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La Chocolatada fundraising initiative took place at the Puerta de la Alpujarra Campsite on Saturday, 30th October to raise much needed funds to assist Mysmallhelp.UK in partnership with the Peruvian charity Paksay.

More than Euros 3000 was raised to provide underprivileged children in towns and remote communities  with the “chocolatada navidena” – a Peruvian custom of giving hot chocolate, sweet breads and a gift just before Christmas.
Hundreds of supporters from The Alpujarras attended this event which was only made possible with the assistance of more than 25 volunteers and the generosity of local businesses and shops in providing gifts, raffle prizes and donations.

And on the day supporters parted with their Euros on many stalls.  They could buy home made cakes, jams and pickles, rummage on the bric-a-brac stall, dig into the lucky dip, have their chidren’s face painted, buy raffle tickets or guess the weight of the giant squash!  And much, much more!
One of the highlights of the event was an Auction of Favours which was fronted by local author, Chris Stewart, who was keen to support the event, but first to acknowledge he has no experience as an auctioneer.  However, through the generous donations of 10 “favours” and Chris pushed the bids up and nearly Euros 400 was raised from this single activity.
Organiser of the event, Meg Robinson, said “I am overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity and kindness and want to thank everyone who had helped and attended. This will make such a difference to these children.  And it’s still not too late to help.

You can donate on-line at http://www.justgiving.com/CHOCOLATADA-peru.”  She went on to say she hopes the event will be repeated next October.




For further information – please contact
Diane Howe - E Mail Howe875@googlemail.com
Telephone 0034 958 784560