Here are a few words forwarded to us by Patti Beasley who is organising the PR for next weeks launch. The text of the Project Parwich letter is posted further down.
Hello Everyone – well by now you should all have received a letter, cheerfully delivered by Jane Harris and hopefully also seen the posters dotted around the village, inviting you to come to the launch of Project Parwich on May 7th.
While you are being plied with alcohol and enough nibbles to stop you from getting too tipsy we shall be explaining all about this exciting Fun and Fund Raising venture. It will be our opportunity to show that as always Parwich folks can rise to the occasion and get stuck in by having a great time while we raise money.
Don’t worry that just because you cross the threshold of the Memorial Hall you will be handcuffed to your seat and not let out again until you have promised to do something. That’s not the idea – well, not quite. Of course we hope that many of you will want to help in some way from making coffee, lending a barn, raising a few plants to people with lots of self-confidence and fool hardiness who will organise an event. The second page of your letter listed things that we have done before and people keep coming up to me with extra suggestions so we are obviously not short of ideas in the village. So come along, hear what’s being planned and put your pennyworth in.
See you at 7.30pm on the 7th May.
PARWICH.ORG 
I hope their will be some non-alcoholic drinks as well. I see parwich.org recently did a greetings card. Would this be a useful fundraising idea, would people pay to have messages/images/suitable greeting posted for the birthdays and anniversaries of their nearest and dearest?
Hi On the fence – great idea about the messages etc – come and suggest it at the meeting and there will definitely be non-acholic drinks – anything particular?
Dont do meetings & dont want to run anything, but I could help set things up at different things and clear up. What do I do.
Thanks Helper – probably best to contact Ruby Hickmott on 323 as she is Events Co-ordinator. If you want, feel free to give me a ring on 344. There will be lots of opportunities – thank you so much for offering!
Is this purely an “adults” meeting or would children be welcome. I know my eldest daughter who is 11 has started develop lots of her own opinions and ideas on things and would be interested in helping out.
All welcome, young or old, age is immaterial.
Thats great to know! I have had connections and used the memorial hall since I was a baby (30 yrs ago) and even though I rarely use it now, my children use it and I would like to contribute in some way to the new one whether it be fundraising or volunteering and so would the kids!
Not qute sure where to put this idea — dont know if we can make Wednesday but would ‘sponsor a brick’ and ‘sponsor a seat’ in the new hall be workable – bricks and seats gets names of donors put on them in exchange for money towards building — thanks for all your enthusiasm and best of luck — hope to help nearer the time.
Don’t let the Peak Park hear any talk of ‘bricks’, the planners might have a heart attack, limestone please.
Peak Park have a fit at anything, they would rather keep everything looking as it was 200 years ago. When are they going to join the 21st century.