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MENDIP TIMES
Fun day offers food for nought! TWO friends who launched a free food larder in Writhlington have held a fundraising fun day to buy more supplies. Zoe Cornick and Sarah Kite set up the Writhlington Pantry during the last lockdown in a shed near their homes in Manor Park in the village. It offers fresh and canned food to anyone in need along with other essentials – they also welcome donations. They said the fun day at Writhlington Village hall was their way of saying thank you for the support they have received and to enable the pantry – which has received help and donations from organisations such as Tesco and Westfield Big Local – to continue. Fun day MC Drift Snowbarger
A bouncy castle was just one of the attractions at the show for youngsters
Saving lives
Some of the Writhlington Flower Show team on their fundraising stall. They were unable to hold their show this year due to the pandemic
Delilah (left), aged five, and cousin Taz, 11
For details, find Writhlington Pantry on Facebook
The village of Theale was honoured to get a visit from eminent doctor, Carl Gwinnutt, emeritus Consultant in Anaesthesia and immediate past president of The National Resuscitation Council. he was there to instruct villagers on the technique of CPR to re-start the heart, followed by further instruction on the use of a defibrillator, of which Theale now has three. The photograph shows Carl instructing Theale Show president, Julia Skinner, in CPR on one of the two special manikins he brought for the purpose. In two sessions held on the day he taught no less than 21 people in the techniques, the youngest of whom was 13 and the oldest 79. PAGE 84 • MENDIP TIMES • OCTOBER 2021
Zoe and Sarah at the fun day
