Sunday 12th April 2020
From the Friends Of Warminster Hospital website:
Friends of Warminster Hospital (FOWH) had decided to allocate funds to help in the Covid-19 crisis and, as a first step, following an initiative by Warminster Action Group, helped assemble and deliver Wellness Bags on Good Friday for all the Warminster Hospital nurses and staff. The FOWH allocated £600 to this brilliant idea and Friends committee member, Lisa Crow, rang around shops to get goodies for the bags. What is in a Wellness Bag I hear you ask? Mainly chocolate seems to be the answer but we also added nice soaps, hand and face creams, shower gels, socks, cakes, flowers, seeds …… and more chocolate!
The aim was to buy from local businesses and keep the money in the community. However, it was hard to spend the money as everyone wanted to donate or gift items at cost to show their support for ‘our hospital staff’!
On Good Friday at 2 pm, the shift change time, the bags were delivered. Everyone at the hospital was delighted and touched to be recognised for their service by the community they serve. The pictures speak for themselves. Friends of Warminster Hospital want to thank Warminster Action Group for the idea of the bags and the community for making them happen. The biggest thanks of all go to the wonderful staff at Warminster’s very own hospital.
The Friends of Warminster Hospital will continue to provide cakes and goodies to Warminster Hospital, with the support of Taste Deli and Farleigh Road Farm Shop, for the foreseeable future.
We would especially like to thank: Angie Bell of Fit Belle PT, Asda (Frome), Coates and Parker, David McGirr of The Old Fire Station, Donna Pease, Farleigh Road Farm Shop (Norton St Philip), Julie Cray, Lakeside Garden Centre, Lynn Cooke, Poundland (Warminster), Sheila Pomeroy, Slim, Trim and Beautiful, Taste Deli (Tony & Ben), Victoria Holton, Waitrose in Warminster, plus many more donations from the kind and generous residents of Warminster.
fowh.org/news/warminster-hospital-staff-get-an-easter-treat
