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Tues 15th March - Mon 21st 2016
Vice Consuls visit Help at Home Official visit by Vice Consuls Elizabeth Bell and Sara Munsterhjelm to Help At Home, Costa Blanca.
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HIS WAS THE FIRST visit by the Alicante Consulate to meet volunteers who help those in need of a little support in their own homes in the Vega Baja area of Alicante. The Vega Baja is a very large area covered by two branches of volunteers, providing support to all nationalities and
ages living in Orihuela Costa, Ciudad Quesada, Torrevieja, La Mata and La Marina and surrounding areas. Elizabeth and Sara were introduced by Norah Bond, Founder and Secretary General of the charity to their President
Carmen Darby Perez, Legal Secretary Jordi Mauri Sole, Joan Waddington Quesada Branch Manager, Esther Tucker Shop Manager and some of her volunteers who help raise funds working in the charity shop. Eileen Randall,
Fundraiser who took over from Norah last November and Ann Jupp one of the Administrators who offered homemade scones and tea to the visitors, made by her own fair hands. Sofia Alvarez Councillor for Orihuela
Costa residents, Tourism & Transport, together with Lilybeth the President of Stroke Support Torrevieja and the EU Untouchables Pauline Stewart were invited to meet the Vice Consuls at the Charity Centre. Sofia advised that she will support the charity in what ever way she can, especially the residents of Orihuela Costa with special needs. Help at Home told the Costa Blanca People, “We are grateful for her support and will endeavour to ensure we all work together with the aim of helping those in need on the coast. She knows we work closely with Caritas who Continued on page 3
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