12 May 2008
Thank you update.
On Friday I attended an Arthritis Care meeting at Gosforth Newcastle, to give a talk about the E2E challenge. This was arranged well before Arthritis Care decided they did not wish to be involved any longer with the E2E Challenge.
I had a very warm welcome from the group of 50 and even made a contribution with a comment in their AGM. My comment was in connection with the comment made about falling numbers. I asked if the head office had not inform them that I had joined AC and was in their area? I was told no, they never did. Strange way for HQ AC to conduct their business; not informing branches that they had a new member in their area.
Anyway, enough of AGM’s, what about the evening? To start off with, I had forgotten to make sure that the leaflets I had made about the challenge were in the brief case. If anyone would like me to email them a copy, just send me an email and I’ll send you one on. I did find four in my rucksack and these were give out, one to the committee, one to me and the other two passed around the tables.
The talk stated with a brief outline of me and my arthritis, like talking to the converted, I then told them that Arthritis Care had pulled out and why, and said that me new chosen charity is Kenya Acorn Project. I would have given out their leaflets, but yes, you have guest it, we had forgotten them.
My talk was to take about 30 mins and went through the planning, and exciting the plan for the E2E challenge. I told them of what I had done, what I was doing, and what I hope to do. I told them of the need for more team members and of course, as I was in the Alber, showed them the speed I could do. I finished by saying that if they wanted to invite me back, I would tell them how the challenge went.
At the end of the evening, just as I was leaving, I was handed a donation from the evening, towards my E2E expenses; which considering I was not doing the challenge for AC was most unexpected and for which I say a very big thank you.
Thank you to the branch of AC Gosforth. .
Thank you update.
On Friday I attended an Arthritis Care meeting at Gosforth Newcastle, to give a talk about the E2E challenge. This was arranged well before Arthritis Care decided they did not wish to be involved any longer with the E2E Challenge.
I had a very warm welcome from the group of 50 and even made a contribution with a comment in their AGM. My comment was in connection with the comment made about falling numbers. I asked if the head office had not inform them that I had joined AC and was in their area? I was told no, they never did. Strange way for HQ AC to conduct their business; not informing branches that they had a new member in their area.
Anyway, enough of AGM’s, what about the evening? To start off with, I had forgotten to make sure that the leaflets I had made about the challenge were in the brief case. If anyone would like me to email them a copy, just send me an email and I’ll send you one on. I did find four in my rucksack and these were give out, one to the committee, one to me and the other two passed around the tables.
The talk stated with a brief outline of me and my arthritis, like talking to the converted, I then told them that Arthritis Care had pulled out and why, and said that me new chosen charity is Kenya Acorn Project. I would have given out their leaflets, but yes, you have guest it, we had forgotten them.
My talk was to take about 30 mins and went through the planning, and exciting the plan for the E2E challenge. I told them of what I had done, what I was doing, and what I hope to do. I told them of the need for more team members and of course, as I was in the Alber, showed them the speed I could do. I finished by saying that if they wanted to invite me back, I would tell them how the challenge went.
At the end of the evening, just as I was leaving, I was handed a donation from the evening, towards my E2E expenses; which considering I was not doing the challenge for AC was most unexpected and for which I say a very big thank you.
Thank you to the branch of AC Gosforth. .
