On Tuesday 21 September we held one of the biggest events we’ve ever organised at Woodstock Residential Care Home – a sponsored walk for all our residents for National Alzheimer’s Day.
We decorated our Home with blue and yellow forget-me-not flowers and made a giant banner to welcome families to our big event.
We got lots of families involved to help on the day to push or walk with their loved ones. We all set off together in a big group to our local park. Those who couldn’t go to the park still took part, doing a sponsored walk around our garden.
Oasis School and headteacher Paul Murray kindly made and donated cakes for us to sell on the day and donated prizes for our raffle. We would like to say a huge thank you for their kind help and support.
Members of the Milton Regis Conservative Club also donated money, as the club helped to promote our sponsored walk by buying the knitted forget-me-not flowers that our residents and staff had made. Thank you to them for their kind donation of £105.
The day was so special to us as it involved all our families getting together with their loved ones. After the walk we all came back to the garden where we sold tea and cake, had a collection for the raffle and had a ‘guess the weight of the cake‘ competition.
So far we have raised £650 and Barclays Bank have said that they will match our total when we receive the rest of our donations; this can bring us to a grand total of £1300. What an amazing achievement!
Thank you to everyone who was involved and to those who donated and joined in on the day – we couldn’t have done it without you!
