Today was her first day of work for Rotary. Going to medical and dental surgeries, speaking to their practise managers and telling them about the Streatham Dementia Support Group.
Everyone was incredibly interested and wanted to know more.. she extended her route and dropped off information into the local pharmacies and asked local charity shops if they would display the information, everyone said yes and took it.
But the two best things were this! The first happened when she spoke to Janice at the South London Press Newspaper, who said she wants a reporter to come and see what they do and to write an article about the group.
Then secondly, she spoke to the manager of Customer Services at Morrisons at Streatham Station. WOW.. what a gem Sandra is, that store is really incredibly lucky to have her as an employee!
She said " Call us, here is our card, if you need funding or products, we are very keen to support local charities like yours and I know Rotary do a huge amount of really great stuff for their local communities and we would love to help you with this.. and she put up a poster immediately!
Then after walking and talking solidly for over six hours and with no more leaflets or posters to hand out.. she came home. The weather turned very chilly at about half past three, so she declined the offer of tea with a friend that she met en route home.
It was a chilly and frosty night last night in some places.. she's not at all surprised.. she has had old evil Mister Jack scatter his frost stuff over many a raised bed in the second week of June before, which this is, and so our baby green plants may have got a bit leggy by being at home for so long but at least they're safe.
She got up incredibly early this morning, the sun wasn't even peeping over the houses opposite so that shows it wasn't even six of the morning clock. She had lain her clothes out the night before and had put her basket together with pad + pen + posters etc. Shined her shoes, changed her batteries in her hearing aids (most important) and was out of here on the dot of ten minutes to ten.
Allowing herself time to walk to Victoria Station and to catch the overland train to Sutton. Life is MUCH easier if you prepare everything the night before you need to be.. years of travelling with swatches etc has taught her this.
It will be an early night for us, she has to be at L'Oreal tomorrow morning at half past ten.. fourteen weeks almost to the day since they did her colour.. time for colour work to be done again on her head.
So.. here we are again.. another busy week, she has to go and see an old supplier early on Wednesday morning, he is such a nice man, he was at school with one of my human uncles so she's known him for a veryvery long time indeed! She'll work at the shop afterwards, and work again at the allotment (providing it is dry) on Thursday and on Friday, it is Singing With Dementia again!
Ugh.. what a dreary cold grey sky there is out there, I am looking forward to having a snuggle, we've had our early supper, before I go to bed at a sensible hour.
It was a busy and happy day, she's just sent an email to update her Rotary president Mary, who is in Brazil at the Rotary World Conference and who will be pleased to hear what her new PR officer has been doing on her first day.
PipPip to you all.. be considerate and kind and stay happy and healthy wherever you are.
GeeGee Parrot.
June 8th, 2015.
Everyone was incredibly interested and wanted to know more.. she extended her route and dropped off information into the local pharmacies and asked local charity shops if they would display the information, everyone said yes and took it.
But the two best things were this! The first happened when she spoke to Janice at the South London Press Newspaper, who said she wants a reporter to come and see what they do and to write an article about the group.
Then secondly, she spoke to the manager of Customer Services at Morrisons at Streatham Station. WOW.. what a gem Sandra is, that store is really incredibly lucky to have her as an employee!
She said " Call us, here is our card, if you need funding or products, we are very keen to support local charities like yours and I know Rotary do a huge amount of really great stuff for their local communities and we would love to help you with this.. and she put up a poster immediately!
Then after walking and talking solidly for over six hours and with no more leaflets or posters to hand out.. she came home. The weather turned very chilly at about half past three, so she declined the offer of tea with a friend that she met en route home.
It was a chilly and frosty night last night in some places.. she's not at all surprised.. she has had old evil Mister Jack scatter his frost stuff over many a raised bed in the second week of June before, which this is, and so our baby green plants may have got a bit leggy by being at home for so long but at least they're safe.
She got up incredibly early this morning, the sun wasn't even peeping over the houses opposite so that shows it wasn't even six of the morning clock. She had lain her clothes out the night before and had put her basket together with pad + pen + posters etc. Shined her shoes, changed her batteries in her hearing aids (most important) and was out of here on the dot of ten minutes to ten.
Allowing herself time to walk to Victoria Station and to catch the overland train to Sutton. Life is MUCH easier if you prepare everything the night before you need to be.. years of travelling with swatches etc has taught her this.
It will be an early night for us, she has to be at L'Oreal tomorrow morning at half past ten.. fourteen weeks almost to the day since they did her colour.. time for colour work to be done again on her head.
So.. here we are again.. another busy week, she has to go and see an old supplier early on Wednesday morning, he is such a nice man, he was at school with one of my human uncles so she's known him for a veryvery long time indeed! She'll work at the shop afterwards, and work again at the allotment (providing it is dry) on Thursday and on Friday, it is Singing With Dementia again!
Ugh.. what a dreary cold grey sky there is out there, I am looking forward to having a snuggle, we've had our early supper, before I go to bed at a sensible hour.
It was a busy and happy day, she's just sent an email to update her Rotary president Mary, who is in Brazil at the Rotary World Conference and who will be pleased to hear what her new PR officer has been doing on her first day.
PipPip to you all.. be considerate and kind and stay happy and healthy wherever you are.
GeeGee Parrot.
June 8th, 2015.
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