Knightwood Oak Branch Newsletter
Branch News
Branch Meetings
Branch meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday
of each month from January to November (no meeting in August )
at
Chandlers Ford Community Centre
Hursley Road, Chandlers Ford, SO53 2FT
Meetings start at 7.45 p.m. When the
meeting is finished we always make sure there is time for a cup of
tea or coffee and a chat before we make our way home. There
is certainly no obligation to get involved, so why not come along
and meet us.
The December meeting is
usually followed by a Christmas Dinner, which this year is being
held at Woolston Masonic Hall, Manor Road South, Woolston.
You can find details of menu choices elsewhere in this
newsletter.
All members are
welcome to attend.
Dont forget your
fellow Foresters are not strangers, just friends you haven't met
yet!
Alaska Trip
Along with many Foresters from the USA and Canada, myself
and Doreen went on the Foresters Alaskan cruise in May and visited
the ports of Ketichan, Skagway, and Juno before our last port of
call at Victoria.
All this as well as sailing through ice bergs,
meeting the huskies and having a dog sleigh ride (some of the other
Foresters managed a trip up in a helicopter, and whale watching).
There was so much to do if you chose to or just chilling out
by the pool. We even managed a few extra days in Seattle at
the end of the cruise just enjoying this magnificent
city.
This was a very enjoyable holiday, and
we both wished it had been much longer. We did manage to
escape the volcanic ash and the BA strikes thankfully.
Roll on 2012 when once again the Foresters are
hoping to put on another cruise starting from New York visiting
Boston, New England, Chicago and Quebec in the fall.
Watch this space for more information.
Sandra
Charity 2010
The Charity for this year is Hampshire &
IOW Air Ambulance (registered charity no. 1106234). Please
help us to support this very worthwhile charity by giving an hour
or two of your time at any of the store collections we are
organising.
Please telephone Sandra on 02380 619425
to let her know what times you are available to help.
Calling All
Bowlers, Golfers or Skittle players !
If you are
interested in Bowling, Golf or Skittles please contact Mike Buck,
73 Scafell Road, Fareham, P014 1SF or Telephone 01329 313629 for
further information.
Jubilee Club
For Just £6 per year you could help Air
Ambulance Trust in Western England and Wales area. This is the
Charity the Regional Council will be supporting over the next four
years. The draw takes place monthly with a chance of winning £10,
£20 or £40 however in October at the Regional Council Dinner Dance
there will also be the chance to win £200+.
For details please contact Doreen Cogdell
02380 477009 or just send a cheque for £6 made payable to:
Foresters Knightwood Oak as soon as possible to 5 The Drove West
End, Southampton, SO30 2EF.
Wool for our Knitters
If anyone has any odd wool they do not want
could you please let any officer know or myself Sandra
Ames
Telephone: 02380 619425.
The band of Knitters makes jumpers for the
premature units at Southampton and Winchester Hospitals, as well as
for going to African countries for charity organisations abroad,
for which they are enternally grateful.
Join the Stampede!
Join the Stampede
Your used postage stamps can be turned into
cash by Save the Children Fund (Registered No 213890). Simply
save them and send, in bulk, to Arthur Lucas, 57 Locksley Road,
Eastleigh, SO50 5DR or give to any Branch Officer – THANK
YOU
Just a reminder please make sure you put the
correct postage for the size of the envelope when sending in your
stamps.
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