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Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Pi55y on December 15, 2011, 17:03:35 PM
The 3C's went Christmas Shopping this week and here is what we bought::::

On the first day of Christmas the 3C's bought for Bayir school - a large village school located off the Antalya road on the way to Seki -

19 winter coats, 42  pairs of strong boots and shoes, socks, tights and tracksuits, 1 school bag,  4 electric sobas, 3 woodburning sobas, 10 soba buckets, 30 soba pipes, a computer sound system, 4 footballs, 4 volleyballs,  2 handballs, 2 basketballs, loads of craft materials, pencils, paper, finger paints, reading books, 2 donated printers and a pair of weighing scales (every school is now required to weigh the children).


On the second day of Christmas the 3C's bought for Cumhuriyet School -

2 overhead projectors and screens, 2 donated laptops, 60 packets (12 boxes) of photocopy paper, 240 exercise books, 50 notebooks, hundreds of pencils, rubbers and sharpeners, giant Lego, 7 glove puppets, face paints, play dough, lots of wooden puzzles, jigsaws, reading books, stencils and lots of other educational pre-school toys and games.


On the third day of Christmas the 3C's bought for Eldirek village school -

An outside playground activity centre with slide, cargo net and climbing frame, 2 sets of double swings, 2 seesaws and 4 large wooden picnic tables complete with benches.


On the fourth day of Christmas the 3C's bought for Ortakoy village school -

1 overhead projector and screen and  three 18000 bthu air conditioning units to heat  the nursery and first and second year classrooms  (these rooms had no heating and the school did not want sobas where there were very young children)


On the fifth day of Christmas the 3C's bought for Derekoy  school - a small village school up in the mountains -

2 sets of double swings, 2 seesaws, 2 large wooden picnic tables with benches, giant Lego, a basketball hoop with stand, 2 footballs and a basketball, 2 spacehoppers, a large selection of story books, 3 glove puppets, exercise books and pencils, stencils,  playdough, face paints, skipping ropes and a selection of educational toys.


On the sixth day of Christmas the 3C's bought for Karslioglu school - a large school near the university in Tasyaka-

a new laptop to operate the projector for the first year class


On the seventh day of Christmas the 3C's bought for the local Girls Rehabilitation Centre -

2 backgammon and  2 Okey sets,  Metropol, and Tabu board games, Scrabble, Jenga,  3 large jigsaws, a donated digital camera, a refurbished football table and a magnetic dartboard.


On the eighth day of Christmas the 3C's bought for Bozalan Village School, one of the poorest schools in the Fethiye education area  located high up in the mountains --

half the cost of roof repairs  to replace the badly leaking roof (the classrooms were so wet that they could only use two rooms out of four), a full log burning sealed central heating system with radiators in all classrooms (donated to the 3C's by a very generous  anonymous sponsor for them to allocate to a suitable school) :.. and hopefully  lots and lots  more on this special project to be announced in the New Year - watch this space!


In the days before Christmas the 3C's also purchased -

56 full sets of school uniform for children from poor families in the Fethiye area and we also committed to funding 15 annual university bursaries to assist poor students in the local area to attend university.


All of the above items have either been purchased or are on order and will be delivered and installed  within the next couple of weeks. In the case of the student bursaries, we have committed to paying 1,500 TL every month for the academic year.  
 
The cost of all of these purchases  once the invoices have been received and paid from the 3C's special  bank account held by FETAV (Fethiye Foundation for Tourism, Promotion, Environment, Culture and Education)  is estimated to be in the region of 45,000 TL - approximately £15,000.   This does not include the cost of our sponsors central heating system and other donated items.

As items are delivered, members of the 3C's committee will  be visiting all of the schools over the next month and will provide a report and photos of each project so that you can see where all the money raised has been spent and,  best of all,  see the smiling faces of the children.

None of these purchases would be possible without the help and generosity of our wonderful supporters.  Whether you have donated unwanted items to, or purchased items from, our charity shop or the committee stall at our monthly car boot sales, have paid for a stall at one of our fairs or car boots, attended one of our many fundraising events, bought out items for our raffles or purchased  a raffle ticket, donated or pledged an item or service to our annual Promises Auction or put a bit of loose change in one of our collecting buckets  

you are the ones that have made all this possible.  Thank you all so much.


All of us at the 3C's would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year and would like to thank you all wholeheartedly for your help and support.


