Tig. You surprise me! I think you know very well that I have been to Nick and Christine's Runswick Nights in Whitby and The Socialist Club in Milnsbridge, near Huddersfield(before they moved to Whitby).

On one occasion when I couldn't personally make it to the event I donated a bohran for the auction and it raised £60 towards the fund raising.

Your point about starting another similar night in my own locality (Huddersfield)is a good one and has got me thinking.
Why don't we help Nick and Christine to share the load and a few of us in different locations run similar events for The Runswick Bay Rescue Boat throughout the year.

Perhaps I could organise one, you could organise one and perhaps others might like to organise one as well. It's just an idea!

But it seems to me that if we could collectively organise say another three or four similar fund raising events specifically for the boat spread over the year then we could make a massive difference to the funds that are raised.

So, Yes, I am willing to offer my services to organise a similar event locally this year. I can't promise that it will be anywhere near as big or as grand as the Whitby do but that doesn't matter so long as we have a good do and we raise some cash for the boat.

If we had four smaller events during the year raising a target of say £250 each that would add another £1000 to the funds.
Even in the current economic climate I think that is a reasonable sum to achieve with perhaps an entry fee, raffle and auctions/craft stalls/profits on drink sales (where you book a local hall and run your own bar)etc, etc. But I would hope to raise more than this.

So what do you think?
I've now made a commitment to help Nick and Christine to raise funds for the RBRB and by golly I will stick to it. So, Tig and others, are you willing to join me in this pledge and show our support to this good cause?

As you said Tig; "From little acorns....."

Chris