Answers to Fred by 1 January 2021; a winner will be drawn from a hat on 2 January 2021 to win a bottle of bubbly!
Charity Christmas Card Shop
Thank
you
to
everyone
who
has
supported
the
Christmas
Card
shop
at
St
Mary’s
Church
which
closed
on
Friday
11
December.
It
opened
at
the
end
of
October,
and
should
have
been
open
for
six
weeks
but
lockdown
had
different
ideas!
However,
the
shop
has
done
really
well
since
reopening
and
in
a
recent
article
in
the
Shropshire
Star
the
Secretary
Chris
Sower
said
it
seems
more
people
are
buying
cards
this
year,
possibly
due
to
people
being
able
to
see
less
of
each
other
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
The
final
figure
is
still
to
be
calculated,
but
we
estimate
that
the
Branch has raised around £500.
Christmas meeting - Regional volunteers
Jackie
Conn,
Parkinson’s
UK
Local
Network
Support
Officer
has
extended
an
invitation
to
the
final
Regional
Volunteer
Call
for
2020,
on
Friday
18
December
2pm
until
3pm.
There
will
be
a
short
quiz
and
Alison
Lofas
(Network
Volunteering Manager) will be joining the call and answering questions. The Zoom details are:
Topic: Volunteer Xmas Final 2020 call
Time: Dec 18, 2020 02:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://parkinsons-org-uk.zoom.us/j/97243985049
Meeting ID: 972 4398 5049
Keeping active, keeping loud
Physio
classes
continue
over
the
internet
on
Zoom,
and
we
were
delighted
to
be
joined
by
two
new
members
recently.
Sandy
has
said
that
she
would
be
happy
to
try
and
guide
people
through
the
technology,
if
this
is
causing
any difficulties. Sandy can be contacted at
sandyaramsay@aol.com
Natalie
too
is
continuing
her
Speech
&
Language
classes
on
Zoom
and
is
happy
to
take
on
new
people.
You
can
email Natalie on
natalie@speechadvance.co.uk
or text on 07980 260234 to express an interest.
Finally, Fred’s thoughts...
The person that does things that count usually does not stop to count them.
And a couple of festive joke to cheer us up!
Why are Christmas trees so bad at sewing?
A: Because they always drop their needles!
Why was the turkey in the pop group?
A: Because he was the only one with drumsticks!
Why did the turkey cross the road?
A: Because it was the chicken's day off!
