All involved with the Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning and buffet lunch at the Turtle Tavern in Argaka have been working hard to promote this very worthwhile event. Ann put out a request for raffle prizes and we were both delighted by some of the very generous responses. But don’t be put off by that as there is always room for more.
It is almost impossible to gauge what sort of turnout there will be. All we can do is hope for the best. Ann and Gary at the Turtle Tavern have been very supportive and will “sell” the event hard at tonight’s quiz and bingo evening, where they apparently have over sixty people participating. If even half of those people attended on Friday that would make an enormous difference. Almost all of the people we have mentioned this to say that they hope to come.
It will be an emotional event for us and Ann said she would wear a badge saying “I am NOT a Bereavement Counsellor”. I hope the atmosphere will be more akin to a jolly wake, as there will no doubt be people there who have lost friends and family to cancer. It always astonishes me that something as important and supportive as Macmillan is funded by charitable donations. Like hospices, they should be supported by the government. I mean they obviously have money to burn with all the lunatic spending proposals they promote.
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