Hello folks!
Sorry for going quiet on you but we have been extremely busy. Before getting into the nitty gritty of our recent activity, we have a BIG REVELATION for you — we have a name for our new venture – woohoo! Yes, the new Via Wings project is going to be called Hope & Soul. We made the final decision on the name today and already one of our volunteers is cranking up the creative genes and designing the new signage for our premises.
Now you might think that this doesn’t reveal much, but , as mentioned before, we are sticking to the same mission and therefore you know that whatever the nature of our scrumptious new project, it will be something aimed at spreading love and a positive outlook. We also wanted to maintain a link with our other main project, the House of Hope. And you thought that this was merely a new premises for the House of Hope? Wrong again!
Ok. Back to our volunteers. We are blessed to have such a supportive and dedicated group of people. When you see people from the whole community building something together like this, it gives you a good feeling about the future and what can be achieved with a little commitment and a shared vision.
Over the bank holiday weekend and this week, the last of the wallpaper was stripped off, the floors were sanded and the painting was started. One room has been painted already and our Centre Manager Sue Johnston already has it earmarked for her office (together with other staff members, of course).
The old fireplaces have also been spruced up but there is a long way to go with three floors of skirting boards and door frames on every floor to be glossed. And that’s just the start – go Tina (and everyone else who pops in to help).
On the ground floor, 36 donated chairs are being given a makeover. At moment we’re at the sanding stage, a long, arduous task that is driving Jackie into fits of giggles.
Our final reveal or tip of the day is the brass lamps that hang outside the premises. Dull and rusty, they had certainly seen better days, and while many would have written them off , we have to make use of everything we have. Thanks to a great wee tip, these lights have been transformed with the help of some tomato ketchup and a cloth. Yes, you heard it here first – ketchup cleans rust from old brass lamps. Now we know that, we don’t want to think about what it does to our insides.
That’s it for today. Have a good weekend and come back soon. We’d just like to remind you to keep spreading the word – we are opening two weeks from today. Yikes!
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