Gill's Retirement Celebration
Gill's Retirement Celebration
10th January 2020
On Friday 10th January 2020 we held a retirement celebration for Gill, who founded our group 30 years ago. Over the course of 3 hours members from each of our exercise sessions, including York House, dropped by to say thank you to Gill and pass on their best wishes for her retirement. It was also wonderful to catch up with so many members from the past who no longer attend each week but who wanted to say goodbye to Gill.
Gill was presented with a number of gifts to mark the occasion. In addition to flowers Gill received a very special piece of jewellery hand made by one of our ex-members Richard Baucutt who is a goldsmith. In the shape of a heart with the familiar sticking plaster, it also carried this inscription: “Gill, Heartfelt thanks for 30 wonderful years. A Blessing to All. Love your friends at MKCCG. Gill Robinson Founder of MKCCG 1989”.
Thank you to all members who contributed to the collection for this. We also presented Gill with some flowers plus the remaining money to spend on her retirement.
Our longest serving member, Joe James (Monday morning) said “For me and my family Gill was a life saver. She gave me back what I thought I had lost, and I am still here. Gill’s dream and vision has come true and we all owe her and her team a great debt.”
Gill gave a very moving speech of thanks which included a brief explanation of why and how she decided to start the group and finished with her wishing the group best wishes for the future. She was clearly touched by the gifts and by everyone’s good wishes.
We were delighted that 4 of our patrons, Dr Hilmy, Dr Mahendran, Mr Purohit and Mr Wyld attended and were able to pass on to Gill their congratulations for the wonderful work that she has done in founding and managing our unique group.
Many thanks also to our wonderful staff who worked hard in decorating the hall for the occasion and organising the refreshments, which were lavish. A good time was had by all!
Gill was presented with a number of gifts to mark the occasion. In addition to flowers Gill received a very special piece of jewellery hand made by one of our ex-members Richard Baucutt who is a goldsmith. In the shape of a heart with the familiar sticking plaster, it also carried this inscription: “Gill, Heartfelt thanks for 30 wonderful years. A Blessing to All. Love your friends at MKCCG. Gill Robinson Founder of MKCCG 1989”.
Thank you to all members who contributed to the collection for this. We also presented Gill with some flowers plus the remaining money to spend on her retirement.
Our longest serving member, Joe James (Monday morning) said “For me and my family Gill was a life saver. She gave me back what I thought I had lost, and I am still here. Gill’s dream and vision has come true and we all owe her and her team a great debt.”
Gill gave a very moving speech of thanks which included a brief explanation of why and how she decided to start the group and finished with her wishing the group best wishes for the future. She was clearly touched by the gifts and by everyone’s good wishes.
We were delighted that 4 of our patrons, Dr Hilmy, Dr Mahendran, Mr Purohit and Mr Wyld attended and were able to pass on to Gill their congratulations for the wonderful work that she has done in founding and managing our unique group.
Many thanks also to our wonderful staff who worked hard in decorating the hall for the occasion and organising the refreshments, which were lavish. A good time was had by all!
