Newsletter 20th August 2015

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Mrs Isobel Dawson 31/15 20 August 2015

We were delighted to see ourMinister,Joe,when he popped in for a fewminutes last Thursday. We have beenpraying for Joe as he has gone throughsurgery and are glad to report that he isprogressing well. Joe was pleased with hisget well card !see above"and the littlegifts that we sent to him.We will continue

to remember Joe and Violet in our prayers

and look forward to having him backwhen he has fully recovered.

Mearns Kirk Lunch Club 1

Mearns Kirk Lunch and

Social Club

A big thank you for

Whitecraigs Bowling club

for their very generous

donation of !402 which

will help us continue with

our development plans.


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Join us at the No3 cottage, The Stables,

Age Concern, Eastwood Dementia Centre in Eastwood Park

for ourFundraising Coffee MorningSaturday 3rd October 10#12.30

Tombola and Home Baking Stall .. Ticket $3

Tickets on sale in office or can be purchased on the day.

Markina Murray, Managing Director

Memory Walks 2015 who will you walk for?

This month sees the first of our 26 Memory Walks kicking off in Milngavie, Oban

and West Dunbartonshire. The remaining 23 will be taking place all throughout

September (and into October) with thousands of people coming together to

show their support for people living with and affected by dementia. You can

contact our local Alzheimers Representative, Richard Leckerman, for more

information


We are grateful to Markina and the sta"at the

Stables who were very supportive of our group as

we set up our club in October 2013, and since then

they have provided moving and handling training

for our volunteers. It would be good to support

them in their fundraising morning on October 3rd.


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FRIENDS OF THE LUNCH CLUB

As well as our volunteers who attend the lunch club each week, wehave a number of friends who support us in different ways. This week

we feature Elizabeth, one of our older helpers who is 93 years young!Elizabeth is a beautiful knitter and helps us produce the blankets for

the babies in Malawi by knitting together the squares we haveproduced.Elizabeth has a very interesting story to tell; at the age of 18 shestarted her training as a State Registered Nurse then joined theprestigious Queen Alexandras Royal Army Nursing Corps and

thereafter served in Germany and the Far East throughout the war.The photograph shows Elizabeth in her Sisters Uniform, together

with her late husband who was an Officer in the Gordon Highlanders.I hope that we may be able to persuade Elizabeth to come along to theclub and chat to us about her amazing experiences.



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University of Tasmania Understanding Dementia online course

I know that some of our volunteers, carers and others outwith the

club have applied for this course. It has been su!ested that we

could perhaps have a self"help group, meeting every few weeks

during the course. if this would be of interest to you please email me

at [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

Newsletter 20th August 2015

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