Newsletter
JULY 2023.
This month is our annual Garden Party – this year at Frinsted Village Hall 7pm start. There is parking off road but car sharing is advisable. If you can pick up a
few others on your way that will help. If you are passing Milstead Village Hall with an empty car please stop and collect a couple of ladies – just make sure they are WI members!
Don’t forget your glass, plate, cutlery, your small plate of food and a HAT! The committee look forward to seeing you all and a sunny evening!
There will be no business at the Party, if you have any queries please call me on 07729828959 .
The visit to Murston Heart was really popular and we were left inspired by the enormous task the Trustees had and still have. It’s a beautiful place and well worth a visit. Sioux Peto works there two days a week ( or more). She is a local artist and someone passionate about the local area. If you fancy going there with any other groups you are involved in I can give you her contact details. Sioux will be joining us in January to make hearts for ‘Show The Love’.
This months’ coffee morning is on Monday 17th July 11 am at Rodmersham coffee shop ,unless you would like to host it. Please let me know if you are coming as we have to have numbers to guarantee space for us, just a text will do.
The ever popular Tootsie Trot is back. For those who haven’t been before it’s a walk following clues around Faversham this time. It will be on Thursday 31st August at 6pm. It takes a couple of hours. The walking won’t be too difficult and you are welcome to bring friends, family or husbands. There will be more details next month and there will be a list circulated in August. This is a really fun evening.
The next Saturday lunch club is on 30th September 1pm at the Red Lion. I will need names and £10 deposit please.
Our Bingo night takes place on Friday 15th September, 7pm. This will be a fundraising event. The cost is just £10 which includes a ploughman supper. You are really welcome to bring lots of friends and family, you are also welcome to come along by yourself as there will be plenty of people to sit with. There will be a list next month but feel free to let me know your numbers by text or email.
November 23rd will be our 101st birthday party. We have a lovely singer entertaining us and there will be hot food prepared by the committee. This year we will be inviting local presidents as we have before.
I am currently trying to organize a workshop at Murston or at MVH where we will be decorating a tote bag for the Not in my Name campaign which asks men to act as ambassadors speaking out against violence towards women. These will be entered into the National competition. The details are in your WI life magazine.
The Christmas meal will on 2nd December at the Plough, Lewson Street , we will have the letter game again. You need bring along a wrapped gift costing less than £5 beginning with the letter J ( for Jam and Jerusalem) which is put into a lucky dip.
There are several events and trips organized by the East Kent
Federation which are on the EK news digital newsletter.
Don’t forget to check out the East Kent FB page, all their events are on there. I also try to put them on our FB page Milstead with Frinsted Women’s Institute. If you are not a member of our group yet, please join it. It’s an easy way to keep up to date and informed. We also have a website www.milsteadwithfrinstedwi.co.uk which has lots of information on it.
Please let me know if you don’t receive your WI life magazine each month or the digital East Kent Newsletter.
East Kent Federation have started to use www.ticketsource. Just put in East Kent Federation of WI’s. Obviously please let me know if you have booked independently so we can organize lifts.
If any of you are keen photographers there is an East Kent competition going on until September. The theme is WATER. Check out the EK news for the details and send your photo to assistant.secretary@eastkent.org.uk
The East Kent Federation visit to Belmont House on 27th July still has tickets available. They are priced at £25 which includes tours of house and gardens. If you want to go, please either book directly via ticket source or let Dilys know, and she will book it for you. As far as I know there are two of you going,
Please let me know if you want to join them.
The public affairs committee at EKFWI are organizing some events around the Resolution for Clean Rivers. Possibly a tour around Stodmarsh Nature Reserve, I will have more details soon. They are also organizing something for WI day in September. Watch this space!
East Kent diaries for 2024 are now available for Dilys to order at £7 each. We need to order by 8/9/23.
A few of you already know about NK travel coach trips. They are a Sittingbourne-based coach trip company. We are thinking of using them as an option for coach trips, if you have any thoughts or fancy any of their trips can you let me know.
nkholidays.co.uk -if you want to have a look. They have a trip to Worthing to visit the Sistene chapel ceiling , there is no date yet, but if you are interested please let me know.
Borden WI have organized a coach trip to Eltham Palace on Tuesday 19th September. It is £24.50 or £22.50 for concessions. The coach will pick up opposite the Maypole Inn , Borden or The Consiton Hotel, Sittingbourne. For more details please contact Eileen Harrison or Angela .
I will give you more details at the August meeting regarding the initiative between the Wildlife Trust and King Charles. It is being called the Coronation Gardens for Food and Nature and looks very interesting.
The WI is also part of a collaboration with The Rugby World Cup , I will give you more information next month. At present we are being asked to express an interest. If this is something you are keen to find out more about please let me know.
See you all Thursday for the sunny garden party, remember its an earlier start 7pm.
Please call me on 07729828959 if there is anything you want to know about WI Angela xx
2023
Belmont Hose 27th July
Tootsie Trot Faversham 31st August 6pm
Bingo fundraiser Friday 15th Sepetmber 7pm
Eltham Palace 19th September
Saturday lunch club 30th September 1pm
Milstead Memorabilia Day Sunday 1st October MVH
Birthday party Thursday 23rd November 7pm
Christmas meal 2nd December Plough, Lewson St
Words by Angela Coleman
President