Our Monthly Meeting is on Monday11th May.  This is our Annual Meeting. We also having a visit from PCSO Richard Williams. Due a work shift change, Richard will be off duty so not able to wear his uniform. Richard will be giving us advice about avoiding scams (which follows on nicely from last month’s talk).  Arrival is from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. 

The business side of our Annual Meeting will follow Richard’s talk. We will be reviewing our byelaws and voting in our committee. Please note that only those who have paid their subs and returned their membership form can vote and have a say at this meeting. Please bring a pen with you for voting.

The ‘Competition of the Month’ is ‘an unusual/interesting pebble or shell’. There will be a bumper raffle.  We will also have NFWI raffle tickets on sale, so please bring some money to support these causes. Evelyn will be giving out seeds for our annual growing competition.

There will also be a sign-up sheets for a host of activities (see below), including  for New Forest Show entries. If you haven’t had a look at the New Forest Show schedule, you can do so here.

Forthcoming events

The Craft Group – The next meetings will be on Friday 8th and 22nd May at 2pm. Please contact Carole or myself for the location. During these sessions, the craft group will be making macrame Christmas wreaths (Christmas wreath making is a category at the New Forest Show in July).

Litter Pick. As part of A Million Acts of Hope Sue K has organising a litter pick on Tuesday 12th May. Meet at Whitefield Moor Car Park for a 09.30am start. Refreshments will be provided afterwards. Please bring your litter picker if you have one. It’s not too late to join us, there will be a sign-up sheet at Monday’s meeting or contact us to sign up.

The next Knitting Group session, run by Suzanne, will be on Monday 18th May. Please see Suzanne at Monday’s meeting or contact us  to sign up.

Lunch Club is at the Hare and Hounds  at 12.30 on Wednesday 20th May organised by Christine. There will be a sign up sheet and pre-order at Monday’s meeting, or contact us  to sign up.

The Cross Stitch and Quilting Group takes a break in May but will resume in June.

We are still looking for a couple more people to take place in the  Group Quiz on 10th June at St Savior’s Church hall at 6.30pm. We also require someone to coordinate the scoring so please let me know if you can help with that. There will be a sign up sheet at Monday’s meeting , or contact us  to sign up.

The PTA have asked us if we’d like to have a stall at their Summer Fete on Friday 3rd July, from 3.15 – 6pm. We are looking for any ideas and volunteers to run the stall.  Can you help? Do you have any ideas? Have you got something you could sell? Please contact us with any ideas.

You may have heard that the Brockenhurst Carnival is making a come-back on 31st August. It is being called Brockival. The first carnival was in 1912 and was started to raise money for the school. Since Brockenhurst WI started in 1918, it has taken part and formed a big part of the carnival for many years, and we are keen to carry on this tradition. The theme of Brockival is ‘Brockenhurst’, so please put your thinking caps on as to how we can be involved. Also, if you would like to be on a sub-committee/working party for Brockival, please contact us . Thank you.

On Wednesday mornings from 10 am until 12 noon Rita and her team make bandages for Ukraine and any help would be very gratefully received with this, either at Rota’s house or in your own home.  Rita is in need of extra people to cut or rip up the sheets people willing to sew. 

The Darts Team meet on Thursday mornings at 11am in the Foresters Arms and new team members are always welcome.

We hope there is something for everyone!