The St Peter Port Christmas Lights Charity is working with Guernsey Post again this year to raise funds to keep the Christmas lights bright in Town.
From Monday 28th June, Guernsey posties will once again be delivering donation envelopes to residents and businesses. Dawn Gallienne, Head of Corporate Engagement at Guernsey Post said: “We are really pleased to be able to support the fundraising efforts of the Christmas Lights again this year. The lights create such a wonderful festive atmosphere, and it is great to see so many people enjoying them at Christmas.”
Jax Robin, Chair of the St Peter Port Christmas Lights said: “We have been blown away by the success of the envelope drop. The community have been so generous each year, and we were able to obtain a grant from Economic Development last year which we were especially grateful for as it helped us to reach our fundraising target.”
Jaz added: “We know how important the Christmas Lights are to everyone and we really want to keep the lights on not just for this Christmas, but for the foreseeable future so we are asking people to sign up this year to become an annual donor, a Friend of the Christmas Lights. If you do this, you will be helping to provide a kickstart to each year’s fundraising to keep our town magically lit during the festive period.
“We continue to raise funds throughout the year too and will be at the Charities Fete at Government House this Saturday 26th June and on Sunday 27th June at the Makers Market selling a variety of items including our own Christmas Cards featuring the St Peter Port Christmas lights on. We are thrilled with these as people have been asking for them for a while and we think they will sell out quickly.”
The Charity needs to raise £30,000 this year to cover the cost of replacing and repairing some of the lights that were affected by last winter’s storms, as well as the cost of putting the lights up and taking them down for this year’s display.
