Wheels for Charity so far this year 2010

So far this year Wheels for Charity have attended a few events not as many as this time last year but we have had a far better results in our fund raising efforts.

We attended Truckfest as a Club and started handing out pre-paid envelopes for Phones for Heroes as well as collecting for the Forces Children's Trust.

www.forceschildrenstrust.org

www.phonesforheroes.com

At all the events so fare this year we have also been promoting our promotion code WHEELS4C that we have with our main sponsor Gala Tent. From this code we have already been sent by Gala Tent a cheque for £191.32 which we split 5 ways between the Charities we support.

For those of you that do not know the Promotion Code gives you a 10% discount with Gala Tent. Gala Tent in turn give us 5% of your discount which we split 5 ways between the Charities we support.

So If your in the market for a new Trade Stand or Gazebo,Marquee ,spares and much more please visit Gala Tent and use our promotion code WHEELS4C and help raise money for some great causes.

www.galatent.co.uk

 We have attended and helped locally Little Miracles, who I am pleased to let you all know now have charity status. REGISTERED CHARITY 1142372

www.littlemiraclespeterborough.org.uk

After Truckfest we went along to visit our good friends Rewaco Trikes UK at the National Motor Home show. At the event we handed our Gala Tent Brouchers with our Promo code and also Phones for Heroes Pre-paid envelopes.Here are the photos from that event.

We also did the same at this years BMF when we visited Rewaco Trikes there as well

Our Biggest event to date this year was the Southend Air Festival where we teamed up with our good friends The Marham Veteran's Group,

At this event we took part in 2 ground displays each day of which one was the Sunset Ceremony to the Fallen.

The other display was the K9 display and Forces Children's Trust Tornado GR5 which was built form recycle material by the Marham Group and Piloted by Wheels for Charities own Pilot Flt Lt Tommy Gladstone.

The hole weekend was a great success raising money for the Forces Children's Trust and also we handed out nearly 3000 pre-paid envelopes for Phones for Heroes.

We are back in Southend on the 3rd August for another fundraising event and we will be taking part in ground displays again including the Sunset Ceremony.

Last Wednesday we returned to Southend -on-Sea for South Essex Homes Community Fun Day at Southchurch Park with the Marham Group.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\it was a very hot day and we were there supporting BBC Children in Need,The Forces Children's Trust and Phones for Heroes.
below are the Photos taken at that event.,of which some have been published on Sky News website.

Truckfest & Thank you to some people

Ice Road Trucker Alex Debogorski

 
Last weekend Maz Tommy and I attended Truckfest 2011 along with Matt,Tori and the kids as well as Marc & Carol Greening of Peacock Transport.The weather was great and the highly polished trucks came in the the hundreds.
We were there as well as for the club but on a personal note as well and armed with Phones for Heroes Pre-paid  envelopes Forces Children's Trust Pots and the Banners as well we set up for the weekend.

The show opened to the public on Sunday but Saturday night as usual there was a Light show and fireworks display for all the competitors and Traders.
Time to relax before Sunday morning when the gate open to the public.
 

The show as usual had many lovely trucks with art work on and our friends Andy and Tom Scott Custom Paint House were there on Saturday and Monday doing Airbrush art work Demos



One of Andy  & Toms projects.



The show was International with Trucks in from Holland Germany,Sweden and Our friend Geovanni from Austria.

Geovanni informs me that he now has 50 Trucks on his firm and 16 of them now have art work on.

Super Truck from Sweden

Giovanni's Trailer

Believe it or not the Tuesday before Truckfest Giovanni tipped out a full load of cement in Koln Germany,then came over and arrived at the showground Wednesday.

The Truck that goes to the Trailer

The Truck and trailer will be back next year.If you would like to see Giovanni's other trucks please visit his website and visit the Gallery to view his other trucks.

Over the weekend Marc Greening and I went round hunting for donations of raffle prizes to help with our fund raising efforts. We were over whelmed by the response we had so as a way of a thank you to all here are the People and Busnesses that donated raffle prizes to us.

Thanks to Toyota Folk trucks for the Model



Volvo East Anglia donated us Model Trucks












Neil Harrington Managing Director of Go Entertain donated 7 copies of Season 4
Ice Road Trucker and 7 Copies of IRT Deadliest Roads Season 1
The Ice Road Truckes DVD's where all signed by Alex.
A new website is being launched in the next few days so I will place a link then














Nigel Emms of Iveco donated us to Model Truck from the All Blacks
collection as well as Bandna bags.From Iveco Trucks



Mercedes Trucks donated us Jackets and T-shirts

Martin Weaver Corgi Marketing Manager donated us 2 limited edition
Corgi Trucks with certificates.



Debbys Engraving Studio are donating us a Crystal glass trophy and are
engraving our club logo on it.



Lastly but no means least big big thanks to Scania UK who donated us
not only Model Trucks but Jackets T-shirt as well



Big Thanks to everyone who also donated to The Forces Children's Trust weather by wrist bands or via our Gala Tent Promotion Code WHEELS4C.For those that do not know the code gives a 10% at Gala Tent and Gala Tent give us at Wheels for Charity 5% of you discount for our Charities.

It was great this year to see some new Trucks at the Show and see some of the old favorites as well.



We are now looking foward to our next Truck show at Newark in September and hope to see some of you there.



Look who we found Kids with
H.G.Moore & Son Ltd



And Scobby had a Truck there.
He was a Scooby-Trucker-Doo

Sligshoot take to the air

Bigfoot 17 clears the cars



And of cause Truckfest would not be Truckfest without some Monster Truck action.

All in all a great weekend great weather and great fun had by all.Will be doing all again next year.