Christine Wilkes, on the right in the picture, with acting president Stella Astbury with the thank you letter from Mary’s Meals, the charity that provides daily meals for the world’s poorest children. Our £250 donation was doubled to £500 thanks to the government’s Aid Match scheme running from the end of September to the end of December. Christine has been the driving force behind the club’s support for Mary’s Meals for a number of years. Last year she organised a second collection of essentials such as pencils, notebooks, soap, clothes and flip-flops for girls and a few boys and she also arranged a group of members to pack the items into 26 backpacks.