BIG-HEARTED Dunstablians have been doing something funny for money for the Comic Relief appeal.
Crazy costumed characters popped up all over Queensbury School on Red Nose Day.
Students left their uniforms in the wardrobe and dressed up as anything from comic cows to the 118 118 team.
One class, in Year 10, all turned up dressed as pirates.
Staff were sponsored to dress up, and their disguises included pirate and bumble-bee costumes.
Other fundraising ideas included car washes, and three-legged races.
And in the run-up to the big day, sixth-formers organised a sponsored tennis match for two staff members.
Now the school is counting up how much cash was raised.
A spokeswoman said: “A fantastic day was had by everyone, and Queensbury can’t wait for their next chance to do something funny for money!”
> Sainsbury’s, in Dunstable, raised more than £3,500 for Comic Relief on Friday and Saturday, from collections and raffles.
Customers were greeted by all sorts of characters, including The Flintstones, Batman and Spiderman.
Under the costumes were fun-loving staff. Store manager James Little proved he was game for a laugh when he was sponsored to dress up as a woman for the day.
There was singing by pupils from Dunstable’s Downside Lower School, and both Bollywood and street dancing by children from Luton’s Ferrars Junior School.
Male staff members learned painful lessons about suffering in the name of beauty, when they had their legs waxed.
Brave Stuart Baker and Will Shearsby volunteered for the leg-waxing by Sarah Philips.
Sock Monkeys and Friends, and Dimensions Gym, also backed the store’s fundraising.
The store management team learned about Zumba dance, and Jane’s School of Dancing also performed.
Mr Little said: “We have raised in excess of £3,000 as a store and this is thanks to the generosity of colleagues and customers.”
He added: “Overall, Sainsbury’s have raised over £10 million for Comic Relief this year.
“We were hoping to raise over £9 million, so once again, we have achieved our target.
“A huge thank-you to everybody who helped us achieve this.”
> On Saturday, visitors to Specsavers, in Dunstable, really did think they needed glasses when they spotted the staff.
For the team decked themselves out as ‘fashion victims’ to raise Comic Relief cash.
They held face-painting, sold home-made cakes, collected donations and arranged for comedian and musician John Clamp to entertain passers-by outside the store, in The Quadrant.
Spokeswoman Martina Haugh said: “It was a great day. Everyone had a good time!”
