With the smell of French lavender and the joyful chatter of reunited friends in the air, the La Jolla Garden Club held its scholarship luncheon at the La Jolla Country Club on May 17 the first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic more than two years ago.
Families have been blown away by a big-hearted gift which will ensure they can tuck into goodies and have presents this Christmas. It comes after 200 hampers were distributed to families whose children are in receipt of free school meals and who attend school in the Dorchester area. The hampers are filled with food, toys and gifts. Demand has soared since last year – but organisers of the initiative said the community rallied round to enable enough hampers to be filled and sent out, showing Dorchester at its best . It s all thanks to Dorchester Family Support network (DFS) along with volunteers from many of the churches in the town. The hampers were funded by donations of money from the community including churches, Rotary, Charminster WI and others. Contributions of food were also received from the community and the Food Bank.