A big round of applause for Jake, who completed his 30-day skipping challenge and smashed the £250 target in February 2024. He chose Stripey Stork as his charity to support for this outdoor challenge set by his school, after feeling inspired by his sister who had previously supported us by making and selling Christmas cards. …
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Chloe: book sale and volunteering
A huge thank you to superstar fundraiser Chloe who raised £180 for Stripey Stork. As the charity ambassador at her school, Chloe, was looking for ways she could raise money and decided to hold a book sale. She collected and sorted through donations, put posters around the school and held the sale in the playground. …
Sebastian: going for gold!
Well done and thank you to Sebastian for including us in his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award this month. For his voluntary service, he dog walked to raise money for charity and we are so pleased that he chose us to be the beneficiary, raising an impressive £250 in total. That’s a lot of dogs …
Reigate Heath Golf Club: giving 100%
An amazing team effort from Dom, Baz, Matt, Laurie, Will and George (and their entourage) from Reigate Heath Golf Club who challenged themselves to play 100 holes of golf in a single day in June 2021. They were up at the crack of dawn and finished at sunset. This really was no mean feat – …
Russell: regular running for our cause
Russell from Matthew Douglas Ltd. has been busy pounding the local streets and parks after committing to donate £50 every week (over the next year) to Stripey Stork for every park run, or park run he would have completed if restrictions allowed. The first of the projects he wanted to support was our Easter activity …
Caitlyn: sharing the Birthday love
Caitlyn is one of the most kindhearted souls we are lucky enough to know. Her Birthday is in March, with 2021 being the year she turned 11! As like in 2019, she didn’t want anything for herself, but instead asked for £ donations to help Stripey Stork. She wanted to source and buy new art …
Andrea: absolutely fabulous
Andrea is fabulous in every way. So it really shouldn’t have come as a surprise to us (but it did) that when her husband asked what she wanted for her Birthday in early March 2021, she replied: “A donation to Stripey Stork please”. Queue a £100 donation to Stripey Stork. Andrea is one of our …
Lois: an awful lot of pants
Long time volunteer Lois had a lockdown Birthday back in January 2020 and knowing there was nothing she genuinely needed for herself, she knew Stripey Stork needed pants! So she selflessly asked friends and family for new children’s underwear donations instead of gifts. It was their way of still wishing her a happy Birthday and …
Scarlett: virtually riding with her cycling crew
Scarlett and her virtual cycling buddies definitely earned their stripes in December 2020, smashing their 250km target by collectively cycling 283km over 4 days. They raised a jaw-dropping £660 for Stripey Stork plus match funding (and the equivalent amount for Renewed Hope). We are so proud of them wanting to make a difference in this …
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Kelly: banging out tunes for 24 hours
Kelly from Boogie Monsters – the local rock band for children – took on the challenge of her life in December 2020. She pledged to go live on Facebook for 24 hours, singing and playing requested songs non-stop. It was amazing! She was never alone, even in the middle of the night she had friends …