THE WOODY BEAR APPEAL
Woody’s Picnic raised nearly £350 for charity
Woody Bear’s Picnic in the Park on Saturday 9th July welcomed 80 children and their families, who all enjoyed a fun-filled day of animal adventures at Stover Park while raising nearly £350 for charity.
Dartmoor Zoo and Devon adoption charity Families for Children will each receive £175 to help them continue their work with children and animals in the area.
The children enjoyed a ‘Touch and Tell’ session with animals from Dartmoor Zoo and their keepers; got up close and personal with birds from the Devon Birds of Prey Centre; hunted for bugs in the natural habitat of the park with the Stover rangers; touched and smelled different herbs at a Herb Planting Workshop with L-Amour Botanique; had their faces painted as pirates, super heroes and their favourite animals and munched on a large buffet picnic, which included pizzas and a Crazy Cooking catering van along with wraps and buns, sweets, crisps, cupcakes, fruit, vegetables and other treats and goodies, as well as a cream tea for the adults supplied by The Grand Hotel.
Sarah Thomas, charity organiser at Wood’s Estate Agents and Auctioneers, said: “The day was brilliant, everyone had loads of fun and thoroughly enjoyed the buffet picnic while talking about their day and sharing tales of their animal adventures. We’re pleased that so many children came along, that it didn’t rain and to have raised £350 for the charities. We would like to say a big thank you to all of the local businesses that supported us with generous donations to help make the day extra special for the children.
As well as Stover Park, the Birds of Prey Centre, Dartmoor Zoo, L-Amour Botanique, Crazy Cooking and The Grand Hotel, we received generous donations and help from the Pizza Cafe in Newton Abbot, Seabrook Crisps, Lush Buns, Wicked Wraps & Fab Faces, Riverford Organic Veg and Get Cupcaked as well as Gifts & Gallery, Presence Gift Shop, the Co-op, The Silent Whistle pub and the Fruit & Vegetable Shop all in Ashburton, the Co-op in Kingsteignton, Doves Farm in Berkshire, Devon Life, Sainsbury’s in Paignton, Fizzy Lips, Happy Days Nursery, Pixi Photos, Fudge Kitchen, Westcountry Nannies and Vitabiotics Ltd – for which we are extremely grateful.”
Wood’s, team estate agent with six local offices, has won awards for its charity fundraising activities. Woody Bear is Wood’s life-size charity figurehead, who gets involved in capers and adventures and regularly hosts and attends events for local charities. For further details about Woody Bear’s adventures, visit www.woodybear.co.uk.
For information about buying, selling or letting a home with Wood’s, pop into any of the Wood’s offices, in Kingsteignton, Ashburton, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, Kingskerswell and Totnes or visit www.teamprop.co.uk or www.woodshomes.co.uk.
The Woody Bear Colouring Competition Winners....
Some of the Woody Bear 2011 Colouring Competition Entries....
Woody’s 2011 Appeals!
This year Woody will be running three appeals to help support his chosen children’s charities!
The Spring Appeal:
The Spring Appeal saw Woody donated a Woody Bear Mug filled with chocolate eggs to Families for Children for every sales and rental valuation that they carried out between January and Easter for their annual Easter egg hunt!!
Woody headed down to the Families for Children Easter Egg hunt to hide the chocolate filled mugs for the lucky children to find, they had a really great day and Woody did too! – you can buy your Woody Bear Mug and Bear online now and all profits will be donated to the Woody Bear Appeal, and split between all of Woody’s chosen charities.
Along side this they will be running the 'Woody Bear Colouring Competition' which will be open to one primary school in each of the areas where Wood's Estate Agents & Auctioneers have their offices (further details to follow).
The Winter Appeal:
The Winter Appeal will run between August and December, and will again see Wood’s Property Group donate one of the ‘new’ collectable 2011 Woody Bears to the Woody Bear Appeal for every Sales and Rental Valuation carried out between August – December 2011, and at the end of December they will be divided up and shared between the charities Woody’s is support for Christmas!
The Spring Appeal:
The Spring Appeal saw Woody donated a Woody Bear Mug filled with chocolate eggs to Families for Children for every sales and rental valuation that they carried out between January and Easter for their annual Easter egg hunt!!
Woody headed down to the Families for Children Easter Egg hunt to hide the chocolate filled mugs for the lucky children to find, they had a really great day and Woody did too! – you can buy your Woody Bear Mug and Bear online now and all profits will be donated to the Woody Bear Appeal, and split between all of Woody’s chosen charities.
Along side this they will be running the 'Woody Bear Colouring Competition' which will be open to one primary school in each of the areas where Wood's Estate Agents & Auctioneers have their offices (further details to follow).
The Winter Appeal:
The Winter Appeal will run between August and December, and will again see Wood’s Property Group donate one of the ‘new’ collectable 2011 Woody Bears to the Woody Bear Appeal for every Sales and Rental Valuation carried out between August – December 2011, and at the end of December they will be divided up and shared between the charities Woody’s is support for Christmas!
