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Woodbridge Inner Wheel News Inner Wheel Conference in Harrogate 31st March - 2nd April The two Deirdres from our club attended the annual conference in Harrogate recently. It was good to see our Association President, Heather Sheerin, well enough to attend.There were 908 members who were able to meet old friends and make new ones. Interesting speakers added to the enjoyment. The main speaker on the first day was Angela Rippon. She gave us an hour of amusing and interesting facts about her professional life. At 82 she can still do her high kicks! Other speakers were Mamta Gupta, President of International Inner Wheel for 2024-5. Various charities received donations. Over £4,00 was donated during the Tuesday morning service, to Smile Train. The service was led by Catherine Forsdike and her husband Alan, (Ipswich East IW CLub). As always the evening entertainment was excellent. The Tuesday night had us listening to the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band. They provided a variety of music, finishing with "Proms", which had us all waving our Union Jacks and singing loudly to Jerusalem, Rule Britannia and Land of Hope & Glory. The following night had a 60s, 70s and 80s theme disco to round off the conference.
Annual fund raising Quiz Our annual fund raising quiz was held at the community hall in Woodbridge, on Friday 21st Februar. Everyone enjoyed the questions, set by Deirdre Griffin and read by her husband Tom.There were tricky questions but easy enough for people to have a good guess at the answer. 18 teams took part. £900 was raised for Woodbridge Dementia Project.The winning team was the Star Gazers. The hall has already been booked for next year - Friday 6th March. Soup lunch 10th January On Inner Wheel Day, 10th January eleven members attended a soup lunch at the home of Deirdre Rothwell. There was a choice of three home made soups, followed by an almond tart or apple and blackberry crumble & custard. It was a lovley sociable time for everyone and we managed to raise £120 for the Smile train. Once again our club provided the refreshments for the Woodbridge RotaryClub's Bike Ride, on Sunday 27th October. It was a very busy time for us as we catered for 240 bikers! We were able to provide sausage rolls, cheese rolls and scones and a wide variety of home made cakes. All were readily eaten up by hungry riders as they returned exhausted and thirsty. Our efforts were well rewarded as we raised almost £700 for our charities. |
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Inner Wheel District Rally Tuesday 8th October Four members of our club were able to join District Chairman Heather Hewson at her rally. This year it was held at The George Hotel in Swaffham. As always it was a lovely friendly event. Coffee was served in the lounge which enabled everyone to catch up with friends and make new ones. Over 70 people sat down to lunch in a beautifully decorated dining room. As the Association President and our chairman share the same name of Heather, the tables were decorated with pots of Heather. Sadly our President was too ill to attend but was replaced by Julie,Ramsay the Association International Committee Chairman. She was able to read out a messsage from Heather.
Collecting items for 100 for 100 during 2024.
The association President for 2023 -24 Anthea Tilsley, asked all clubs to help celebrate our centenary with a 100 for 100 theme. Our club has been collecting stamps, ring pulls, blanket squares, reading 100 books, 100 hours of voluntary service, to name just a selection. At the Rotary conference on 12th October I was able to visit the Purple Community Company stall and see first hand exactly what is done with the ring pulls. You will see from the pictures that a variety of items are made - handbags, belts, broaches and Christmas decorations. As a club we have been able to collect over 1,500 which is a great achievement. I was able to hand these over to a very grateful member of the company.Below are also pictures of our ring pulls collection and a sample fo the blanket squares, which have been turned into 16 blankets.
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