# Sheepish fundraising event

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/03/15/sheepish-fundraising-event/
- Published: 2000-03-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Guardian today reports on a local fundraising event that went wrong but was
rescued by some quick thinking. A guess-the-weight of a cake competition for charity
in Bridgwater, Somerset, was rapidly renamed a guess-the-weight of a goat competition,
after the animal ate the cake.

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