Sheila, Carol and Ananda were joined at the Baby Bank this morning by Rupi for her second community mission, and very glad we were, too, to have her. The Baby Bank is not accepting any clothes donations at the moment until we have been able to sort through the enormous mountain of clothes bags already piled up. A corporate team of 7 were there from Centrica doing the first-sort, and our challenge was to keep pace with them and do a second check and put things away in the boxes. Between us we made a huge difference, despite Carol being re-deployed to put together a referral. Kudos to Carol for walking there, Sheila for cycling , Rupi for going to the gym beforehand and to Amanda for squeezing in a good deed after the school run and before dashing off to her next commitment

We had a lovely sociable afternoon gathering sprigs of bay, ivy, holly, rosemary, spruce, cedar and more leafy evergreen bits, ready for the Age Concern wreath making fundraiser at the Spencer Denney Centre tomorrow evening.

A very warm welcome to Rupi, who joined us for the first time. Great to meet you!

Thanks to Age Concern task owner Rachel for inviting us to be involved and to foliage expert Ranger Tom for helping us find the best sprigs.

Same time next year? 