The Parish Magazine April 2022

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Toys and Teens means
2,558 smiling faces!
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Chairman's Cup challenge still
going strong after 14 years
The 2021 Toys and Teens Appeal that St Andrew's Church
supported by collecting gifts during the December Family
Service, put 2,558 smiles on deprived children’s faces!
The Toys and Teens cash appeal raised over £15,000 and
hundreds of toys to help 2,558 children enjoy Christmas. The
campaign began in October and over the next few months
involved pop-up donation points, fundraising and donations
by local businesses, schools and places of worship, gift
sorting, online purchases, and last but definitely not least,
the distribution of packed toy sacks.
The organisers said that so many people — from those
who donated to sponsors and volunteers — went out of their
way to put smiles on children’s faces on Christmas morning.
You can read more about the campaign at: https://www.
readingfamilyaid.org/our-blog/toys-and-teens-2021-2558-smiling-children
Friends of St Andrew’s Church Sonning
Musical Evening
featuring
Ascot Brass Band
Bulmershe School Choirs
Church Junior Choir
Soloist – Celeste Hexter
Saturday 30 April
7.30pm
St Andrew’s Church Sonning
Tickets: Adults £10, Children free (with accompanied adult)
Bob Hine 0118 969 8653 bob.hine@btopenworld.com
Keith Nichols 0118 969 4628 keith.daphnenichols@gmail.com
Proceeds in aid of FoStAC seeking to ensure sufficient funds
are available for any future emergency repairs.
Charity No: 1101944
Zurijeta, dreamstime.com
2,000 years of crossing the Thames
Tony Weston is the Sonning and Sonning Eye guest speaker
in Pearson Hall on 22 April at 7.30pm. His chosen subject is
'From a Ford to a Flight — over, under and above 2,000 years of
getting across the Thames'. Tickets are £4 members, £5 guests.
They are available on http://sonning.org.uk or from Penny
Feathers 0118 934 3193 or penny.feathers@btinternet.com
After a Covid enforced gap of over 2 years, the Sonning Art
Group Chairman's Challenge Cup has been awarded once
again. The much treasured cup dates back to 2006 when it
was introduced by the, then chairman, George Webster.
The cup was first mentioned in The Parish Magazine in
December 2005: 'A new feature for 2006 is the introduction
of the Chairman's Challenge Cup to be awarded quarterly for
'Best Picture' on a chosen subject. The first subject picked for
this new initiative is 'A Local Scene'. The cup will be awarded
on 13 January at the start of the new season.
The idea behind the cup is to encourage local artists to
experiment with different subjects and mediums, and to
display work that is ready for exhibitions. Accordingly this
time the theme was the Natural World which produced
excellent entries from sea horses to snow leopards. The
winner voted for by the members was Lynda Tolworthy
(pictured above holding her painting) who produced a forest
scene in mixed media using ink and watercolour.
Some of the pictures in the competition, along with
others produced by members, will be displayed in Pearson
Hall in June as part of the Scarecrow trail.
EASTER ACTIVITIES IN
ST ANDREW'S CHURCH
SATURDAY 16 APRIL FROM 2pm
revkate@sonningparish.org.uk