Enjoying time together at the Hong Loch were Dina White, Karen Ritchie, Jo Burke, Miriam Luyt, Wendy Neville, Margaret Robinson, Judy Chambers, Cathy Clarke, Janet O’Donoghue, Kay Craft, Pam Nankivell and Nancye Blatch.
Susan Ball made these beautiful bags which were filled by Cathy Clarke, Jeanine Boland, Miriam Luyt, Jill Crisp, Fran Dixon and Wendy Neville.
Parkes Que is a highly successful club for many reasons, not least of which is that we always seek to do our community work really well, and coupled with the satisfaction from helping others, we have a lot of fun and enjoyment working and playing together.
In the last month, as well as progressing our 29th September Open Gardens arrangements, several members got together to fill some Domestic Violence kits to give to the police for the women who flee their homes, often with only the clothes on their backs.
These are greatly appreciated by the recipients, but how much better it would be if they were not necessary. We need good men and women to call out this bad behaviour, to educate boys to respect and treat girls as equals, not as their property, and to advise girls to leave a marriage immediately if their partner physically or mentally mistreats them. With a woman being killed every four days this year by a present or former partner, we have to change this culture fast.
On a happier note, some of us Que-ties enjoyed a delicious Chinese meal together, no work , just a delightful couple of hours on a Saturday to relax, chat and laugh together.
There are so many members of varying talents, skills and interests that together we can achieve so much that we couldn’t do on our own. It is pressure free, but most members do quite a lot as we find that the more we put into Que, the better our lives become.
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By Pam Nankivell