The Belmopan branch of the Lions club held a fair to raise money for the Caribbean victims of Hurricane Ivan. My host’s school had a tombola\/lucky dip stall and a couple of volunteers and I went along to help.<\/p>\n

We arrived at about 11 am and the DJ had already set up his stand and was blasting LOUD dance-hall music, not the sort of thing you want to hear especially after a night out. Our stall was up and running by midday and about an hour later it rained, and rained, and rained! Thankfully we were under a marquee but the weather did affect the turnout though it certainly did not affect the mood of those who turned up.<\/p>\n

The music got better and we were stood next to a food stall so I was having a great time.<\/p>\n

We managed to raise $200 which is not bad considering each lucky dip ticket was 50 cents. I won a Belmopan Upper School T-shirt and pin badge which I wore for the rest of the day. <\/p>\n

A good day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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