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A great Christmas parade, but you’re missing the charity collection chance
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From Hazel Gee.
WE have been on a long weekend visit to your Island. The Christmas Festival and the parade on Sunday night was the main reason for coming in the winter and we weren’t disappointed.
Such a lot of effort went into the parade and it was a good humoured event. To start proceedings at 5 pm is a great idea, with it being a school day the following day. What has prompted me to contact you though was the complete lack of any form of collection for charity throughout the whole parade.
There were no glow sticks or novelties on sale beforehand as the crowds gathered – all profit from the sales of these could have gone to a nominated charity – and there were no collection buckets rattled by the walkers that accompanied the parade. I have seen collections for the Island’s needy in the main shopping area and it doesn’t lower the tone to ask for donations to charities.
There were, I assume, thousands lining the streets for the parade. Even coppers collected mount up. I would suggest that you consider introducing the concept of a charity collection when planning next year’s parade.
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