Fancy-dress Fund Raising

So I had a very successful weekend fund raising as a gorilla! Between myself and 7 other guys we raised about £1225 which is about another £150 to be added to my fund raising pot, which is great!

It was really hard work raising money dancing around in the suit but lots of fun. It was a really sunny weekend so that made being in the suit very hot.

After Friday night it looked like we had raised about £400 between us. We spent Saturday afternoon outside the fron of Brighton pier and we were swamped by tourists wanting our pictures. We didn’t raise as much as Friday, probably about £200, which was a shame as it was really hard work – but was still worth.

Sunday we spent at a big cricket match in Hove, fortunately Australian cricketer Shane Warne was playing for one of the teams, this meant the cricjkt ground was packed.

At half time we all took part in the mascot race, against one teams hawk, a seagull, a shark and a greyhound. At the end of the game, which Brighton won thankfully, we collected money from people as they left the grounds and we did really really well.

So now with only two weeks till I set off for Tanzania there are a couple more fund raising activities I have planned. One of them is a raffle and another is a BBQ. But don’t forget if you would like to make a donation to my fund raising efforts you can here:

http://www.justgiving.com/dougplatts

Going Ape!…well gorilla

All this weekend I’m going to be in fancy dress, as … yes you guessed it a gorilla. I was out on a pub crawl last night with some mates who are also raising money and we were all dressed up as Scooby Doo, Pink Panther, a giant snowman, and other characters.

Last night we went round all the pubs in town and along the sea front making absolute fools of ourselves! It was great fun We went round with buckets telling people about the children’s home and climbing Kilimanjaro and they were really generous. I got my photo taken as a gorilla at an art gallery and also am on many phone videos which will probably make their way on to YouTube!

It was pretty exhausting being so energetic and I’ve got another couple of days of it. Today we are all outside the main pier down on Brighton seafront and tomorrow we are at a big cricket match where we have to race their mascots, a shark and a hawk – should be loads of fun.

But yesterday I did manage to raise £100 just in my bucket, not sure what the other guys made but I think we all did pretty well. So I’m hoping I’ll be able to raise a couple of hundred this weekend which will be great.

I can’t tell you how hot it is in the gorilla suit but it is lots of fun, although apparently I look a bit scary with the mask on, I’ll put up a picture as soon as I have one and you can cast your verdict.