{"id":1588,"date":"2025-10-05T23:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T22:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2025-10-05T23:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T22:35:48","slug":"appeal-target-increased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/appeal-target-increased\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal Target Increased"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-block_5fbf411479c54881ded5dd59c8b8538d class=\"post-page-banner align\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iStock-1445230546-Copy-4.jpg\n   )\">\n  <div class=\"container content-container text-center d-flex align-items-center flex-column justify-content-center\">\n    <h1 class=\"text-white\">\n      Appeal Target Increased\n    <\/h1>\n    <h2 class=\"h3 text-white\"><time class=\"dt-published\" datetime=\"2025-10-05T22:18:21+00:00\">\n      5 October 2025\n    <\/time><\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a recent meeting, Friends Council unanimously resolved to raise the the Grand Organ Appeal target to \u00a32,273,276, the organ builders, Harrison and Harrison Ltd, net cost of the refurbishment and renovation of the Organ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This increase is thought to be achievable given the support already received for the Grand Organ Appeal.  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