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P A G E 6 | B R I D G E O F A L L A N P A R I S H C H U R C H M A G A Z I N E GUILD For our last meeting in February we were delighted to welcome our very own Janet Cameron (Dad Willie came to support), to tell us about something she knew a lot about, The MS Therapy Centre in Stirling. Many of you will remember when it used to be in Bridge of Allan. It was an extremely fascinating and very entertaining talk from Janet whose Mum Christine made use of the Hyperbaric Chamber on a regular basis. Also Janet’s Dad, Willie is an ‘award winning volunteer’ having volunteered for over 30yrs. Thanks Janet for sharing some very interesting facts about the MS Therapy Centre. You were a star performer! Unfortunately the World Day of Prayer on Friday, 2 March had to be cancelled due to the weather. So much snow!!! It was such a shame as a lot work had been put into the planning of this event but hopefully we may use some of that service, written by the women of Suriname, at one of our Guild meetings in the future. Our final speaker of the session was Iain Craig from the Haiti Project, Mission International. A short quote from ‘Haiti Project’ sums up the importance of fundraising for these projects; “The involvement of the Guild as a partner with the Haiti Project is a real answer to our prayers. As a result we plan to help a community devastated by poverty and crisis by building a multi purpose building.” Our AGM went well. Unfortunately I couldn’t be there as I was supporting Scotland in the last game of the 6 Nations in Rome but I have such a fantastic committee that I was more than happy to leave everything to them. Finally, a massive thanks to the committee and friends for the huge success of the Daffodil Tea on Saturday, 7 April. Thanks also to everyone who supported the event by baking, by their donation and by coming along on the day. We raised a fantastic £762 which will go to our Project partners. Our last event is The Guild Summer Trip. We are heading back to Pitlochry Theatre on Saturday, 2 <strong>June</strong> to attend the matinee performance of Chicago followed by High Tea at the Theatre. Really looking forward to this and hopefully the sun will shine for us! Whose we are and whom we serve. The Guild Project Partners for the next 3 years have been announced. They are; Malawi Fruits, Boys Brigade, Scotland, World Mission Council, Free to Live, CrossReach, and Sailors Society More information about these will follow. Dorothy McGowan
P A G E 7 | B R I D G E O F A L L A N P A R I S H C H U R C H M A G A Z I N E THURSDAY NIGHT GROUP Unfortunately our meeting scheduled on 1 March was cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions. We look forward to having Shelley Batty from the Sunlite Community Cafe next session. We were delighted to have Karen Somerville from ‘Angels Share Glass’ as our guest on 15 March. Karen and her father, Tom Young, started this business in recent times, working from Tom’s garden studio after Tom’s retirement. So successful has this become, they have not only had to move to larger premises, they are now exporting their specialised items to many countries throughout the world. The Session ended with a lovely meal in Vecchia Bologna on 29 March. It just remains for me to thank the committee and members for all their help and support, resulting in a most successful and enjoyable session. Thanks also to our excellent Speakers for so willingly giving of their time. Enjoy your summer break and let’s hope we have some lovely summer sunshine to look forward to. Please look out for details of our next syllabus in the September issue of the magazine. Mary Gairns KNITTING GROUP The amazing ladies of the knitting group have to date supplied Larbert Hospital with 2,938 hats and 650 jackets for the new born babies. Added to that they have knitted 40 Twiddlemuffs for Dementia patients and our latest challenge was 150 Easter Chicks with chocolate eggs which were donated to Strathcarron Hospice Shop for sale raising more than £300. The ladies, one of whom is in her nineties, love to knit hats for the newborns, and they also rise to the different challenges which I throw their way. If you wish to join us, all items have very easy patterns, just get in touch with me. As always we will be glad of any donations of baby wool Linda Stuart
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