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Volunteers' Lunch in Volunteer Week
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(3 June 2005)
This is the week of the Volunteer and to mark it the Windsor and Maidenhead Volunteer Centre had organised an exhibition and lunch at the Pinder Hall for voluntary groups in the Cookham area on Friday 3rd June.
Karen Usher from Cookham Library talks with Fiona Winrow Manager of the Windsor and Maidenhead Volunteers Centre
Tony Allerton with Diane Wynne-Powell from the Windsor and Maidenhead Volunteers Centre
Andrew Streat from the Maidenhead Advertiser talks to the Multiple Scleroris Society represnetatives
Beryl Schirn explains the PPG
Over lunch there was a competition to make as many words as possible out of the word VOLUNTEER. The winning team was led by Nigel Topping, Vice Chairman of the Pinder Hall, who managed to find 85 different words, although a few seemed to be more French than English. Is Lune really an English word?
Nigel Topping gives a winning smile
There were also several displays showing the work of various groups in Cookham showing their activities..
The MS Display
Diane Wynne-Powell can be found in the Cookham Library every Friday afternoon promoting the idea of volunteering. If you would like to volunteer to help somewhere in Cookham drop into the Library on a Friday. This may be from a regular weekly commitment to just a couple of hours a year. Alternatively you can find out more from their website http://www.wmvolaction.org.uk/main/main.htm or phone 01753 622 433
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