Resolutions were both passed!

As I am sure you know by now, both of the resolutions were unanimously passed by the delegates at the NFWI Annual meeting this week. So it's up to us to consider what we can do to help alleviate loneliness and reduce the amount of microfibres polluting the sea. 

Here is a useful short film which explains the microfibre problem - ( you will have to type the address into your web browser, as I couldn't make the link work from here! Sorry!) 

Devon Autumn Showcase - more info!

Devon County Show - we remember those who gave their lives

Barbara visited the show and took these photos of the poppies.

What a very poignant and moving display, especially when you think that each individual poppy was made by hand by an individual in Devon. 

News from Devon!

Women Walk the World - more news!

     

I've seen photos of walkers from Australia and Jersey so far! 

We walked the world for ACWW day!

The hardy walkers met early in the sunshine to set off for Berry Head, along the coast path.

Taking lots of photo opportunities on the way!

Some of us went to see if any porpoises had come out, but not yet! So we turned back to join the others in the café, there were 18 of us altogether! 

The food was superb, the service excellent and the company unsurpassed! We collected £13.68 in our Pennies for Friendship box for ACWW. A top morning!

Oh, and we all sang Happy Birthday to Marilyn! 

Our Annual Meeting

It was a very good meeting, with two visitors, one, our DFWI Advisor, Evelyn Watson, and a Marlborough WI member who brought us a gift! 

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.