Are you free on Friday 4 July 2014? If so, would you like to make up teams of 4 (WI members, non-members, partners or husbands) to take part in a quiz night to be held at the Congregational Church in Bowden Lane in Market Harborough? There is a small charge. Bring your own wine and nibbles (tea will be served, too). Start time to be confirmed, but likely to be around 7.30 pm.
To enter your team, email the Leicestershire and Rutland Federation of WIs in Leicester – Contact Us
Although I have lived in Market Harborough for 14 years, I have worked full time for
most of that period and didn’t know many people. An article on line, shown to me by my daughter, prompted me to call the MHWI contact, Hazel Stacey. Before I knew it I had attended my first committee meeting and had a sense of purpose locally. Several months later I attended a WordPress course at work and used this website as a practice for the one I wanted to set up locally for my employer. You know the rest.
Being a committee member has enabled me to contribute ideas and take part in organising and assisting at numerous events over the last 2 and half years. Making things happen and knowing that lots of women enjoy attending, plus meeting other people, is very rewarding. Committee members pay their annual fee just like any other member. We attend a committee meeting once a month, usually in a pub. We urgently need new committee members who can bring their own ideas and give some time each month to help make meetings and social events take place. Our very own Hazel is stepping down, too, this autumn. So, if you think you would like to step up and join the committee, please speak to a committee member (we wear the blue sashes) or Contact us. You’re very welcome to come to a committee meeting, not only to meet us, but to see what it’s all about.
Thank you to Evanda Greenwood for her write up of the farm visit last week (you will remember Jane Barnes spoke to us last year, telling us all about the life of a dairy farmer’s wife):
Sort out your favourite vegetable recipe (sweet or savoury) and bake it for the next 
monthly meeting on 21st May. You will be able to share your baking with members, as well as sampling lots of new, innovative ideas which you can then try out on friends and family.
Don’t forget to bring a copy of the of the recipe (or, ideally, several copies) so these can be pegged up for other members to take home to try out for themselves. We’ll be putting digital copies on the website, too, after the meeting.
Members will also be able to have fun in teams and take part in one of our popular quizzes. This, too, will be on the theme of ‘vegetables.’ Time to dig deep now to brush up on those unusual facts.
The next social event is for the Dairy Farm Visit which is on 7th May 2014. It begins at 7pm and finishes around 9pm with refreshments. There is a walk up the fields to see the cows grazing etc, and then around the farm buildings to see the baby calves and the milking parlour. Jane would recommend wellingtons, as there’s always plenty of cow poo about! It is £5 per person payable at tonight’s monthly meeting.
The postcode for SatNav’s is LE14 2PS. Plenty of car parking in the farmyard which is right at the end of Church Lane.
Members and guests of Market Harborough WI danced to their heart’s content last night at De Montfort Hall, Leicester. The touring show, Magic of Motown, provided non-stop entertainment and music to dance to from start to finish of the show. We copied the dancers and singers as they performed (or tried to!). We were whowed by their glittering costumes, too.
Colleen Powell, founder of Leicester Hedgehog Rescue, enthralled members last night with a very amusing account of how she has grown to love hedgehogs and set up the rescue service.
Hedgehogs have been around for many thousands of years. Today’s modern environment is still proving a challenge to these small creatures as they struggle to adapt. I was going to list some facts that Colleen shared with us but have just stumbled across this link to some fascinating hedgehog characteristics that you may wish to check out.
Colleen delighted members by bringing along a hedgehog that is used to humans.
She also brought along some hedgehog goodies and details of ones to sponsor.
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