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GGEW NEWS
WINTER 2015
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Jan’s “gotcha” fever spreads to Epping Forest North Division
A Fond Farewell From Jan.
My County Commissioner term of office has now ended and I am currently taking
a welcome break. However, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you once
again for all that you give to guiding. It has been an honour to serve Girlguiding Essex
West and I am very proud of our volunteers and staff who give so much of their
energy and enthusiasm to make a difference to the lives of our girls and young
women.
I sincerely hope you will continue to enjoy your guiding journey, which will
undoubtedly enable you to discover and grow. If you would like to know more about
my guiding journey over the last five years then you can read my closing speech that I
gave at Members Day on 17th October.
My very best wishes to our new County Commissioner, Chris Skinner, and her
team. I am confident that County is in safe hands and will continue to grow from
strength to strength.
Kind regards & best wishes
I know not all of you were able to be at the Member’s day when Jan, Chris, Ann
and I retired as being the County team. For me it was quite an emotional time. Having
been County President for the past eleven years, which I hasten to add I have
thoroughly enjoyed, especially travelling from one end of the County to the other and
meeting so many of you.
It was a wonderful experience and one I am so proud to have had. However
sometimes one has to say enough is enough and so it was time to pass the badge
over, which is now in the very capable hands of Margaret Henderson, whom I feel sure
will do a fantastic job as President.
I would like to thank you all for the cards, flowers and the gift voucher, which I will
spend on something I can keep forever. It was extremely kind of you all and certainly
most unexpected.
I have been in the County for thirty two years and have so many happy memories
and I would like to say thank you to everyone for their warmth and friendship.
What is my future? I do not know, but I do hope that I will still see you in the
County.
My sincere thanks and I wish you all many happy days in Guiding. It is a great
movement and I hope it continues to give young people many exciting opportunities.
Avril Brampton
Firstly, I would like to say thank
you for my very unexpected gift
of flowers and gift voucher as I
completed my role as Assistant
County Commissioner - it was a
wonderful surprise.
Secondly, I like to thank you
for putting me here (I think!).
No, seriously, I'm honoured to
be given the opportunity to be
the new County Commissioner
for Girlguiding Essex West. I'm
flattered to think that those of you
who nominated me, think that I
am capable of taking the County
forward over the next 5 years.
I cannot possibly do this
alone, so, for those of you that
weren't at Member's Day, I would, therefore, like to introduce my
'team':
County President is Margaret Henderson
Assistant County Commissioner: Susan Wiseman
Assistant County Commissioner: Jenny Aspinall
I will announce other 'new' County appointments in further
bulletins - so please keep your eyes open.
Chris
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Thank you so much for the
gift I received as I finished
my role as Assistant
County Commissioner.
It has been a great
privilege to be part of the
County team over the last
four years.
My very best wishes to
everyone and I am sure
under Chris Skinner, your
new County
Commissioner the County
will go from strength to
strength.
Ann
Please see future editions of the monthly
ebulletin to keep up to date with new
appointments within the County and for the
latest diary dates of events planned and
other important information
It has been a time of awards in Epping Forest North Division recently, with a
Chris Hamer gets
number of our leaders and volunteers receiving some well-deserved and in
award from Jan
most cases, unexpected awards.
In September there was a surprise in store for Chris Hamer (District
Commissioner, Young Leader Advisor and Brownie Leader) when Jan Knight,
members of the Waltham Abbey Trefoil Guild, District leaders and members of
the Division team arrived “unexpectedly” at the end of her Brownie meeting with
2nd Waltham Abbey Brownies to join in celebrating Chris receiving the Good
Service Brooch.
Chris has been active in Guiding since 1977, holding roles with Rainbows,
Brownies, two stints as District Commissioner and in recent years as Young
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