Celebrate the 4th July in Portadown!

An American themed fun day, complete with cheerleaders and popcorn (supplied by yours truly) will be held on Saturday 4th July in High Street Mall, Portadown. The event, organised by The Meningitis Research Foundation, will run from 12 to 4PM and as well as performances from the All Stars Cheerleading Squad, there will also be lots of music and fun to be had - it's all shaping up to be a big day out.

Diane McConnell of The Meningitis Research Foundation said, “The Charity would like to thank the High Street Mall shoppers for raising a fantastic £3700 so far and would encourage them to come along and enjoy this event. Our thanks also go to Golden Popcorn Ltd and the All Stars Cheerleading Squad for supporting this event. The Foundation relies on voluntary donations to fund research, awareness initiatives and support people affected by these diseases, so come along and show your support!”

More information on meningitis and septicaemia is available on the Foundation’s website http://www.meningitis.org/

Pictures of the event will be posted soon!

Tennis tournament pictures added

You may have read in an earlier post that we sponsored the Open Senior Tennis Tournament in Larne on 11th June - 14th June 2009. Here now are some pictures of the winners!

On the air

If you're up bright and early next Monday, you may want to tune in to BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster show. Their business correspondent, Eddie O'Gorman approached us with a view to discovering what local companies were doing to combat the recession. On the show you can hear what Lucy McDowell, Golden Popcorn's managing director, thinks is important during these recessionary times.

Catch the interview at: 6.45, 7.45, and a summary at 8.45. More updates to follow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster/

Golden Popcorn on offer in Tesco!

Golden Popcorn HQ has been gearing up for its Tesco promotion - our picture shows what will be the first of many boxes of your favourite popcorn being taken for delivery to Tesco stores. This is the perfect chance to grab a bag for a bargain!

And the winner is...

The Help the Aged race night, mentioned in a previous post was a big success and boosted the sponsorship figure towards the team's target of £14,000. Keep checking for another update before the guys head off in October.

The winner of the Golden Popcorn sponsored race was Ballycanal Lord. Considered to have only an outside chance at the time, this plucky dog goes to show you that you just never know your luck...

Tennis Tournament

Golden Popcorn will be sponsoring the East Antrim Championship, an Open Senior Tennis Tournament held at Larne Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club on 11th June - 14th June 2009.

The club is also home to the Men's Singles League Div 1 winners, so the venue is used to some hotly contested matches! To find out more info on the competition and also the club itself, visit the link below. Pictures to be added soon!

http://www.lbltc.co.uk/tennis.html

Help the Aged China Trek 2009

On 17th October 2009 Seán Grant, Assistant Manager at Movie House Cityside, and four more participants will be taking part in the Great Wall of China Trek for Help the Aged / Age Concern.

The team have set their target sponsorship figure at £14,000 and to help them get there the guys have organised at night at Drumbo Park race track in Lisburn as their main fundraising event.

We will be doing our part by sponsoring one of the six races on the night, and we're sure that the event will be a success in helping the team meet their goal. Golden Popcorn are proud to be associated with the efforts of Seán and his team and we wish the guys the best of luck in their challenge. We'll also keep you updated on how the trek went at a later date.

http://www.moviehouse.co.uk/
Help the Aged China Trek
http://www.drumbopark.com/

PressPlay Film Festival

Golden Popcorn are supporting the PressPlay Film Festival which is being held at the Queens Film Theatre in Belfast this Thursday 21st May.

The short films being screened have been produced by the students of the National Diploma in Media Production at Belfast Metropolitan College. The festival is an opportunity for the students to show their pre-production and post-production skills on the big screen and it could well be the place to catch some of the province's best young talent.

http://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/
http://www.queensfilmtheatre.com/

Strandtown's mission to Colombia

Last year we donated some popcorn for a family film night, held at The Strand cinema in association with Strandtown Baptist Church. The proceeds from this fund-raising event helped raise money for an expedition to Bogota, Colombia which was arranged by Children's Vision. Christine Mahood from the team of 25 hardy Belfast explorers recently got in touch to tell us how they got on.

Amongst many other tasks, the majority of the volunteer's work consisted of assisting in the construction of a new school and helping out at the local nursery. The trip was by all accounts a success and a similar journey is planned for later in the year.

To find out more about Children's Vision, just click here.

New van, new look

Golden Popcorn have upgraded and updated our fleet of delivery vehicles. In addition to our original Ford Transit, we now also have a Mercedes Sprinter with a Luton Body which includes a tail-lift, giving us more space and flexibilty for deliveries.

As well as all that, the vans were given brand new signage displaying our logo and website. We think they look great, we hope you do too. You may even see one around, loaded with our popcorn!

http://www.goldenpopcorn.com/