A fundraising appeal by Wellington RFC has been so successful they have now issued a new target.
The club were aiming to raise £30,000 towards the cost of replacing the floodlights at the Athletic Ground.
Only last week, a £3,000 grant was approved by Wellington Town Council.
The club have now provided the following update …
We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have reached our initial Crowdfunder target of £30,000!
The generosity and support of our Wellington RFC community has been nothing short of incredible, and we really cannot thank everyone enough.
We were steadily marching towards our target, but a hugely generous pledge from our corporate supporters, FORCE8, gave us that final boost to get us over the line!
A massive thank you to FORCE8 for their fantastic support and for helping us reach this very important milestone.
The support and goodwill towards our club have been genuinely heart-warming. Our committee and volunteers have been overwhelmed by the generosity shown by our players, families, supporters, businesses and wider community.
It really does show what a special club we have.
BUT … we’re not quite finished yet!
We have now stretched our Crowdfunder target to £40,000, which reflects the indicative cost of replacing our ageing floodlights with modern, energy-efficient LED lighting and completing the associated works.
And there’s still plenty of fundraising fun to come and our fantastic teams have several events and challenges planned.
We are so grateful to all the teams, coaches, parents and volunteers who are putting their time and energy into organising these events.
We have every confidence that their efforts will help give our fundraising another brilliant boost and take us even closer to that final £40,000 target.
To everyone who has donated, purchased a reward, organised an event, shared our campaign or simply encouraged us along the way – THANK YOU!
We are incredibly proud of what our rugby community has achieved together so far.
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