Saturday Night Fever

Volunteers at La Giraudière have spent the last few weeks coming up with a music event, which will be held on the first Saturday of each month. Not only does the evening offer its guests music from a range of local artists, guests who have reserved tickets will also receive a main course, a dessert and ¼ of a bottle of wine.

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Flyer for Saturday Night Fever, Created by Kirsty

After establishing the main ideas for the event, some of the volunteers, including Kirsty and Georgia, got to work with the planning and marketing of the event. Posters and flyers detailing the evening’s events were produced and distributed, the event was promoted on various local websites and our social networking sites were updated, so that our followers were aware of the exciting new event After just two weeks of promotion, we are thrilled to say that tickets to our musical soirée in September have now sold out.

La Giraudière’s inaugural musical soirée is now just a few days away, and the volunteers have been hard at work, getting La Giraudière ready for the big event. Kirsty, Giulia, Riccardo and Fei have been giving the Gite a deep clean, stocking the bar and arranging tables in the Old House, Newcomers Ewert and Ki have been helping out in the garden, repairing the picnic tables and creating decorations for the exterior, and Georgia has been helping with the logistics of the event. But the work doesn’t stop there. Over the coming days, there is still much to do, including decorations, signs, and cooking enough Irish stew to feed an army!

Georgia, promoting the event

Georgia, promoting the event

With a good menu and some talented artists coming to play, we are looking forward to what should be a fun and very enjoyable evening. For those who have missed out on purchasing tickets for this month’s event, keep your eyes peels for news of our next musical soirée to be held on Saturday 3rd October!

Paul, having delivered the tables for the event

Paul and Riccardo spent the morning ferrying tables to LG.

Fei, Helping to clean the Gite

Giulia and Kirsty, painting stools for the musicians



The dining area

The dining area

Ewert and Ki, helping to make lanterns

Ewert and Ki, making lanterns for the garden

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Fei from USA on her second day

Just a few days ago a new, american volunteer arrived at La Giraudière. Her name is Fei and she lives in Portland, USA.

Fei came to France for a family wedding in Nice but then decided to come help out with our volunteers’ project at La Giraudière after that. She is very skilled at gardening because she is used to taking care of big vegetable and flower garden at home.

Fei is preparing a new appartement for use

Fei is preparing a new appartement for use

She would like to meet new people, share experiences and stories with others and most of all bring happiness to people’s lives.

Hope you enjoy your stay and Friday French lessons Fei!

Flowers at La Giraudiere in August

Flowers at LG during August

 

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Sharon’s first european experience

Sharon is a new volunteer from Australia. She came from Tasmania to experience Europe for the first time. Her first stop was Paris and then La Giraudière.Sharon during her first working day

She is participating in our project for just one week and will help us with the cooking and maintenanceof the household. After this volunteering experience she will travel to the Pyrenees for a challenging hike.

She is a very communicative and active person, so she will have no problems learning French. Sharon would love to contribute in a community based environment, share ideas and learn from others.

Enjoy your stay in France!Communal dinner at LG

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Dagmar from UK joined our team

Last week Dagmar also arrived from the United Kingdom. She lives in the south coast of Britain near Bournemouth, works as a supervisor at a school and enjoys juggling!Dagmar from UK is gardening
She would like to improve her conversational and written French whilst exploring the countryside of southwest France.Dagmar and Mark take care of garden
Dagmar is both hardworking and willing to learn new skills. During the next two weeks she will help us with the gardening and maintenance of the house.

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New backup from Ireland

We have had a busy week at La Giraudiere with a new member called Mark joining our team from Ireland. He is an accountant who likes Gaelic football.
Mark will be staying with us for 3 weeks and then will be participating in another volunteers project near Montpellier in the South of France. He has a year off for travelling and has decided to help other developing projects grow.Mark rom Ireland is cutting the hedge
He is studying French at night, so he usually surprises us the next day with new words (today it was- “la frontière”:).
He would love to make new friends and enjoy the volunteering experience. He is very good at gardening and is keen to help with building and restoration at La Giraudiere.

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