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[email protected] www.cinnamon.org.uk Spring 2016 Registered Charity No 1134680 Number 60 Dear Friends I'm sitting down to write this with thoughts of storm and tempest banished by bright sunshine and blue skies. The daffodils, beaten down yesterday, stand tall and proud once again and the bird song is deafening - surely now the wettest, windiest winter ever is behind us and our spirits can soar with the rising sun. A very happy task at this time of year is that of choosing our Young Volunteer of the Year 2015. We have 480 young volunteers, 151 of them are helping us as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. With great difficulty, we drew up a shortlist of eight and with even more difficulty a winner emerged - Zara Werner from Kent, her view appears later in the newsletter but from our prospective she stood out. Zara has been walking for us for over four years for three different owners. Her current charges are Candy (8) Westie, and Toffee (6), Yorkie whose mum, Maureen Sharp , is absolutely delighted at Zara's award. Maureen says that Zara's twice weekly walks with Candy and Toffee have enabled her to keep her two beloved dogs which mean the world to her. She says the dogs adore Zara and she has come to look upon Zara as a surrogate granddaughter. Maureen is so proud of Zara for completing her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award as well as receiving our own accolade.