It was Elly's final meeting as secretary of Brixham WI, in some ways the end of an era as she has been a committee member for 15 years! After such appreciated and dedicated service she received many thanks, a round of applause and a beautiful potted rose for her patio.
Here are members getting ready to start the meeting, with Kate and Shirley hard at work on the sales table.
Evelyn, our advisor gave us some useful and interesting information about being WI members and our code of conduct and then went on to tell us a very amusing story:
Which was much enjoyed!
Our other visitor, Doreen Davies from Marlborough WI in Wiltshire came, whilst on holiday, to give us a Devon WI badge which had been discovered by the sister of one of her WI members. She offered it to a WI in Devon via the WI Facebook page (whose logo is a daisy); I was lucky enough to be the first to say yes please! Doreen presented it to us on a pretty green heart adorned with a daisy (which she had made this morning!)
She gave us her WI programme and the Wiltshire county news, and issued a warm invitation to any of us to go along to their meetings if we should be in the area! It was very lovely to make contact with her, and enjoy her company for our meeting today.
Once more, there was a marvellous collection of items for the Torbay refuge. Thank you everyone, and a big thank you for the donations received since our last meeting, too.
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