INNER WHEEL DISTRICT 20
Somerset, Dorset & NW Wiltshire
Inner Wheel Club of Chard
Chartered October 1950
Meet at Hornsbury Mill TA20 3AQ
on the 2nd Monday of the month
No meeting in August
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Anne Taylor
President 2021-2022
We were delighted to take part in the Minster Christmas Tree Festival (Ilminster) where our tree was covered in donated spectacles suitably decorated in Inner Wheel colours, of course!
During the week we received lots of old specs which will go to those who need them overseas via our local optician.
Do you use Blister Packs?
20 years ago!
We started 2022 with Rotary President Peter giving a very informative talk about his time in the MET and his work with the Flying squad. It was also very amusing in parts, especially when Peter was explaining how the officers of the squad achieved their nick-names…….
However we all agreed how dedicated brave and professional they all seemed.
Some of Peter’s stories seemed to come as news to our guest, Peter's wife, Alison!
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As we met on International Inner Wheel day we brought items for the local food bank, The Lords Larder, some of which are shown here when we delivered them. We were also delighted to be able to pop some money into their bank account.
And we will soon hit the 400kg mark with the empty medicine blister packs!!!
A total of 9 bags in that heap.
We have such a great florist in Chard, just have to put these up! Very interesting talk from Sylvia's husband who filled in at the last minute and told us about his life in Australia when he went out there on a Kellogs Foundation grant many years ago. He didn't try growing pineapples here when he returned though!
There are actually six members in the below photo, you just need to look hard to see Eileen hiding in the distance! Coffee, a walk and lunch at Ham Hill.
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The Club was 70 in October 2020
So we managed to have a very quiet celebration, within the Covid restrictions, at the end of June
To 29th July - 55 Kg of Blister Packs collected by Chard IW and delivered to Superdrug!!!!
You know, those things that all medication and tablets etc are put into and which you don't know what to do with, other than bung in the waste bin.
Chard Inner Wheel is collecting them for the Terracycle programme and will deliver to participating pharmacies (Superdrug in Taunton, Wellington & Yeovil).
There are collection points at
St. Mary's Church & Combe Church
The Original Factory Shop
Alpine Grove
Meadows Medical Centre, Ilm.
Church Surgery, Broadway
or phone 01460 63856
Superdrug are supporting Marie Curie
1950 - 2020
Chard Club was established in 1950 and members are looking forward to celebrating the 70th Anniversary once "Covid permits". Better late than Never!