(http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq221/chrissieinturkey/DSCF0084.jpg)

Just a few of the items collected from one of the Fethiye shops yesterday
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Scunner on December 15, 2011, 17:12:25 PM
What a list, what an achievement - amazing!!! Well done to 3Cs and everyone who helps, or arranged an event or put a coin in a collection bucket. Everyone makes it all happen. Thanks for posting Chrissie, it's the best part of fund raising - the spending :D

Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Highlander on December 15, 2011, 17:14:31 PM
Truly amazing - well done to all concerned.:D
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: ronzeus on December 15, 2011, 17:23:39 PM
What an effort Chrissie ,well done to all.:D
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: heather07 on December 15, 2011, 17:31:48 PM
Well done to all concerned .  I am sitting here with a lump in my throat thinking of all the smiling faces.  Look forward to seeing the pictures.
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Anne on December 15, 2011, 18:34:36 PM
Absolutely brilliant!!  Well done all
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: fethiyeflo on December 15, 2011, 18:37:01 PM
well done thats great xx
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: patrice on December 15, 2011, 18:56:47 PM
How wonderful.Well done
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: johnboy1967 on December 15, 2011, 19:13:34 PM
Well done one and all :):D
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: puma on December 15, 2011, 19:13:41 PM
wow what an achievement well done to the ccc
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Toky on December 15, 2011, 21:16:50 PM
OMG, that list is just sooooooo amazing! How proud you all should be.
:D:D
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: turkeysue on December 15, 2011, 21:38:23 PM
a very BIG pat on the back for all concered..WOW thats some shopping list..very impressive.. :) :)
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: mercury on December 15, 2011, 22:41:31 PM
I would call that job well done.!! and worth all the time and work all the committee put into it. It brought tears to my eyes when I saw the list of purchases yesterday and when the kids see the stuff well!!!
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Pi55y on December 15, 2011, 22:47:11 PM
We went to deliver goods to Cumhuriyet and Bayir School today. It was fantastic to see such lovely children. I will be posting some photos in the next day or two of these two projects.
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Fastlady on December 16, 2011, 07:49:36 AM
That is truly amazing!  Well done to all at 3C's for your donations - of time, energy, initiative and commitment.  Like Mercury, I too filled up as I read your shopping list - there are going to be some very happy children in the region soon.  On their behalf, I salute you.
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: littlereddevil on December 16, 2011, 10:20:57 AM
Absolutely amazing
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Rimms on December 16, 2011, 13:45:01 PM
That is just fantastic and it is also great that local shops in Fethiye also benefitted from your spending spree.
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Liz 101 on December 16, 2011, 14:52:35 PM
Even better, most of the shops gave substantial discounts for the bulk purchases, so even more money to go around  :)
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: March girl on December 16, 2011, 15:07:54 PM
Well done it is brilliant that so many have been helped.
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: cheers on December 16, 2011, 18:29:37 PM
Can only re-iterate what other people have already said.  Well Done!:D
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Ray1951 on December 16, 2011, 23:19:05 PM
Absolutely fantastic - well done everyone.
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: bluebeard on December 17, 2011, 07:22:21 AM
This brought a tear to the eye.  At last it feels like Christmas well done to each and everyone involved a magnificent achievement.
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: sunlover on December 18, 2011, 10:08:54 AM
Absolutely Fabulous :)

Makes us realise back here in the Uk how lucky we and our children & grandchildren are.....


we all need to keep up the donations in the future....
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: mercury on December 18, 2011, 16:24:32 PM
Thanks Carol. Your donation have been great.!!
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Karennina on December 18, 2011, 17:47:41 PM
Jolly well done everyone that is really really amazing, fantastic achievement, I no longer put things in the charity bags in Uk I bring my stuff over that I no longer want when I have some spare weight in my case, even if I can help in some little way it makes me feel good, as "Tesco" says every little helps :)
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: mercury on December 18, 2011, 21:24:49 PM
Every little helps a lot more over here than it does in the U.K Karen and they need even basic things so much more than u.k kids. Derikoy school have virtually nothing in their village school and outside they were kicking a burst football about.!!So you can imagine how thrilled they are going to be when we deliver their things. I went on the initial visit and will be going back there after Xmas  and I cant wait!!
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Lotty on December 20, 2011, 11:11:33 AM
Fantastic! An amazing achievement it brought tears to my eyes. Well done for all your hard work and generosity, you should be very proud!
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: margienmac4ever on December 20, 2011, 13:42:19 PM
Absolutely amazing, you are truly wonderful people.  Well done to you all xx
Title: The 3C's go Christmas Shopping
Post by: Dutchie on December 22, 2011, 17:07:48 PM
Wow this is really impressive.
Well done to all.