Leading up to Christmas we raised over £5,250 with our friends from the Inner Wheel Club of Reading Maiden Erlegh. Our thanks go to Garden Centres at Winnersh, Hare Hatch Sheeplands and Henry Street for their support and for allowing us to operate Santa grottos and do can shaking collections. A big thank also to everyone who supported usand donated. We'll use the money we raised to fund our ongoing commitment to supporting local initiatives.
This week we delivered the first 400 of 2000 frozen nutritious meals to local Food Share Charities funded bythe Art and Craft Fair that we ran in October 2024. The photo shows (left to right) Claire Levie, founder and organiser of SHARE Wokingham, Carolyn Wildman of Woodley SHARE and Rotarian Mike Phillips, who with colleague Pat Holloway delivered 90 packaged meals today to the SHARE charity operating from Norreys Church in Wokingham.
We have donated £900 to Acorns Nursery to provide and install an outdoor shed to store playgroundequipment. Acorns Nursery is a charitable, organization based in Calcot offering a "home from home" nursery environment for up to 24 children, aged 2-5, during term time. The photo shows Graham Bloomfield, our Community Service Leader, with Fiona Oyekan, Manager of Acorns Nursery. If you would like to help with similar community projects please call Chris on 07966 1113Z2 or email him at clmf@aol.com.