Help for Heroes

What a day, we started unloading the cakes at 08:15 on a gloriously sunny morning on Saturday 13th March 2010.

We had cakes donated from The Upper Crust in Coleshill as well as the Acutec team. Richard from Coleshill Social Club donated a handmade Mothers' Day Cake and a Help for Heroes Cake which we raffled and raised just for those alone £160.

Pastries were donated from Somerfield in Coleshill.

Asda in Minworth generiously donated all the ingredients for 20 cakes to be made by Carole Doyle who was leading the event!

Carole and her team strategically positioned themselves by the bus stop in Coleshill at the entrance of The Croft where dear James (who we lost in Afghanistan in October 2008) and the rest of the boys would play till their hearts content after school and during their holidays.

PHOTO: Carole Doyle, Darilyn Buck (one of the boy's mums), Sue Witts and son Adam (who made some of the cakes ) and Keith Doyle.

It was the perfect location - next to a busy bus stop. So much so that as people came and went on the bus they bought CAKE and more CAKE, by 11:45am we had completely and I mean completely sold out!

WE RAISED an amazing £523.67 for Help for Heroes.

The Colossal Cake Sale will be an annual event and next year it will be bigger and better still.