Many thanks to the Friends’ volunteers and to our Shop Coordinator who, together with the Jubilee Centre, ran a Pop Up Cafe to coincide with the switching on of the Marlborough Christmas lights on Friday 20 November. Mulled wine, a variety of snacks, hot drinks and soup were all available.
The volunteers were fortunate with the weather; the wind and rain had already blown through, although it was still cold. Thanks go to the bakers extraordinaire who donated cakes and savouries, and to all the volunteers who braved the cold to drape lights over windows and push a tea trolley along the High Street to drum up business – as well as coming to the assistance of an elderly member of the public who fell outside the Jubilee Centre, keeping him safe and warm until the ambulance service arrived.
The Pop Up Cafe raised in the region of £100, to be shared equally with the Jubilee Centre.
Coming up on the Volunteers’ Christmas calendar is the Shop Christmas raffle. This will be drawn on 11 December with raffle tickets a bargain at 50p each, and the chance to win a super hand-knitted Nativity Scene and a delicious home made Christmas cake, among other goodies. Volunteers will also be busy carol singing at 3pm that day to patients on Ailesbury Ward.
