Successes
Coach Holiday to Switzerland
In July 44
members enjoyed a coach holiday to Switzerland. The scenery
was absolutely stunning framed by a backdrop of magnificent
mountains with much to see and do.
Regional President, Rosemary Jasper said
‘Although it may seem a long way to go by coach the fun and
laughter we have on board makes the time go very quickly and before
you know it you have arrived at your destination’.
Regional Council Skittles - 31 May 2008
This event
took place in Portishead and was attended by over 50 people.
The final results:
Young Forester
Trophy: Josh
Jourmeaux-Brown
Ladies
Trophy: Janet
Setchell
Mens
Trophy: David
Jasper
Regional Council
Trophy:
Mike Edge
Team Trophies: 1st Sarum, 2nd Mendip,
3rd St David
Regional Council Camp - 23-28 May 2008
Guess what, Spring Bank Holiday and it rained, what a
surprise! Well it wasn’t too bad and we did have the opening
ceremony outside. A walking Treasure Hunt was set for the
weekend to be done at leisure between the rain clouds, very
pleasant walk around the village and even the locals had time to
stop and talk. On Saturday night we played silly games in the
village hall and On Sunday morning we joined the locals for
breakfast in the village hall for the cost of £4 each, Full English
and no washing up. On the Sunday Evening we played skittles
in the local hostelry as shown in the photo.
Unfortunately we
had to have the closing ceremony in the village hall but at least
Brian didn’t have to lower the flag. Some stayed on for
another week and this was when the weather really did get bad, on
the Thursday we were caught up in the flash floods to hit Somerset
but we carried on regardless as usual. All in all we had a
good weekend despite the weather. Now we can look forward to
Cornwall next year.
"Haven't you forgotten something"
Regional Bowls - 11 May 2008
At last, summer
has arrived, well for the day anyway. It was nice for the
bowlers to play in the sunshine and enjoy the day. The event
was well attended with over 40 bowlers, Sarum won with a little
help from Doug from Pinewood Shore followed a close second by
Mendip. The ALBOF (all a bit of fun) trophy was won by Val Letts,
who said she had been coming to the Bowls Drive for 35 years and
had never won anything, well she has now!
"Poetry in Motion"
Foresters Raise over £1 million for Charities
2006 was a record-breaking year for Foresters; together we
raised £1.3 million up 83% on the previous year.
Foresters supported over 100 charities including local schools,
local hospital appeals, local children's hospices and the
Association of Children's Hospices (ACH).The Barnardo's anual Toy
Appeal raised £145,000 and a variety of CLIC Sargent events raised
almost £250,000. Not only did we help raise much needed funds for
all the charities we support, our members put in a fantastic
260,000 volunteer house towards community projects.
Western England and Wales branches have to date managed to raise
over a quarter of a million pounds! Well
done to you all!
Foresters & CLIC Sargent – Making the Future
Brighter for Children with Cancer
In 2006, Foresters sponsored events raised
almost £250,000 for CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading children’s
cancer charity. With no government funding, CLIC Sargent relies
entirely on support like this to continue helping the 10 children
and young people diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK.
CLIC Sargent social workers provide
emotional and practical support to the whole family, whilst family
support workers help to keep the home running. Finding time to do
the ironing, take siblings to after school clubs and do household
chores becomes low priority but having someone to do those things
for you can make all the difference. One mum says, “Our family support worker
helps out with everything from dusting and playing to toilet
training! We feel as if we’ve known her for years.”