Inner Wheel District 26 - Overseas Service 

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District Chairman	Jenny Versey	Chesham
District Overseas Service Chairman	Joyce Gray	Watford North 01923 263213 rejoyce@btinternet.com
Overseas Service Committee	Jan O'Connor Susan Taylor Brenda Lowe	Watford North Berkhamsted Bulbourne Amwell

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Message from the District Overseas Chairman, Joyce Gray for 2009-10

Hello,   My name is Joyce Gray and I am now in third year as Overseas Service Chairman for 2009/10 and am greatly looking forward to it.   I have been a member of Watford North Inner Wheel for 16 years having held all three officers posts.   As District Overseas Service Chairman, two worthy charities have been supported -.Wheelchair Foundation and Children of Sumatra. District 26 Overseas Service Charity :  When I came into this job I promised myself I would support  women's charities. It has taken me to my third year to achieve this. As a women only organisation, I feel it fitting that we should choose to support other women in the world who are in need.

The Charity 'Women for Women' International is an organisation who have taken on this role. These are women who have been caught up in war torn areas and have been targeted for violence. They are raped and their lives are shattered. By supporting this charity we can help to rebuild lives of these women and give them back some respect.

One of my other charities is Kenya Children Centres which aims to bring hope to shattered lives.  I am doing a charity cycle ride in Kenya to support this charity and will go out on 21 Nov 2009 and cycle for five days and hoping to raise £2,500.  You can sponsor me online via: http://www.everydayhero.co.uk/joyce_gray

 

Another project which I would like to support is 'Feed the Children' Shoe Boxes.  Click here for: their main website, or for details of shoe box project or for a leaflet on the shoebox.

 

Other on-going projects which we generally support are: School Aid – Water Aid - Postage Stamps – Ink cartridges and Bob Parfitt's Refugee Relief.

My thanks go to all members of District 26 for all the work they have put in these past two years to raise funds for Overseas charities.

In Friendship
Joyce Gray

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HAITI EARTHQUAKE, Children's appeal from UNICEF: "The situation in Haiti is desperate and we really need supporters like Inner Wheel to show their support to enable us to reach more vulnerable children". Click here for a letter and a brochure. [Feb 2010]

Why not sponsor Joyce Gray, the Overseas Service Chairman, on her Cycle Ride in Kenya on behalf of Kenya Children Centres?

On her return she will be happy to talk to your club about her experience. You can sponsor her online via: http://www.everydayhero.co.uk/joyce_gray

'Feed the Children' Shoe Boxes - one of the charities to be supported in 2009-10. Click here for: their main website, or for details of shoe box project or for a leaflet on the shoebox.

School Aid in action

At the Overseas Lunch on 30 Apr 2009

L to R: Bob Parfitt, Pam McConnell (Association Overseas Chairman), 
Joyce Gray (District Overseas Chairman) and Jeannette Lee (District Chairman).  

Joyce Gray gives cheque to Stuart Pullen from the Children of Sumatra Fund  

For help or queries or comments concerning the Overseas Service section, please contact:
Joyce Gray (Watford North), District Overseas Service Chairman. Tel: 01923 263213 or e-mail: rejoyce@btinternet.com
For queries on the website: Guru Guruswamy, website manager. e-mail: b.a.guruswamy@btinternet.com