June coffee morning Pages

Coffee Morning at Kai

Coffee Morning this month was at Kai in Sathorn (good suggestion, Joan) and was well attended by both ‘old’ and new members. We enjoyed a delicious ‘brunch’ of spiced carrot cake, muffins and scrambled eggs with bacon or avocado.

We were delighted that 3 new members could join us, and we welcome Barbara, Sophia and Faye, and hope you enjoy BWG fun and activities as much as we do.

We were also humbled to welcome K Usanee and K New to speak to us about a charity we support, called ‘Little Birds’. K Usanee explained that Little Birds supports and works with HIV young adults, acting as a ‘halfway house’ for youngsters leaving the care system. Although being 18 years old and ‘adults’ they are often orphaned and have little in the way of support, help and advice to get jobs, accommodation, and access medication. Little Bird’s provides this support through education, temporary accommodation and counselling.

The BWG supports Little Birds financially and last month donated a further 7,500B to help out. (We all wish it could be more). Members also brought dry food, tea & coffee as well as personal items to further support. Petra thanked K Usanee and explained that often our purchases at coffee mornings are negotiated at a cheaper rate as there are so many of us, and so each coffee morning we make a small ‘profit’ that is donated to our charities. So not only are you enjoying good coffee and great company, you are also helping good causes – win, win!

Thank you, Petra for organising another lovely coffee morning and to Gale for bringing in K Usanee to speak –she provided us with such a thought provoking and passionate talk. Hope to see you all at the next Coffee Morning at The Ambassador’s Residence on Thursday June 9th. Come dressed to impress for a Platinum Jubilee themed morning complete with bubbles to toast the Queen! Time to look out those dresses, hats and fascinators, ladies.