I am taking advantage of Sian at High in the sky’s lovely idea to tell you about something new I’ve learned or something new I’ve done over the weekend. And of course taking the opportunity to wave to her and her Monday wavers.
Its Memorandum Monday and I am able to contribute!
So, ages ago I told you about raising awareness of dementia by contributing to the Alzheimers Society’s idea to get (by fair means!) 3,000 forget-me-nots knitted or crochet or sewn and displayed on the pier during Dementia Awareness Week.
3,000+ is the number of people with dementia in North Somerset.
I would like to say Thank You to Helena and Sian who kindly crochet some beautiful flowers to add to the flower pool. Also, I had two Intstagram friends do the same. I was so touched by your generosity. The craft club I go to made loads and I made some too of course.
It wasn’t the easiest place to photograph! We had a great time though. I spent what seemed like hours looking for our flowers to no avail! The sun shone, the rain kept away, the people came and 3 Singing for the Brain groups were there to lead us in a sing song. I met up with some friends, colleagues and some of my ‘old’ clients.
There were forget me nots everywhere! on aprons, on jackets on pins becoming badges, in tubs, in a childs paddling pool! it was full to the brim (no water!) A children’s playgroup had drawn pictures of forget-me-nots and someone had made some pottery flowers, 2 of which now live on my desk.
Oh! and how many flowers do you think they collected. (They were counted as they came into the office)
Thank you again, hope you all have a good week.
6,253? What will they do with all the forget me-nots?
What a wonderful effort by so many people. The colour is superb. I like your little pottery ones too. It’s a sobering number of sufferers in North Somerset which really isn’t a very big county. The reality is that there will be quite a lot more undiagnosed/ unrevealed people.
Looks good. Glad to see it was a success – I actually googled pics at the weekend but they weren’t as good as yours!
Wonderful to see such participation. Our Alzheimer’s Society has a different fund raiser but I think this group participation can include more of the community. I have forward the website info – who knows you may see this springing up across the pond!
What a success! And they look gorgeous all laid out together. One of our best friends spent her last five years or so battling dementia. To me, losing control of thoughts and memories is a very frightening prospect.
what a fabulous display and looks like there were plenty of people there too taking note of the issue. Love the giant knitting taking place
I’m back as only had time to glance through pics this morning. Just worked out that that lady has a giant knitting set – looks HEAVY!
[I made some flowers too … forget ME not!] ;o)
Fabulous snaps – how lovely that so many joined in for an important cause.
They look absolutely amazing! Every bit as moving as I imagined they would be. I hope they raise lots of funds as well as keeping this important subject in the news and in everyone’s hearts too. Thank you for showing us the day in all its glory