings and others from IW Festival for their donation of the tickets, Wightlink for their continued support and the other Island businesses for their contibution of prizes.
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Photographs: Girlguiding IW
