The monthly meeting of the Bude and District U3A was held at the Parkhouse Centre on Thursday 18th. April. Chairman Sylvia Henry outlined forthcoming events for the summer months. Membership numbers continue to increase and new activity groups are thriving with plans for a Canasta group coming to fruition very soon.
The Gardening group held their annual plant sale as always a great success the quality of plants is very high with a selection of varieties not available commercially. There is always something to tempt even those of us without gardens to buy a plant and put it in a pot somewhere.
The speaker this month was Sandy Boycott who told the very uplifting story of the Kenana Knitters a group of very resourceful women in Kenya who are determined to improve their own lives and those of their families by knitting toys and garments from wool from their own sheep that they spin and dye themselves. From small beginnings in 1998 with just four women they now have 600 in the group.
The news that comes out of Africa is usually so depressing that to hear about these gallant ladies was a great pleasure, and they can certainly teach us a thing or two about recycling. Everyone present wishes them success in the future.
The meeting closed with everyone wishing that the weather would turn a little warmer.
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