Shack Attack Photos

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Shack Attack - Update

Well Shack Attack is nearly here and the weather is looking very promising!  Please come along to the fields of Long Meadow house in Dark Lane any time after 3pm on Saturday.  Build a shack and sleep in it overnight or just come along to enjoy the merriment, BBQ and bonfire. 

Shacks
Please bring along any scavenged materials you can find at home, tarpaulins, old doors, ropes, pipes etc.  Then attempt to build a shelter to sleep in overnight.  You are welcome to pitch a tent for backup or for the softies in your party!  Please take all materials home with you the next day.

Timetable
Saturday
3pm                All kicks off, start building your shacks and pitching tents
4pm                Unfair Funfair opens
5-8pm             BBQ available, sausages in rolls, jacket potatoes with cheese and beans, salad, cakes
6pm - late       Bonfire (bring some marshmallows)
Sunday
8am                Shack judging. Will yours be the most luxurious, most waterproof or most inventive?
10am              Morning Celebration informal service at St Nicholas
12 noon          Picnic Lunch back at the campsite (bring and share)

Unfair Funfair
Come along and try out our Unfair Funfair including a Blind Hoola Hoop, Tin Can Alley and Origami Challenge.  All activities are designed to raise awareness of unfair practices around the world that are contributing to world poverty.  There will also be a team water challenge involving buckets and drainpipes.  Expect to get wet!

Wanted
If you can bake some small cakes for the cake stall or bring along a salad, please let Sharon@cloverdale.biz know.  All the other BBQ food will be available to buy at cost price.

Small Print
Adults are responsible for their children at all times, especially around the bonfire.  Please take home any shack materials and rubbish.

Cars
If you would like to bring materials down by car, please can you park in the corner near the gate and not drive further in to the field.  We do not want any free range children run over and your car will be in danger of getting stuck in a rut.  Thank you.

Shack Attack

or "Chearsley Camp" with a difference!
 

Where: Long Meadow

When: 8th/9th June from 3pm

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a shanty town?  With no water, heating, toilet or washing facilities? 

Would you like to try, for 1 night and help raise awareness for those living in poverty?  Well read on.......

We challenge you to build a shack out of scavenged materials like tarpaulins, cardboard, ropes and pipes and then sleep in it for 1 night. 

In the morning, if it is still standing, we will test it with water pistols. Then there will be prizes for the most comfortable shack, the most inventive, the smartest etc.

There will be BBQ food available and a bonfire to sit around in the evening and toast marshmallows.  You are welcome to bring a tent just in case your shack does not survive the night.  Spectators are more than welcome to come and join in the BBQ and bonfire.

NOTE: we have decided not to make this a fund raising event after all as there are so many fund-raisers going on this summer. Instead we will concentrate on raising awareness and having fun!

For more information contact sharon@cloverdale.biz or ring 208740
or watch this video about H4H and their work and this video about a previous Shack Attack.

This Sunday

At 10am we have a Morning Celebration service, an all-age informal and modern service.  This month we are looking at the Parable of the Good Samaritan and have a drama, video clips, gift bags and of course biscuits.

At 6pm we have a Traditional Sung Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer with sung responses, psalms, Nunc Dimittis and Magnificat . Our very own Jeremy Pratt will be playing the organ with music from the Parish Psalter.

Toddlers - Farm Visit

The Chearsley toddler group had a visit to a local farm on 19th April.  We were lucky enough to see twins being born, bottle feed some tiny lambs, cuddle some Collie puppies, climb on straw bales and have a ride in a tractor trailer.  Many thanks to Caroline & Rob Mole for inviting us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 If you would like to come along to Chearsley Toddlers, contact Sharon (above) on 208740 or sharon @cloverdale.biz

 

Auction 18th May

Rob Atkinson

Sue and Emily Atkinson would like to thank everyone for their support and kind wishes following Rob’s death.

 

"We were touched by the number of friends and colleagues (present and former) who made the journey to celebrate his life.

We would also like to thank everyone who donated to the chosen charities.

Over £300 was raised for Cancer Research UK and £400 was forwarded to Dogs Trust."