Branch News
Branch Meetings
The Branch meetings occur on the
3rd Thursday of every month, at St Marks Community
Centre, Brooklyn Road, Cheltenham GL51 8DT at 8pm.
All members are welcome to
attend.
Your Branch
Mercia Branch of Foresters is looking for help with
running your Branch, so that events in 2010 may
continue…….
If you think that you may be able to help out,
please either contact our President via e-mail: mercia.branch@googlemail.com
or telephone 01242 694213/
These are the other main roles within the
Branch:
President - chairs the
meeting and works with the other Branch officers.
Vice President – assists the
President.
Treasurer - monitors Branch
account to ensure we are able to continue to offer value and
subsidies to members.
Secretary – takes notes at
Branch meetings and deals with correspondence.
Member Communications – Looks
after what we put on our website and co-ordinates our Branch
newsletter.
Charity co-ordinator – Works
with local charities to help co-ordinators our support for the
year.
Social co-ordinator – Helps
to plan the social events for Branch members.
Any help would be much appreciated, either in
these roles, or by volunteering your time to help at our various
charity or social events – volunteers are always needed!
You will be made to feel very welcome and your
assistance will ensure that your Branch can continue to thrive.
Sue Ryder Care, Leckhampton Court
Our nominated charity for 2009 is Leckhampton
Court, Cheltenham, run by the Sue Ryder
Foundation (Registered Charity
number 1052076).
Leckhampton Court operates as a Hospice
caring for those people who may have cancer, HIV/AIDS or other
conditions requiring palliative care.
The Sue Ryder Foundation acquired the
14th Century house and grounds in 1977, and
the beautiful building with its years of history and exceptionally
tranquil and dignified air is now offering a home to many local
people.
Care is available free of charge to all, regardless of religion,
culture or social background.
Knit One, Pearl One!
If you’re a dab hand with the knitting needles, perhaps
you’d help us by knitting some premature baby clothes for local
maternity units – bootees, hats etc – some patterns are available
to borrow if needed. For more information please call Zenna Leech
on 01242 694213.
APPEAL FOR WOOL
If you have any spare balls of 3 or 4 ply
baby wool, please let us know – we would be very grateful to
receive any donations.
Stampede
Each year we raise money
for Save the Children (Charity No. 213890) by collecting used
postage stamps.
If you think can help by sending us
yours we would be delighted - Please telephone John Leech on 01242
694213.
The Floods of 2007
I was delighted to present a Certificate of Recognition to
Zenna & John Leech to show our appreciation for all their hard
work on behalf of Foresters during July & August last year when
Gloucestershire was so badly affected by flooding.
They provided much needed help and comfort
to the many members who were involved, taking cleaning materials
and food vouchers to help alleviate the situation.
Thank you for showing our members the true
value of being a Forester.
Alan Pettitt, Branch
President
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