Community

Charity and Society Events in May

As you can see from the poster above, the Friends of Animals Bazaar will be hosted on 19th May. It is fantastic to have the municipal park as a venue, and we hope to see a good turn out from one and all.

A couple of reminders about events we flagged in our April issue:

Jennifer Gay, the gardening correspondent of the Athens News will be giving a talk at the home of Brian Hayes, Drapanos, near Vamos for the next meeting of the Mediterranean Garden Society at 12 noon on Sunday 6th May. The event will start with a ‘bring and share’ lunch, followed by an illustrated talk on Jennifer’s work at Sparoza, the MGS garden near Athens airport. People are encouraged to bring along plants from their own garden and to participate in a plant exchange. Fees for this event are 10 euros for MGS members, and 15 euros for non-members. For directions and further information contact: Bob and Eveleen Wright, phone 28310 71221 / 6947186679 or email bobandev@otenet.gr

Bob and Eveleen will be hosting a coffee and cake morning in aid of the Greek Red Cross on Sunday, 13th May, from 10.30 to 13.00 at Villa Estia, Maroulas. Entrance, 5 euros, which will be used to help local disadvantaged families. To get to Villa Estia, follow the Arkadi route east of Rethymnon. When you get to Tsesmes, DO NOT take the first turn to Maroulas, but follow the road towards Adele, past the EKO garage. You will see a closed supermarket (Perakakis) on the left hand side of the road, take the right turn opposite to Agia Paraskevi and Maroulas. About 100 metres further on you will come to a three-way junction—take the right turn to Maroulas. Villa Estia is the second house on the right before the first large bend. SEE YOU THERE!

Cretan International Community Coffee Mornings

The Rethymnon branch of the Cretan International Community meets on the first Thursday of every month at SVEA’s Konditori, Kapetan Lemonia 3, Rethymnon from 11 a.m. The local coordinator for the Rethymnon branch of the CIC is Anna Capernaros. Please contact her for details of upcoming CIC events and for any membership queries that you may have. Anna may be reached on 28310 57305. Further information about the CIC organization itself may be found on the www.thecic.eu website.

Additional Summer Meetings at Camping Elizabeth!

From May through to September there will be additional ‘chat and swim’ meetings at Camping Elizabeth on the third Thursday of every month. Our first meeting will be on May 17th, from 2 p.m. onwards, general assembly point campsite taverna—which is a good place to have lunch. Camping Elizabeth is on the beach at Missiria, a few kilometres east of Rethymnon (just past Perivolia on the Old Road). The beach is ‘wild’ (!) so you might want to bring your own umbrella / beach mats etc. All welcome! If you want further information / directions, contact Anna, phone number as above.

If anyone would be interested in forming a bridge (card game) club, please contact Caroline Sakalis, who lives in Gerani, on 28310 32559 / 6945914265. Caroline is keen to meet up with any fellow Bridge enthusiasts who live in the Rethymnon region.