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Terry Ferris photography
Once
again Terry Ferris has been booked to take yet more brilliant photos of
our children. He'll be at Shaw Church on 3rd November. As usual prints will be available within a couple of weeks, so easily in time to
make great Christmas presents for Granny's & Aunties
CHRISTMAS PARTY
After the amazing success of last years party, STORM have booked this
years event on Saturday 13th December from 12-2pm @ Haydon Centre. Invites
to STORM members will follow nearer the time, so get it in your diary
early as the kids will love it.
PS
Father Christmas has already said yes to his invite!!
Mum's Night Out
The next Mum's night held
on Friday 4th April by Virgin Vie raised a fantastic £28 for STORM funds.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
WOW, what a fantastic party!! This
years Christmas party was a huge success with 50 children attending. We
also had a visit from Father Christmas and were entertained by 'Creative
Kids' who not only kept all the children amused for an hour giving Mum's &
Dad's a few minutes peace, but did a brilliant job of facing painting
those kids brave enough to join in. A great big thank you goes out to our
new committee member Leanne (& her Mum) who organised all the food and
even managed to cater for 3 children with special dietary needs as well.
Follow this link for photos
SHOPPING NIGHT
A huge thank you to Jo
for all the hard work she put into organising the shopping night which was
yet again a fantastic success which funds in excess of £100 being raised
by commission from the stall holders. We also raised £60 in raffle tickets
alone on the night.
The raffle was drawn on
19 November, results to be announced at the Christmas party and will
posted on the web site afterwards
Terry Ferris photography
As Terry was so
popular last year, we've already booked him for later on this year.
Initially we've booked him for June and October in time for Christmas.
MUM'S NIGHT
OUT
Nicola hosted a fantastic night for us Mum's on behalf of STORM.
Body Shop came along and treated us all to a hand massage and gave us the
opportunity to try out samples of their wonderful products.
As a reward for
spending over £250 we had the opportunity to get addiitonal gifts free
which will be used later ni the year as raffle prizes to help us raise
funds to pay for speacial meetings and of course the Christmas party
SUMMER PICNIC
The summer
picnic's held at Lydiard House was as usual a
resounding success. We picked a great day as the weather held out for us
which was such a bonus considering how bad its been this summer!!
 
Jacob & Arabella's
Dad took this photos above by climbing the big tree. Seemed a good idea at
the time until 10 sets of twins tried to copy him!!
 
EASTER SPECIAL
At the meeting on 2nd April held at Toothill Church we
held an Easter special meeting with
activities, including an egg hunt, biscuit decorating and creating magnets.
It was thoroughly enjoyed by all. As it was such a success, we hope to put
some more events like this into the STORM diary!
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Saturday
9th December at Haydon Centre,
Thames Avenue Near Morrisons
supermarket, between 12 and
2pm for STORM members and
siblings. Entertainment, a visit from a man in a red suit
laden with presnts, and food will be provided by the club
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NIGHT
The
shopping night was held on Thursday 9
November at the Haydon Wick Working Men's Club. As with
last year, there was a selection of stalls including Chocoholics,
Virgin Vee, Mini IQ,and lots of lovely hand made cards and toys plus much
more. The event raised over £170 for STORM. So a
big thank you to everybody who attended.
AGM
We are required to hold an AGM, so this will take place on Monday 18th September, during the normal
Monday morning session at ToyBox Junction. More information will be sent
out to members nearer the time.
SUMMER PICNIC
Held on 16th July on the lawn
outside Lydiard House. Photos to follow...!
SPONSORED
TODDLE WADDLE
Following the success of last
year's event, we decided to enter the Barnardos Sponsored Toddle Waddle
again, with infants (in buggies) and toddlers doing two laps of the Outlet
Village on Monday 5 June. 75% proceeds to Barnardos, and 25% to STORM.
Some toddlers dressed up, good fun was had by all and hopefully we raised
some much needed cash for a good cause.
Photo Gallery
TINY TALK BABY SIGN LANGUAGE
Sarah kindly arranged for
Tiny Talk to visit to demonstrate some baby sign language at the Baby
Corner session on Monday 12 June. They run courses which are available to
help communicate with your pre-talking baby. See our Links page for their
website details.
PAMPERED CHEF
There was an evening with the
Pampered Chef, kindly hosted by Jill in Priory Vale, on Monday 24 April.
MUMS' NIGHT OUT!!!
A Mums' Night Out was held on
19 May at the Marriott Hotel. Run by Funky Mamas, this was a great night
out for all those mums who are secret divas, who want to have a dance
round their handbags!
USBORNE BOOKS
A viewing of Usborne Books
was held at the meeting on Monday 15th May.
ETERNAL PRINTS
Sarah-Jane, a local twin mum,
and her colleague Sheryl came to two Monday meetings to take fingerprints
from the children, which will memorialised in gold or silver, and used to
decorate beautiful jewellery or keepsakes. For more information, visit
her website at www.eternalprints.com
Presenters
at the Creche
sessions
We have been fortunate to
have a demonstration of Baby Massage at the Baby Corner, plus Kidz Klub
Adventure Videos, and Chocoholics come to visit us.
Babies' and Children's
Christmas Parties
The Babies' Christmas Party
were held at ToyBox Junction on Monday 12th December, and the Children's
Christmas Party on Monday 19th December.
Photo Gallery
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Our annual Teddy Bears'
picnic was held on Sunday 10th July at Lydiard Park from 11:30 am.
Click here for the photos
Mums' Night Out
The first Mums' Night Out was held on Friday 1st July at Jill's house
in Priory Vale.
Kate from Daisy Chains kindly brought along a wide range of clothes
from 3 months to 6 years, and many bargain clothes and some toys were
snapped up by those present. An excellent start to our social meetings and
a good time was had by all. Many thanks to Jill for hosting the event
which raised £16 towards STORM funds.
Sponsored Toddle In Aid Of
Barnardo's And Storm
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On Monday 20 June, members of STORM held a
sponsored toddle around the Outlet Village in aid of the Barnardo's
charity with STORM also benefiting from 25% of the monies raised.
STORM funds have been boosted by about £50 as a result of the children
toddling and Barnardo's by about £200 - so well done, and thank you to
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The Re-Launch Party !
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The first event to be held by
STORM was the Re-Launch party on Monday 6 June at the ToyBox Junction
crèche, between 10am and 12pm. Refreshments were provided courtesy of
ASDA Walmart. Raffle with prizes donated by local businesses. Event
was covered by local media. See the photo gallery of the party!
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