21/11/2023
❤️ Ceud mìle taing ❤️
A hundred thousand thank you’s to the wonderful community that came together to make this fundraiser as amazing as it was!!
I want to start with a thanks to Fran and Debs at the Craigmonie Centre Loch Ness who allowed us to make all of this possible, and truly inspired the growth of the fundraiser with their enthusiasm!!
Thank you to all of our volunteers! It sure took a village to pull this off…
To Jenny and Katie for bringing their knowledge and expertise to the table and supporting me throughout.
To Caroline and Adam for help the night before and especially to Dan, Marcie, Lois & Kerry for hanging around until 9pm to help me finish setting up and reaching heights on the curtain that I was born to never reach!
To Martina and Neil for helping set up the whole tombola (even ticketing!) and rocking it on the day! And to Alastair for his further support on the day.
Thank you to my cafe legends Catherine & Lois; keeping you fed and watered on the day! And to my elves (Dixie & co.) who joined to help keep it up- couldn’t have done it without you.
A special thanks to Santa and his helpers (Jane!), I think it’s safe to say the kids ADORED you. Santa is a precious role and I couldn’t have asked for anyone better to fill it. Thanks Dan & Marcie!
Thank you to the phenomenal elves that came with their tight clad legs in tow; in proper Christmas spirit. You brought Christmas to light floating around! Ace job.
Now following from that, Laura Quinn; you legend! 13 adult Elf outfits from scratch. I bow to you. Thank you for taking this on and making it all so amazing!!
Thanks to Anne who was meant to be around to support but stuck with me the whole day! Magic lady.
To Katie & Sally for rocking the face painting and craft table and helping to keep the kids happy!
Last but not least to the Grinch, for stealing from us, for scaring the kids and having a blast! You aced it.
Thank you to the businesses that supported the food & goods! Cobbs Group for their unwavering support in the community, to Drum Hotel, Scotmid Drumnadrochit , Booker & GURCA.
Thank you to the businesses who made it possible to fundraise on the day. To the ceilidh band and Inverness Military Wives Choir for their musical talents. To Barbara and David at Corrimony Farm for their Pumpkin Express. And to Dark Deer Croft for bringing their beautiful ponies down! To The Funki Factory for their bouncy party wonders and staying with us the whole day!
Thank you to the Fire Brigade in Inverness for coming to our rescue and lighting up the day (see what I did there!).
Thanks to all the businesses who donated to our raffle; what amazing prizes!! And to everyone for buying us out of just short of 2000 tickets! Whoa!
Thank you to Speedprint for making and sponsoring our raffle tickets!
Thank you to Janet & Kate Turnbull for donating their beautiful holiday accommodation and helping kick the fundraiser off with a bang!
Thank you to my husband (who I’ve ignored the last month especially) and kids for putting up with me forever being on my phone; I love you guys.
Thank you to my friends and beautiful stallholders; old and new. For bringing your beautiful makes you make the market what is was. For having faith in me to pull it all together!
And to you. You, yes you reading this. Thank you to everyone who commented, liked, bought a ticket, shared a post, sent a private donation, sent love and support along the way and turned up on the day. Without each and every one of you none of this would have been possible!
To the Fraser’s. We hope the spirit of this community holds you up in these darkest of times. Your community inspired me to keep going because of the love each and every one holds for you. This is credit to the beautiful souls you all are.
To Ailsa, you are our superhero. You are strong, beautiful and so resilient. We will have an even bigger party when you are home again. Your best and biggest party ever. See you there kiddo ❤️
