The lady from the Dunfermline branch is coming along to the meeting here on Monday to join forces with us and tell us about the local initiatives – she tells me that they not only get requests for the heart pillows but for morphine driver bags and drain bags as well. For the stitchers among us – Heidi’s Heart Pillows Project which is based in Bracknell so close to Kathy and the girls has another branch up here based in Dunfermline as well so contacts north and south of the border. So what will we have in the challenge this time ?ġ. I will also be making up a nice gift basket to give to the organisers as a raffle prize as they request a donation for the raffle from each stallholder. Possibly a few other things as well depending on what I add into the mix – we are allowed to sell materials for making things but not finished items apart from the beanbugs or HUGS 0) We will also have knitting needles and envelopes with selections of knitting patterns in for a lucky dip pattern sale. If anybody else is coming along do let me know so I can add you to the list of who is attending the show and also who is coming out for dinner after with the rest of the motley crew xxx The idea this year is to keep the stall more simple – we will have the roadshow items on the main table with a couple of collecting tins and a pile of information leaflets and patterns for things we think visitors would like – the wall will hold laminated sheets with details about Loving Hands and some of the charities we help along with the Maps – the hands on corner will have tables and chairs and demos of things like making crocheted shopping bags from old plastic supermarket bags, scrappy scarves and hopefully one or two other techniques – there will also be a table with items for sale – squidgy beanbugs (so far only members of the local group here in Kelty have made these for the show – I do have more eyes and plastic granules for these if any member would like to make some – they are really easy to do – the pattern is in the free patterns on the Jean Greenhowe website Sadly it is looking as if this year there are a lot less people managing to attend than last time but I am sure that the ones who do come along will have a wonderful time and we will all have a lovely dinner together in the evening again. The next event will be the one in Glenrothes on the 17th May – this has become an annual pilgrimage for a lot of the members who take holidays up here at this time of year to attend the show and help out with the hands on areas. I don’t know for sure how well they did this year but I recall seeing that the sales etc from the table were not as good as last year but I am sure they took in a nice sum to help with postage etc and encouraged lots and lots of happy show visitors to take up their needles to help charities (I did get a surge in membership requests and email requests for further information from people who said they had met my wonderful team at the show – all high praise of course – well done to all of you !). I am not going to add a lot of chat this time – have already done the website update to send to Pam so that has the chat in it 0) The last quarter has ticked along nicely – the Farnborough Show seems to have gone very well thanks to all the hard work done by Kathy and her team with the help of a few more wonderful members who made it down there this year to lend support and willing hands. Here we go folks – trying to get this done and on for you in plenty of time ahead of the coffee morning tomorrow from 10am 0)
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