Thanks to six Redditch
Heroes!
Jacqui Smith
MP’s 2009 Christmas Card Competition was a great
success! People
across the town nominated their heroes to be one of the finalists
photographed on this years’ Christmas card and to have their
stories featured on the website. Entrants included local police
officers & politicians, voluntary workers and council employees
to name but a few.
Jacqui Smith
says:
What all of the entrants had in
common was their willingness to give up their own time for the
benefit of others and in doing so making Redditch a better place to
live. It was very
difficult to choose between those people who work so hard for our
community, but after much deliberation I was able to select six
unsung heroes.
They
were:
Sylvia Summers leads the
Redditch Beaver and Cub Scouts providing sessions, activities,
outings and camps for boys and girls across the
town.
Rev Maureen Dew organised
music sessions for children as well as looking after her
parishioners at the Bridge Church, Headless
Cross.
Peter Styler has organised
the Redditch Poppy Appeal for 50 years supporting and remembering
hundreds of servicemen and women.
Lorraine Shannon has
coached her young team to league and cup victory with Redditch
United Girls Football Club.
Veronica Allen chairs
Caribbean Roots Connection organising numerous cultural events and
bringing young and old together.
Pauline Thorne set up and
runs Boomerang which recycles furniture helping local people
furnish their homes and protecting the
environment.
They are a
smashing group of people and I hope they know how much people do
appreciate their hard work. Please click on the PDF link at
the end of this article for their full stories, they are
definitely worth a read!
Finally I would like to thank
everyone who has taken part in the competition and especially to
the family of Lance Corporal Dale Hopkins who allowed me to
dedicate the project to his memory after he was nominated as a
Redditch Hero.”
As their
prize the heroes enjoyed a visit to London including a tour of
Parliament.
Pictured from
left to right are: Rev Maureen Dew,
Peter
Styler, Jacqui, Sylvia Summers
and Pauline Thorne.
Veronica Allen
and Lorraine Shannon are due to visit in January.
Click here to
read the Heroes stories -->
You can contact
Jacqui about this artice at smithjj@parliament.uk
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