Just a reminder about our Group
International Day – All Things New Zealand.
It is on Monday April 29th at
the Newstead Community Centre. Ten for a ten thirty start.
Each branch is requested to bring a
casserole, salad and slice, enough to feed the number of members and friends
attending from their branch plus three extras. We are hoping for an attendance
of approximately fifty on the day. [ Castlemaine is asked to bring French
sticks only and Newstead to supply fruit salad and cream only. ]
A display of N.Z. items will be decorating
the Centre, so please bring along any you may have. There will be a trading table;
so please bring lots of items, by way of craft, produce, baking, books and so
on. Let your imagination soar!
After a welcome by Newstead at !0.30 a.m. we will proceed to Branch volunteers talking
briefly on New Zealand. To help me coordinate this, could you please let me
know who will be speaking and their topic. Thank you
We will include our A.C.W.W. “Women Walk the World” at noon; so bring your
banners on the day to make our walk down the main street of Newstead a splash
of colour. I will make a banner to place
outside the Centre for public information and donation tins. Following the walk
we shall partake of our shared lunch.
We have an excellent guest speaker, Helen
Bissland, who will talk to us afterwards She has lived on Stewart Island;
which, if you check your N.Z. map, is just off the coast of the South Island near
Invercargill. She says, she welcomes questions, so have plenty ‘up your
sleeve’, as this is a place in N.Z. that will prove to be both unique and
fascinating. Afternoon tea will conclude the day.
Last but not least ---- please remember all
are welcome; so please bring a friend or family member along with you to share
in what will be a most enjoyable day.
Kind
Regards ,
Margaret
Gaal
Group International Officer