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Helping friends in needForesters Friendly Society offers arange of individual funds through itsBenevolent Committee. We tell youa little more about some of them...High CourtRelief fundThis is aimed at helpingmembers in distressedcircumstances. Grantsto a maximum of £1,000are considered, andpast beneficiariesinclude members whosehouses were damagedby the floods in thesummer of 2007.150thAnniversaryEducationalAward fundThis is formembers whoare enteringinto highereducation ortraining for an apprenticeship. Acurrent grant of £220 per year isavailable. This year’s beneficiariesinclude Daniel Green, who is studyingbusiness management at McKenzieUniversity in Tennessee in the US.Daniel is also playing football (orsoccer!) for The Wildcats universityteam on a sports scholarship.War MemorialBenevolent fundThis scheme isavailable to children upto the age of 19 whoare bereft of parentsor whose parents aretotally incapacitated,with grants of £500a year paid out.Two further categoriesof beneficiary haverecently beenadded, andthe fund nowincludespaymentsfor childrenwith specialneeds or adisability,and childrenwho act ascarers.WIN!A copy of Sapper Martin:The Secret Great War Diaryof Jack MartinNow this fund has widened its remit, we thinkit’s only fitting for it to have a new name, andwe’d like to hear your suggestions.Email them by 30th March totheforester@forestersfriendlysociety.co.ukand the five best ideas will receive a copyof the true diaries of First World Warsapper Jack Martin, described in TheSunday Times as “honest, insightfuland full of humour”.See the back page for fullterms and conditions.Rita’s Cambodia trekAs you read this, Rita Punt, ofCourt ‘Prince Arthur’ in Colchester,will be on a 400-mile trek ofCambodia in aid of FarleighHospice in Essex.Rita is joining a team of around30 trekkers to walk the AngkorWat area of the country, startingoff in Siem Reap. Their expeditionwill include walking throughrainforests and the sacred PhnomKulen mountains before reachingthe famous temple at Angkor Wat.Rita is walking in memory ofher husband John, who died ofcancer two years ago. To sponsorRita, contact Ashley Stammers on01206 211 391 or email him ataofcourt5432@btconnect.com.Rewarding the greenest pupilCourt ‘Loyal Brethren’ in Wickham,Hampshire, has teamed up with WickhamChurch of England Primary School toreward the pupil who has done the most forthe environment each year.The Environmental Cup has been donated incommemoration of Foresters Friendly Society’s175th anniversary, and the fact that there has beena Foresters branch in Wickham for over 160 years.It will be presented for the first time in July 2010, andeach year the winning pupil will also receive a smallreplica cup and a book token, which will be providedby the branch.The school has 170 pupils aged from five to 11,and it was attended by the current secretary of Court‘Loyal Brethren’, who is now 80.£60,000 raised for MNDFrom dunking strawberries in chocolate fountains to sponsoredwalks across the country, your activities have helped to raise anamazing total of £60,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease (MND)Association. The charity was Past High Chief RangerPat Swadling’s chosen cause for his year in office.The money raised willsponsor the MNDAssociation’stelephone helplineuntil the endof 2010, buyspecialistequipment,and help fund aPhD student’sresearch intothe disease.Pat would like tothank everyoneinvolved in raisingthis brilliant amount.Well done to all of thosewho helped to raisesuch a magnificent sumCommunity 29alamy