Oak Tree Animals Charity held its annual Christmas market occasion on Saturday, November 18 at its rehoming web site simply exterior the village of Wetheral.
The Christmas Market, which included a variety of festivities, was held to boost important revenue for the animals the charity cares for onsite in addition to fund their group providers.
The day was an enormous success, bringing in tons of of holiday makers and elevating over £7,300! All proceeds generated from this occasion are vastly appreciated by the charity, which now wants to boost over £2.7 million a yr to maintain its doorways open to the pets and their homeowners who want their assist and providers.
Lorna de Mello, Fundraising and Communications Manager, stated: “We are overwhelmed with the quantity raised and might’t imagine the generosity of our supporters!
“It was a superb environment with so many new faces in addition to those we see yearly. We would additionally wish to say a really particular thanks to all our wonderful volunteers who braced the chilly and helped out on the day – we actually couldn’t pull off our occasions with out their dedication and exhausting work.
“We hope everybody had nearly as good a time as we did, and we hope to see you subsequent time!”
The charity additionally thanked stall holders, volunteers and members of the general public, with a particular point out to Santa for flying in all the best way from the North Pole to go to and produce presents on a chilly Carlisle afternoon.
Santa was a particular visitor on the occasion (Image: Oak Tree Animals Charity)
They wrote: “We managed to boost simply over £7300 which is phenomenal! We know that this Christmas could also be harder for everybody in addition to charities however we couldn’t be extra grateful for the generosity and assist proven to us.”
Oak Tree is internet hosting its subsequent massive occasion on March 23, 2024 at Oak Tree Farm, which guarantees to be one other fabulous day.
To see Oak Tree’s upcoming occasions, please go to www.oaktreeanimals.org.uk/occasions or in case you have any questions, please e-mail [email protected].
