Bucket collections were held as follows -

26th & 27th March - Morrisons, Penzance - raised £542

10th April - Co-operative store, Hayle - raised £203

9th & 10th July - Morrisons, Penzance - raised £626

23rd & 24th July - Marks and Spencer, Hayle - raised £317

15th & 16th October - Morrisons, Penzance - raised £699

Wednesday 13th October was Harvest Festival at Pendeen Primary School.

Guests were William and Augustine who were visiting from Uganda.

The school donated the £227 proceeds to ACE.

A concert by St. Hilary Primary School Choir took place at Goldsithney Methodist Church on Friday 12th November.

Guest Artistes were Bagas Porthia and members of Marazion Apollo Male Choir.

A collection in aid of ACE took £320.

Back in the summer, Mrs Valerie Humphreys held a coffee morning in aid of ACE at her home in Scarborough (see below).

On 23rd November her daughter, Mrs Katharine Minghella, held a fundraiser at her home, assisted by Valerie, and raised £214. They distrbuted leaflets about ACE and showed a DVD about our work.

The annual ACE Cream Tea took place at The Old Post Office in Newmill, on Sunday 3rd October between 2.30pm and 5pm.

Teas were served and there were also stalls selling cakes, books, plants and wooden garden items.

ACE Trustee, Joy Kell, with her husband, Ray, worked hard in the kitchen all the afternoon, preparing the teas.

They also met our local Member of Parliament, Andrew George, who attended with his wife, Jill. Andrew had been helpful in liasing with the Home Office to obtain their entry visas.

He presented both of them with a tin of sweets from the Houses of Parliament and a copy of his book A View from the Bottom Left-Hand Corner.

They were also presented with copies of Penzance 2000 - the Town and Around by Melissa Hardie.

Both books were published in Newmill. For further information, or to order a copy of either book for yourself, click here and scroll down the page.

As usual, ACE secretary, Roger Drew, had a stall offering wooden items he had made in his workshop - bird houses and feeders, truggles and planters.

When trade was slack he was reduced to trying to sell himself .....

ACE supporter, Tanya Jewell, organised a Charity Fundraiser over the August Bank Holiday weekend in the small village of Ponsworthy on Dartmoor.

The proceeds were divided between ACE, Shelterbox and Leusdon Church, and Tanya has sent ACE a cheque for £350.

For the first time, ACE was awarded a place for a runner in the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 25th April 2010.

Our runner was Polly Jacobs, who is a doctor and lives in Salisbury. She is a niece of ACE trustee, Phil Budden.

Polly is a keen runner who has run the London Marathon before. She is seen here on the train to the start at Blackheath with her brother, Julian, who also competed.

Unfortunately I did not quite get the time I hoped for and ran 12 minutes slower than last year, but I did manage to "sprint" the last 500 metres in order not to be beaten by a teletubby!!!

I crossed the line in 4 hours 2 minutes and vowed I would hang up my marathon boots....well for the immediate future anyway.

I have been overwhelmed by everyone's generosity and have raised around £1,700 for ACE so far."

We held another Quiz Night on Friday 26th March at Rosudgeon Community Centre, raising £102.

Many thanks to all who helped or took part.

A Novelty Dog Show, in aid of ACE, took place on Sunday, 28th February 2010, at Marazion Community Hall.

The judge was Dr. Uwe Gerecke.

ACE profited from the entry fees, a tombola, a bookstall and the sale of refreshments. By the end of the afternoon our funds were increased by £413.

..... and a special mention must go to Newmill's own Henry, seen here with his owner, Geoff Brighton.

Henry was looking immaculate without his usual coating of mud and won rosettes in both the 'Best Rehomed Dog' and 'Waggiest Tail' categories.