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LONG-LOST FRIENDS REUNITED AT BLUEBIRD CARE
CHRISTMAS EVENT Two elderly friends who fell out of touch with one another have been unexpectedly reunited at a Christmas aſternoon tea event held by local home care provider, Bluebird Care Gravesham and Dartford.
The event was hosted at Gravesend Library Community Room on 29th November, where the venue was transformed with Christmas-themed decor and giſts for every guest.
Bluebird Care Gravesham and Dartford customers Doreen Kennett (85) and Iris May (89), who were close friends before they lost contact nine years ago, were unexpectedly reunited at the event. The pair met in 1985 through their husbands, who were members of a Catholic men's association.
Doreen said: "Meeting Iris again was such a happy coincidence. I was sitting on the opposite side of the room but didn't even recognise her at first. Then I saw her properly and it just clicked. We were great friends for over 20 years and we used to travel together on holiday every year to places like Malta, France and Austria.
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ELF DAY KICK STARTS CARE HOME’S CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATIONS Santa’s elves took a day off preparing for Christmas recently to enjoy festive celebrations at a Chester Le Street care home.
Elf Day was held at Pelton Grange Care Home to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society.
Staff and residents dressed up as Santa’s helpers for the day and played an elf-themed quiz and bingo as part of the fun.
Resident Dennis Fulton likened the scene to one of Newcastle’s largest
"We fell out of contact about nine years ago, so we're both absolutely thrilled to have had the opportunity to get back in touch again. The event is lovely and it is nice to get out to meet people in the same boat as me, but it was incredible to meet Iris again aſter so long and it's all thanks to Bluebird Care."
Denise Dadswell, Care Manager at Bluebird Care Gravesham and Dartford, said: "We wanted to do something for our customers so we recently held a Christmas-themed aſternoon tea in Gravesend. We never expected the event would help to reunite two long-lost friends but we're all absolutely delighted.
department store Christmas window displays, commenting that: “We look just like a scene out of Fenwick’s windows. It’s like Christmas has really started.”
Lindsay Sale-Thorn, Activities Coordinator at Pelton Grange Care Home, on Front Street, Pelton, said: “Elf Day really captured the residents’ imagination and we had lots of fun playing games and dressing up.
“It was also good to know the funds we’re raising are going to such a good cause too.”
The home added £20 to a total of over £10,000 raised by the Hill Care Group for the Alzheimer’s Society over the past year.
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"The event was really well attended and gave our customers the opportunity to do something a little different. For some, it is difficult for them to get out and about and do things like this and it was lovely to see such a great turnout!
"We had more than 20 customers join us and it was wonderful to meet some whom I had spoken to on the phone, but not managed to meet in person yet. We are certainly all getting into the Christmas spirit now and looking forward to the New Year."
www.bluebirdcare.co.uk/ gravesham-dartford
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