Here’s Gemma (landlady) handing over the cheque…

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We gathered last night at the Saracen’s Head for our first meeting at this new venue. Emma (landlady) and Paul made us feel very welcome, and talking to the members of the group I found everyone liked our new set-up.

Twenty three of us attended, including two new friends, Terry and Louise and also Jacqueline, our Senior Cancer Nurse Specialist. Early on in the meeting we paused for a minute’s silence to remember Les and Anne, who have both passed in recent weeks. Our thoughts are with their families and friends.

We obtained some samples from Oralieve and these were put out for people to try out: toothpaste and dry mouth gel.

Emma and Paul were happy to put one of our shakers behind the bar to collect funds, and Paul is planning to organise a charity event in the near future to help raise further funds for us!

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We were kindly accepted as ‘Charity of the Month’ by Gemma and Lee at the Archer, Wolstanton. This was supposed to be for May, but due to the second Bank Holiday it lasted throughout June too. Last Sunday, 30th June we held a raffle at the pub. Here’s the table showing some of the prizes…

Our thanks to Tesco Longton,  Halfords Hanley, Hopback Brewery, All about Eden Wolstanton, Morrisons Milehouse, Chris Sime, Dave Hollingworth, Gill Garner, Andy Parkin, Marg and Jeff Dunn and others for donating prizes and T-Shirts for the raffle. One of our team members, Chris Sime, made it her business to sell dozens of strips of tickets over the weeks running up to the 30th. Our final figure would have been far smaller without her efforts on our behalf. Thank you Chrissie!

Special thanks to Lee for officiating, and Gemma and Jan for doing the draw. All the other staff at the Archer have also played their part, explaining who Headcases are, and collecting cash in our behind-the-bar shakers.

Half time in the Quiz came up, and here’s Lee on the mic, and Jan helping Gemma with the draw…

16 lucky winners were drawn. Some were present at the Quiz and others will be notified as they visit the pub during this week. To help with the fundraising we sold 4 Headcases mugs and every quiz team member was asked to donate £1.00 to enter the quiz. Our regular team was re-named ‘Headcases’ for the night and we all wore tee shirts. Thanks to Lee for getting a quantity of shirts printed for us. Here’s the team getting ready to start the quiz. Clockwise from the front: Lee, Dave, Jeff, Paul, Jan, Marg, Chrissie and Verena

We had a count-up on Monday prior to banking the cash. The Archer regulars, staff and visitors (to watch England) raised a grand total of £512.72 for Headcases funds!! Our sincere thanks to everyone for giving their cash and time to help our cause.

Part of the mission at the Archer is to make the venue a true community pub. Charity of the month is a great part of this and this month’s charity is Stoke Air Ambulance – an important, local cause. Pop in to the Archer, enjoy some Hopback beers, great hospitality and meet some lovely people.

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