What a week we have had! I am so pleased to say that we have already raised £325 for BBC Children in Need. This beats the amount that we raised last year so I’m very proud of everyone and would like to say thank you to all who have donated so far. If you'd like to make a donation please visit our JustGiving page; www.justgiving.com/valeriemanor-Pudsey09
We started off the fundraising with volunteer Marmalade leading a Marathon scrabble afternoon, the residents appeared to love wearing their Pudsey Bandanas while they played and didn’t want to take them off at the end of the game! They did stop for a tea break to enjoy Pudsey cup cakes as well!
Wednesday the residents enjoyed decorating their own Pudsey fairy cakes and biscuits. Staff wanted to wear the bandanas again but needed the assistance of a resident to tie them - as they couldn’t work out how to adjust on their head!
On Thursday our lovely volunteers Vi and Syd came to Valerie Manor and we all enjoyed more Pudsey Biscuits and cakes – I was quite chuffed with myself as this was the first time I had ever baked a cake or made a biscuit! They do say do something that you would not normally do! We then had fun guessing the squares on the Valerie Manor blanket. Joan came closest with a guess of 98 and won a Pudsey Bear (the actual no. is 99!). The residents then set to making more paper chains like last year to keep their fingers nimble and start the decoration process for their bedrooms for Christmas! Thursday they even enjoyed a Pudsey Blancmange!
For the finale on Friday the staff will be wearing their Children in Need t-shirts, headbands and bandanas. The residents all get to choose their badges to wear for the day and keep afterwards and we'll be having fun with balloon tennis and ‘name the baby staff’!; most of the staff have brought in photo’s of themselves as children or toddlers and the residents get to guess who is who!
We'll have more on Children in Need day at the Manor very soon!
