March Institute Meeting

 Well, what a great meeting, despite lots of last-minute changes to our arrangements due to Covid striking both the venue and the planned speaker.  St Mary’s Bowls Club came up trumps and we were able to use their clubhouse and all the facilities, so a huge thank you to Jane Morris and Mary Hall for making the arrangements and organising everything so well.

 

With open doors and windows for extra ventilation, we gave Jerusalem our all (through face masks of course) then listened to Lindsey Williams who told us all about Guide Dogs and their training. She was ably assisted by Labradors Gromit, Quarry and especially Legend, who kept us all entertained with his antics while she was trying to speak.  Huge thanks too to Jayne Stone who arranged this at the eleventh hour when our original speaker had to cancel due to Covid.

Please remember that membership fees need to be paid by 1st April also that the Committee membership will be changing from then, so anyone interested in joining the Committee can contact Sparks for more information.

This year’s NFWI Resolution is Women and Girls with ASD & ADHD - under-identified, under-diagnosed, misdiagnosed, under-supported.  We will be voting on this next month, but to give us something to think about, Sparks read us a very moving description of the condition written by her niece which will help members make up their own minds about supporting the resolution. 

There was lots of information about upcoming craft opportunities and details of all these events will be posted online.  To celebrate Brixham WI’s 50thAnniversary, Barbara has also been in touch with Pride in Brixham to offer a commemorative tree and asks members for photographs and memories of their first meeting, all to be displayed at the birthday party in May.

The flower competition was won by Ann’s camellia, with Tina’s Hellibore in second place and Jayne’s droopy tulip in third!  Raffle prizes were won by Trish (beginner’s luck!), Sue M, Virginia, Sue E and Sheila.  Next month we will be voting for “Woman of the Year” so have a think about who you would like to nominate and finally, Jill’s Thought of the Month reminded us that in this mad world we should be grateful for our blessings “Live your life and have no regrets