After an action packed day on the water 24 Cadets, Sea Rangers and Officers spent Saturday evening writing cards to let others know they were thinking of them, as part of Thinking of You week.
Sea Rangers were thrilled to take part in Thinking of You week, a special week promoting sending and receiving greeting cards to create a wave of happiness around the world. Other Sea Ranger Crews will be running card design sessions in their Crew meetings next week too.
“I felt that the session went really well, and the girls were keen and spent longer on their cards than I expected” Lynsey Bradley, Sea Ranger Officer who managed the card writing activity Saturday evening.
Sea Rangers were taking part in a training weekend, on board the Lord Amory. This is the centre-piece of the Dockland Scout Project; a converted, 400 tonnes 150 foot, ex-Dutch North Sea Pilot vessel, it was converted by the volunteer members of the Project and, in 1981, renamed as Headquarters Training Ship “Lord Amory”. Based in London’s docklands it is an excellent venue for a Sea Rangers training weekend, with lots of opportunities to sail, canoe and learn new nautical skills.
Sea Rangers, of all ages, jumped at the chance to write to friends, family or even colleagues, with wonderful nautical cards that had been donated from artist Tony Fernandes.
Becki from SRS Churchil, a Crew in Brixham, wrote to her mum because she has had a tough couple of weeks and she wanted to thank her Mum for being there for her. Issy wrote to her aunty, who is expecting a baby any day now.
Charlotte from SRS Barnehurst, Ilford, wrote to her uncle with some jokes, and many of the younger Cadets wrote to grand-parents to say what activities they had been doing that day.
Imogen from SRS Mermaid, a national crew that meet via the internet for weekly meetings, and get together several times a year for regattas and weekends away, wrote to her friend Jess, who is also a Sea Ranger, to let her know what she was missing out on that weekend at the Lord Amory!
Heather Watson, a Sea Ranger from the age of 16, and now with over thirty years of experience in volunteering with Sea Rangers, being a Flotilla Officer and now a member of the Council of Management, wrote to Vera Corner Halligan, President of the Sea Ranger Association, to let her know that she was thinking of her.
“We are so fortunate to have lots of gorgeous nautical cards donated to Sea Rangers from Tony Fernandes” Laura Barioli, Sea Rangers Marketing team.
Some of the girls took their cards home to give to friends and others posted them (see pic).
Sea Rangers will be celebrating their Centenary in 2020 and are looking to find as many past members as possible.
