Donor Nikki Summerfield

I recently donated a kidney to a friend of mine. We are both doing very well and everything is working out fine. 

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the staff at Hammersmith Hospital for looking after us so well.  I’d also like to thank all the people who have sent us their best wishes and those, both family and friends, who have helped out in various ways, from running the children around to weeding the garden in Almond Avenue.  All the help has made my recovery a speedy one. 

The gap between the number of people who need transplants and available donor organs is getting ever wider.  Therefore I would like to ask those of you who already carry donor cards to make sure your family are aware of your wishes while you are fit and well.  For those of you who haven’t registered please do think about it.  Also if, like me, you are in a position to help someone by being a live donor and would like more information, you can contact the National Kidney Foundation on 01909 487795 or on www.kidney.org.uk/living-donor/  It has only taken a couple of months out of my life to help a friend who would otherwise have had to spend endless hours on dialysis, or would ultimately have lost her life.

Nikki Summerfield

Ickenham Festival Committee Secretary

  

On 12^th May, our Bargain Day, including the Auction, raised over £1,400 for the Church and its chosen charities.  Our thanks go to all who donated items or supported us on the day.  

Barbara Turnbull and Roddy Munro were kept busy on the Plant Stall

We hope to build on this success with a Summer Forecourt Sale on 9^th June from 10.00 to 12 noon. Admission is free and we'll have plants, books, bric-a-brac, home-made cakes, boxed games and jigsaws, DVDs, CDs and videos, as well as sideshows and refreshments.  If you have items to donate, please bring them to the Church on the evening of 8^th June between 6pm and 8pm.  If you need things to be collected or want more details of the day, please ring Richard Piper on 01895 634348.