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PAGE 2 GGEW NEWS SPRING 2016 GGEW NEWS SPRING 2016 PAGE 7 ESSEX WEST TREFOIL GUILD ANNUAL REVIEW All our girls love residential events but Caitlin Taylor of 5th Gidea Park Guides has proof of hers, she has just gained her 50 Nights Away Anglia n Saturday 5th March 55 members of Essex West Guilds gathered together at the Ugley Village Hall for their Annual Review. They were joined by special guests, Heather Asker, Mayor of Saffron Walden and her mother; Chris Skinner, our new County Commissioner; new County President Margaret Henderson with her husband David; Jean Pinner L.O.B and our office staff Sylvia and Norma. Members heard a report about the variety of activities and visits undertaken by the Guilds during the past year and also the numerous challenges members set themselves in order to gain the new Voyager Award. This involved learning new skills, serving in the community and organising events such as Handicraft Exhibitions and Craft Days in their Guide Divisions. Chris presented Bronze Awards to Gina Grieg and Wendy Henshaw bringing the total who have completed to nine so far, with nine more still working hard. We enjoyed reading the logbooks of the projects completed by the participants. Division Commissioners, we know how busy you are so please ask your local Guild members to help organise an event, they are here to support you and your girls. We then enjoyed the story of a wartime evacuee who was sent from London to Suffolk, told by a fantastic storyteller Bry