Main Meeting – Tuesday 22nd October 7:30pm – Self Defence
Renowned Taekwon-Do teacher Declan McGrath will be showing us an introduction to this martial art as well as teaching some top self defence moves.
Please wear comfortable work out gear suitable for kicking some butt.
What to bring:
- Name badge
- Mug for your drink
- 50p for the raffle (plus a prize to donate if you have something)
- £4 cash visitor fee or £34.70 in cash or a cheque made payable to West Ealing WI for 2014 subs
- £2.50 for your carol concert ticket (and any homemade items suitable for babies and toddlers)
Ealing Transition Family Re-skilling Day – Saturday 19th October 2-5pm
West Ealing WI will be teaching the families of Ealing how to sew a simple strawberry pincushion at St Mary’s Church in South Ealing.
Are you able to help out supervising the course? If so pop in today, we’ll be in the Vestry of the Polygon church hall from 1:30pm.
MFWI Christmas Carol Service – Saturday 14th December 11am
Our Federation Carol Service will be held at Ruislip Methodist Church (Ickenham Road, HA4 7BZ) on 14th December. Mince Pies, tea and coffee will be served in the Church Hall afterwards and anyone who wishes can bring a packed lunch to eat in the hall. The cost is £2.50 per ticket – please bring cash to the next meeting. Alternatively you can apply for tickets directly with this form.
The Federation supports Action for Children and their current project is supporting babies and toddlers in Middlesex. We are asked to donate hand made knitted, crocheted or sewn items (but absolutely no stuffed toys) to donate on the day. Therefore, please get your craft on and start donating!
MFWI trip to the William Morris Gallery – Sunday 20th October
The Middlesex Federation are planning to visit the William Morris Gallery (http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/ ) tomorrow and all West Ealing WI members are welcome to join them. The details can be viewed here.
Becoming a member
We welcome visitors to our main meetings and ask that they make a £4 donation towards the cost of the meeting. This covers the cost of the wonderful speaker/workshop leader and also the tea, coffee and cakes that we provide. While you are deciding if West Ealing WI is right for you, you can attend as a visitor.
Being a member of the WI is incredibly rewarding: in addition to 11 meetings a year you get the national magazine WI Life, opportunities to participate in events and competitions held by Middlesex Federation and the National Federation and several groups run by us including the craft club, pub quiz team, book club and culture club. All this is just £34.70 for 2014 membership. Better yet, if you pay your 2014 subs now, you get October, November and December membership completely free! If you’d like to join please bring your subs as cash or a cheque made payable to West Ealing WI to any meeting. It would also save some time on the evening if you can bring a completed membership form too.
November’s Middlesex News
The e-edition of the Middlesex News magazine can be found here.
You can purchase a hard copy from the Federation. The application form is here.
Member’s reminder
Members have been asked for feedback for the Cheese and Wine Tasting event, the Christmas Party and membership of the choir. Please try to respond before Tuesday’s meeting so that we can make announcements in the meeting.
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