Améthyste Visits

The Association Stan Millward (ASM) has organised a number of visits in early 2022 in support of Améthyste and the Oncology department in Girac. 

Françoise - Artisanal Soap 

Françoise is a former pharmacist with many years of practice creating traditional pure gentle soaps using natural and healthy ingredients such as vegetable oils and essential oils. They look, smell and feel wonderful. There is a soap to use with dogs, one to clean grime and residues from your hands, another to use as a scrub, one especially for beards and then several with fragrances such as apricot, honey, eucalyptus and mint, camomile and calendula, palmarosa and lavender and others. There's an array of other natural products – including flavoured vinegars and cordials and also lip balm and essential oils. 

Françoise would be happy to welcome a small group to her workshop and show us how she produces her soaps and the gentle ingredients that she incorporates. I think that this would be an enjoyable and informative thing to do on a chilly winter's day. 

We are offering four dates in January and they will be early afternoon:

• Thursday 20th Jan 
• Friday 21st Jan 
• Thursday 27th Jan 
• Friday 28th Jan 

Please let Sharon know if you are interested. Meet initially either at Sharon's house or in the main car park in Saint Claud and then travel as a group of no more than 10 people. Hope you can come along and join us, it's a great way to spend a chilly afternoon in January – and it's a gesture to help those who suffer from and fight against cancer !

Jean-Luc, Chocalatier

Afternoon visits to a very small local chocolaterie in La Rochefoucauld where delicious hand-made chocolates are created on a very small scale by an extremely knowledgeable chocolatier, Jean-Luc Drochon. Jean-Luc produces aiguillettes, pichottes, pâtes de fruits, liqueurs cognac, tablettes, ganaches, and lots more. He who has been an amazing supporter of Association Stan Millward since 2015. 

You will find the visit extremely interesting as he explains how and where he sources every ingredient and how he makes his chocolates. 

If you are interested, please let Sharon know. Groups will be limited to 6 people maximum. There has already been some keen interest and it looks like four or five visits might take place. Dates arranged so far:

• 2pm Friday 19th February
  
• 2pm Friday 26th Feb
• 2pm Friday 4th March
• 2pm Friday 11th March
• 2pm Friday 18th March

The Stan Millward Association

Thank you all for your continued interest and stalwart support. It is greatly appreciated – by the staff of the Oncology department at Girac and especially by the patients themselves.

There will hopefully be two or maybe three other visits for our enjoyment during the winter months – so watch this space.

As usual your 5€ donation per person which will go to Association Stan Millward. Please don't forget, places are only confirmed and reserved once your 5€ per person has been received.

The fundraising for 2022 will be to raise money to enable Améthyste to purchase a virtual reality treatment package in order to help reduce anxiety and pain.

As always, the ASM accounts are always available for scrutiny with 24 hours notice; a copy is deposited every January at the Sous-Préfecture in Confolens.