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Greg & Sian Hunt from Barnt Green have just completed the six day ascent of Kilimanjaro raising money for the St Laurence Bell Fund and for Cancer Research UK. Kilimanjaro is generally accepted as the highest walkable mountain in the world and stands nearly four miles above the surrounding plains in Tanzania, East Africa at 5,895m or 19,344ft high. |
![[Sian and Greg Hunt on Kilimanjaro]](media/images/smallkilimanjaro.jpg "Sian and Greg Hunt on Kilimanjaro")
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Diary of past events
- July 2008 - Model Railway Exhibition. The Bell Fund took a stand at the Model Railway exhibition in the Ark.
- June 2008 - Sponsorship Appeal. We had 5,000 leaflets printed so that every home in the village would get details of our sponsorship scheme.
- June 2008 - Table top sale. Just a simple sale in the Ark but it raised another £400 for the funds.
- Easter 2008 - Julie Kirkbride MP visited us on Easter Saturday to see how we were getting on and to return her Mini Eggs tube.
- March 2008 - Nothing to do with the fund-raising as such but the St Laurence team entered the Worcestershire Northern Branch Striking Competition on March 1st and came first in the Call Changes section.
- February 2008 - We will be giving away free tubes of Cadbury's Mini Eggs in the weeks before Shrove Tuesday. The only catch is that we expect you to fill the empty tube with your loose coins during Lent and bring it back to us at Easter.
- January 22nd 2008 - Presentation by Mark Reacord to the St Laurence Women's Fellowship on the history of the bells.
- January 1st 2008 - Alvechurch Morris perform their Mummers' Play in aid of the Bell Fund.
- Christmas 2007 - Alvechurch ringers carol singing in the pubs of Alvechurch.
- December 2007 - St Laurence Bells blog launched at http://alvechurchbells.blogspot.com/ .
- December 15th 2007 - Christmas Coffee Morning
- November 3rd 2007 - Christmas fayre
- September 29th 2007 - Elvis
- June 16th 2007 - Concert by St Laurence Church Choir.
- May 7th 2007 - Lamb Roast.
- April 28th 2007 - Table Top Sale in the Ark.
- March 10th 2007 - Recital by the Arrowvale Singers.
- February 17th 2007 - Valentines Buffet Dance
- February 5th 2007 - Presentation to Alvechurch Historical Society
- December 9th 2006 - Carol Service for the Worcestershire and Districts Change Ringing Association
- December 1st 2006 - Open evening at the Flower Mill in The Square.
- November 24th 2006 - Curry & Quiz night at 7:30 in the Ark.
- November 11th 2006- Demonstration of Flower Arranging.
- November 4th 2006 - Autumn Fair in the Ark at St Laurence.
- October 28th 2006 - Gemini Choir perform "Songs from the Shows". 7:30 at St Laurence.
- October 28th 2006 - Unveiling the Bell Fund thermometer.
- July 22nd 2006 - Fundraising thermometer donated by SignsExpress of Bromsgrove.
- July 15th 2006 - Table Top Sale in Alvechurch Baptist Hall.
- April 29th 2006 - Launch Party in the Ark at St Laurence.
- April 17th 2006 - Visit from Worcestershire and Districts Change Ringing Association
- April 12th 2006 - Registered on the BBC Action Network
- March 17th 2006 - Area Practice Night at St Laurence.
- March 10th 2006 - Quiz at Beoley
- February 14th 2006 - New web site from Blue Box software.
- February 11th 2006 - Display in Alvechurch Library.
- January 12th 2006 - Display in Parish Council Office
- December 4th 2005 - Open Day at the Ark.
The parish magazine of St Laurence church is published every month and carries news of our progress. Visit this page to read past issues of 'The Grapevine' .