FRIENDS OF DENE BARTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL N06 31 JULY 2013
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NEWSLETTER MEET THE TEAM OUR SINCERE THANKS TO THIS YEAR’S SPONSORS Amanda, Charlotte & Kate Power - Face Painting at Fete. Bishops Lydeard Ladies Choir - Singing at Coffee Morning. Bishops Lydeard Rainbows - Co ected Money in Smartie Tubes. Calway House Care Home - Invitation to Bingo Evening. Combe Florey Art Circle - Pictures loaned to decorate Day Room. Co-op Shop Cotford - Donation of Raffle Prizes - Champagne etc. Debbie Millar -Financial Donations and Loan of Equipment etc. Halsgrove Publishers Wellington - Donation of large quantity of new hard-bound pictorial books for Hospital Day Rooms. Jeremy Browne MP - Raffle Prize - Guided Tour with Tea-on-the-Terrace at The House Of Commons. Ladies from Cotford’s TLC - Home Baked Cakes and Raffle Prizes donated. Lavender Court Care Home - Coffee Morning Invitation. Linda Nash - Officiating at Grand Prize Draw. Back Row L-R Monkton Elm Garden Centre - Raffle Prize - Gi Voucher. Geoff May, Susan Hutchings, Wayne Read, Sandra Spalding Paul Jackson - Donated Raffle Prize and Money om sponsored Beard Shave. Front Row L-R PH Plants Nursery - Donation of Plants for Fete. Marilyn Power, A an Sutton, Tony Moore Phyllis Jewell - Contributions for Tombola and Manning Sta at Fete. Ofcers Rodney Jones - Auditor of our Financial Accounts. Somerset County Cricket Club - Raffle Prizes - One Years Membership Chairman Allan Sutton 01823 432157 Subscription and Signed Cricket Bat by Somerset County Team. Treasurer Tony Moore 01823 433000 Taunton Garden Centre - Raffle Prize - Gi Voucher and a owed us to use Secretary Marilyn Power 01823 431711 their Foyer to se our Grand Prize Draw Tickets. The Chapel Cotford - Raffle Prize - Meal for Two. Our Trustees The Swan Inn Kingston St Mary - Sold our Grand Prize Draw Tickets. Susan Hutchings 07941 258871 Timpsons Shoe Repairs - Supplied and Fitted Watch Battery. Geoff May 01823 432680 West Somerset Railway - Raffle Prize - Family Ticket. Tony Moore 01823 433000 Zeralynx Print - Price Discount. Donations were also given by : Marilyn Power 01823 431711 Bird in Hand BL, Cotford St Luke Parish Council, Greentech International Ltd, Wayne Read 01823 430848 Mrs S Harvey, Mr P King, Mr G Larcombe, Mr J Mace, Mrs J N Rem y, St Sandra Spalding 01823 433068 Mary’s Church BL, The Staff of Dene Barton Community Hospital, The Family of Mrs Joyce Wa ace, Mrs J M Walsh, Mrs L J Woodward. Allan Sutton 01823 432157 Thank You also to ALL of our Helpers and Supporters for all your hard work.
The Chairman’s AGM report The Friends have had another successful year fundraising. Our We were pleased to be invited to take part in the Hospital’s major efforts centred on the Fete last September and the Grand Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment in May. Tony, Draw which culminated in Coffee Morning in April. The total income Wayne and Marilyn with others carried out a thorough inspection of for the year being approximately £3,100. Future fundraising is already the Hospital and were very pleased with the results. in hand as we prepare for our Fete on September 28th. Our new website is now under construction and we anticipate During the past 12 months the Friends have continued to that, when complete, will give us a much higher profile. support the Hospital in a variety of ways. We have provided a Finally I would like to express my grateful thanks to all the Bookcase for the Dayroom, TV/DVD for the Staff Room, six Digital Friends, Sponsors and Supporters who have contributed so much to Radios for patients’ rooms, Sherry for patients at Christmas and a our work during the year. Thanks also to the Matron (Kathryn) and repair to the electric Organ. In addition we continue to operate the her Staff who are forming an in house group to raise funds for the Sweet Trolley on Thursdays and have undertaken planting at the Friends. covered Hospital entrance way. Allan Sutton 29/7/2013
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