Sunday, 17 May 2015

Coffee Morning Extraordinaire

What a fantastic morning - both in terms of enjoyment and money raised.  A special thanks to all who helped in any way.
 
With Gift Aid we raised a massive £600!!!
 
Sign is up ....

 
Cards and Books are ready ....


Memory Tree
 
Now for the cakes ......



 
Wow!!  Our bakers have done us proud!


Welcoming  Party!!  We're open for business!
 
Sheila's got the tea ready ....
 

Raffle Ladies
 
Now lets enjoy a cuppa and some cakes .....
...... and enjoy we did!!!







 
Thanks for the help we had with the raffle from Alva and Joseph
 

 
Thanks to all WI members and members of  Holy Trinity Church who supported this wonderful event in memory of 'absent friends' - we'll no doubt do it again.
 
 


Monday, 11 May 2015

Friday, 8 May 2015

Lunchtime at the Hidden Gem Cafe

After a wonderful cream tea at our May WI meeting,  what better way to follow it than lunch at the highly acclaimed Hidden Gem Café in Ringinglow Sheffield.
 
 
The Café is run by WORK Ltd a charity in Sheffield working people with learning difficulties reach their full potential.  As well as the Café, they provide a range of hands-on work projects to develop life skills for people aged 16+.  These include Woodwork, Gardening, Textiles, Arts and Crafts plus of course Cooking.  They also offer dance groups, drama and music classes once a week to help with confidence building and motivation.


Ready to tuck in ...... we were not disappointed!!

After our wonderful lunch, we were given the opportunity for a bit of 'retail therapy' as one of the volunteers - a wonderful Geordie lass called Brenda - showed us around the wide range of hand-made goods on offer.  As you can imagine it didn't take long for us to treat ourselves!!
Sybil with Brenda (volunteer) plus WI members


A really enjoyable visit - and long may the Charity continue.  We'll be back!!
 

Thursday, 7 May 2015

May Meeting - WI Resolutions and Cream Tea

Despite the miserable weather outside,  the Trinity Centre was warm and inviting as we settled down to an evenings entertainment provided by Sybil and a wonderful Cream Tea served by our wonderful 'Tea Ladies'.
 

The 'Sheilas' - giving a warm welcome to all

Sue Dixon introduced our guests from the South Yorkshire Federation Dorothy Meakin and Wendy Walker, before the business items of the meeting were discussed.  All members were in agreement that 'Elderly Care' provision was of the highest priority in terms of the WI Resolutions put forward.


Numerous trips and visits were signed up for before our May Babies received their cards.

Happy Birthday Ladies
 


Competition Entrants
Our competition this month of an item "What is precious to me" included a diverse range of entries all fascinating in different ways but the winner was Pat Shaw with her booklet on Thorpe Hesley.



Jean presenting the Raffle Prize ( reluctantly as it matched her outfit!!)

We then enjoyed a wonderful Cream Tea with a variety of scones baked by members and lashings of Cream and Jam provided by Brenda Allott (even though she wasn't there to enjoy it herself).


Stand Up/Sit Down Bingo

Sybil then led us in a game of Bingo with a difference, followed by a story with a difference ........ after she'd told us the story we then had to re-write it trying hard to remember what we'd heard (not an easy feat!!)
Story Winners!
(Not a fix - honest!!)

Another good evening drew to a close with lots of exciting things to look forward to - well done once again to our hard-working committee..