Chips, comedy and Squirrels!

We’re lucky to have fantastic Business Fundraising Members and for 2010 we’d like to highlight every month some of the great ways they are raising funds, and encouraging or promoting Island wildlife at their sites.  To start this off are Corries Cabin and Rosemary Cottage B&B – if any of our other business members would like to send in an update on what they’ve been up to on behalf of Gift to Nature that would be much appreciated!

Richard Quigley owns and runs 2 fish and chip shops – Corries Cabin in Shooters Hill, Cowes and Corries Cabin in Oakfield High Street, Ryde.  We asked him recently about his involvement as a Gift to Nature Business fundraising member;
“For over 18 months Corries Cabin has been a member of Gift to Nature. Our involvement started following a local press report about what they did.  As we own businesses that rely on the local community, it made perfect sense to support them.  One of the fundraising events we have in the shops is a week where 50p from every meal goes to a selected charity.  In 2009 Gift to Nature was one of them.  I also perform stand-up comedy so was more than happy to perform and compere the recent Twestival in aid of Gift to Nature.  We all need to do at least a little bit to protect the fantastic environment we have on the Isle of Wight and Gift to Nature is a good way of doing this.”

Over in Newchurch, David Hughes, who runs Rosemary Cottage B&B has recently put up 3 Squirrel Feeders in the B&B’s garden and diligently keeps these fully stocked with hazelnuts.  And David’s efforts have paid off, with squirrel visitors to all the feeders on a daily basis!  David has been poised waiting to snap a squirrel in nut-munching mode, but as soon as he reaches for a camera they’re gone!  But as soon as one is available we’ll post it up ……..in the meantime here’s one we prepared earlier.