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The Grace Project
Clothing Children Within Our Community
During the summer months The Grace Project
continued to distribute pre loved children’s
clothing to families in our community
(Egloshayle Church was lovely and cool for
clothes sorting on one of those hot summer
days!).
To improve promotion of the project , we have
welcomed Ruby to our team. Ruby is now
in charge of the social media feeds for The
Grace Project and has made a great start by
introducing Blossom and Blue, our mascots.
Awareness of the project has grown, and
we received thirty two requests for clothing,
including shoes and wellies, within a week.
A couple of the volunteers have also recently
met with Elaine Munday, a Team Vicar from
Bodmin. Elaine provides support to families
within her community and was interested to
learn more about The Grace Project and how it
could help some of the families she supports. In
return Elaine is also able to access nappies and
milk powder for the parents of newborns who
might be in need and requests can be made
through The Grace Project.
Postcards advertising the project are now
being distributed with the family Foodbank
Boxes from the Wadebridge Storehouse and
On Nonsense Farm near Upside Down
There are the strangest things.
The donkeys walk about on stilts
And all the pigs have wings.
we were delighted to show Jackie White our
project when she recently attended a service at
Egloshayle Church.
As the winter approaches and the need for
layers increases, we look forward to distributing
lots of the lovely brand new knitted jumpers and
hats we have been given, in addition to the pre
loved winter clothing, coats and waterproofs.
If you or anyone you know could use some
children’s clothing (0-12 years) then please
contact us via email; grace@wadebridgeparish.
org.uk or find us on Instagram or Facebook.
Messenger can be used to make requests.
All requests are treated with confidence and
bundles are left for discrete collection in
Egloshayle Church which is open 10am until
4pm everyday of the week.
Above: Blossom and Blue,
the Grace Project mascots!
Nonsense Farm by Lily Orman
The baby lambs say “Quack, quack, quack
The ducks all say ‘Mee-ow
And ‘Tweet-tweet-tweet’ is what is said
By every single cow.
The fishes live up in the trees
And make their nests of snow
Then leave wet footprints on the grass
And everywhere they go.
The rabbits swim around the pond
And when I asked them why
They said, ‘It is the only way
We keep our feet so dry’.
The mice have lovely curly tails
Of blue and green and red.
They wrap them up in curling pins
Each time they go to bed.
The wise old owl just blinked and said,
‘I really think it’s true
That Nonsense Farm’s the queerest place’.
I think so too, don’t you?
This poem was written by Lily Orman, the mother of Ralph Orman, Deputy Head at Wadebridge
School in the 1970s. He and his wife, Connie, lived on the Rock Road for many years and their
daughter gave the Link permission to print it.
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