Club meeting still by Zoom, Emma Beckerleg of Resugga Farm Produce was our speaker. Cornwall hit the International headlines by hosting the G7 summit. Sophie Millington was presented with an Andrew Flint Bursary by president Nettie supported by members of our club STEM committee. She is going on to study Aerospace Engineering

President Nettie and Membership Officer Jane visited all the  groups over the weekend. 7  members hosted a small group in her own home to share food and friendship.

A fun Easter completion, bonnets flowers and cakes. Baroness Judith Jolly was the speaker at our Zoom club meeting. The club had been very busy during the 3rd lockdown knitting teddies and other items for Teddies4 tragedies. The handing over of the chain of office was videoed and shown at the club AGM Outgoing President Barbara commented that over 1£10, 000 had been raised and 22 different charities, organisations and individuals supported in this most unusual club year. One of the first duties of new President  Jeanette was to welcome her daughter Emma into the club.

On our Facebook page we posted photos from our 5 Unsung Heroine Awards Evenings to mark International Women’s Day this year. We also posted videos from last years winners, Lottee Brown and Val Stanley. We posted messages to our Friendship Link clubs in France, Kosovo, Australia and New Zealand. We had a special “My Personal Heroine” Newsletter”. Speakers from St Austell Library joined our Zoom club meeting and we gave children mental health packages of books to them. Bugle school received more laptops and the Usborne books package. Sadly we lost Founder member Jo Bennett and previous members Chris Gerry and May Sanders. We welcomed new members Angela, Elaine & Jacquie.  On a lighter note, with a nod to St Patricks Day we held a Zoom Irish themed quiz night.

Emma Pearce from the Charity CRADLE was guest speaker at the Club Meeting, Kay set  and played the questions at the Musical Quiz night, won by President Elect Jeannette and daughter Emma. we welcomed new members Susan Trudgeon and Jacquie Verbeek. A commemorative plaque was place with our trees in the grounds of Penrice House. We lost past member Chris Gerry and Soroptimister Howard Rosevear. We were thanked by RNLI and CRADLE for our donations.

Members were asked to donate unwanted laptops, iPads etc to Bugle School Sticker Memory Cafe gave out hyacinth bulbs to guests and carers. Virtual Cheese and wine Quiz Evening Thank you for donations from St Petroc’s, Cornwall Hospice Care, Three Bays Wildlife Group, Action for Children & Mary’s Meals The club is making full use of Zoom with the Executive committee and all others meeting this way.

Back into the second lockdown and everything is online.  Zoom Club, sub committees, Executive and Region meetings.  Virtual coffee mornings and Book Club. 16 days of activism and any number of online webinars, and forums to join in with. The Sticker Memory Cafe celebrated its first year with monthly newsletters and treats for the guests and carers. Instead of our 42nd Charter Lunch  members were invited to prepare and photograph a bowl of food and donate £15.90 for each bowl  for Mary Meals. This will feed one child daily for a year.