A whole feast of festive fun was had at The Friends of Abbots Green annual Christmas Fayre on Friday, December 4, raising over £1,800 for the community primary school in Moreton Hall.
Around 300 children from Abbots Green Community Primary and their families enjoyed everything from Santa’s Grotto, Snowball Throw and Snowman’s Nose Lucky Dip to Guess the Name of the Christmas Bear, Guess the Lollies in Santa’s Jar and Bauble Fishing at the fayre, held between 3pm and 5pm in the school hall and The Street.
Attended by the Mayor of Bury St Edmunds, Patrick Chung, and employees from Barclays Bank, which supported the stalls and match funded part of the event, there were also a host of traditional games and activities on offer, from face painting and tattoos to a tombola.
Visitors could also try their luck at winning one of 10 prize bundles worth over £700 in a raffle supported by local companies and organisations, with all proceeds going towards the registered charity set up to raise funds for the Abbots Green community school.
The raffle was generously supported with prizes from local companies including Abbeycroft Leisure, AP Personal Training, Art of Nails, Aspalls, Bags of Colour, Balham House Rare Breeds Farm, Bills Restaurant, British Sugar (Billingtons), Bury Bowl, Cineworld, Corn Exchange, Curve Motion, Direct Table, Easton Park Farm, English Whisky Company, Glasswells, Goymour Homes, Greene King, Hair By Anna and Beauty by Devonia, Hatters Street Café, High Lodge, Infusions For Chefs, Kids Play, Kings Road Barbers, Marlows, Moons Toy Store (Newmarket), Moreton Hall Health Club, Nandos, Nins Candles, Nutshell Pub, Peyton Plaice, Pizza Town, Quest, Rachaels Hair Boutique, Ravenwood Hall, Revolution Fitness, Rushbrooke Arms, Self Centre, SK Clinic, Slimming World, Stephen John, Suffolk Turkeys, Sunrise Direct, TC Barbers, The Coffee House, The Fox Inn, The Hatter Street Pottery Bar, The Lounge, The Velvet Cakery, Thompson & Morgan, Unit 1 Gym, Vanilla Hair Salon and Spa and West Stow Village.
Mrs Franklin, Headteacher at Abbots Green Community Primary, said: “We are absolutely thrilled with the success of this year’s Christmas Fayre. It was truly delightful to see so many people supporting the event on Friday. The commitment and effort exhibited by the Friends of Abbots Green is whole-heartedly appreciated; as is the invaluable support received from other local businesses. The funds raised will be used to really benefit the children attending our school.”
Alongside the games and activities, stallholders at the event included
Avon, Beebumble Crafts,
Dottie Designs, Forever Aloe,
Georgiou Holden, Lovely
Tupperware, Pam Hockley,
The White Candle Company
and Wicked Trading.
