Celebrating our volunteers
Year 2021 marked our 10th Anniversary - 10 years of 'ADS' supporting the local community with special Services and Guidance for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers. Covid-19 has until now, restricted our celebrations, but on 7th August we were delighted to be able to organise a lovely event to celebrate our Anniversary together with the amazing Volunteers that are such a vital part of our Charity.
The 'ADS' Team and a few of the Volunteers arrived at St. Mark's Crescent Methodist Church to set up a beautiful, traditional Afternoon Cream Tea, complete with vintage print plates, serviettes and fresh flowers.
Bunting and balloons decorated the walls and noticeboards of photo collages evoked memories of past events and the history of 'ADS'.
The Volunteers joined us at 14:00, sitting to chat with friends and enjoy the yummy sandwiches and cakes, topped up with cups of tea and a special logo'd cupcake.
Our thanks go to Waitrose and The Handmade Cake Company for much of the food and drink.
David Jannetta, our Chairman, and Terrie, our Senior Dementia Advisor personally thanked each Volunteer for their help and presented them with an Anniversary pin to mark this special year.
Sarah Head, an amazing Silhouette artist and cutter created personal silhouettes for everyone using a sharp pair of scissors, black paper and two magic hands.
During the entire event, we were entertained by the talented Lea Lyle and her husband Richard who regularly volunteer to help us with live, entertaining music.
Around 16:00, the 'ADS' Cream Tea event came to an end, but not before a fun raffle. All the prizes were donated to us throughout the year by generous friends.
As they left, each Volunteer collected an event bag with a tin of tea from New English Teas and other goodies.
Here are some more pictures from the event and a few of the amazing testimonials we have received.
“Thank you all for the wonderful tea party to celebrate 10 years of ADS. It was a lovely afternoon.”
“Just to thank you all for the fun afternoon yesterday - I did enjoy seeing so many friends again.”
“Many thanks to you, David and the team for a lovely afternoon last Saturday. It was good to see so many volunteers. I hope you weren’t too exhausted afterwards.”
“Thank you so much for the lovely tea party on Saturday. The food was delicious, especially the scones and jam and cream - my favourite! It was lovely as always to see Nanny Pam, Nysa and Tegan and to meet David Jannetta. It was also great to chat with Andy and John and Aggie and her husband who were at our table and discover all the different ways people volunteer with ‘ADS’.
And of course, I have to mention “Silhouette Sarah” who was amazing! She was such a clever lady, she really captured people’s likenesses and did it so quickly - Wow!
We were so sorry we had to leave early but thank you again for a great party.”
We would like to again thank McCarthy & Stone for sponsoring the silhouettes and event bags and Silhouette Sarah and New English Teas for their generous discounts.
Finally, a huge thank you to everyone for coming and for all your lovely messages. We are happy to know that you've enjoyed the Cream Tea Afternoon as much as we did!
We have also celebrated with our Members by organising a super fun picnic on the grounds of Berkshire College of Agriculture. Click HERE to read more about it.