Rosemary - Trustee

Rosemary is one of our board members and a key volunteer who supports all aspects of the PICCPals process. She has been involved in quality control, packing, sewing, fund raising and training and she is now the lead PICCPal for the home-sewing team who are essential to ensuring that we meet the ever increasing amount of orders coming in through our store.  We think that if PICCPals operated the McDonalds™ star system, Rosemary would have earned every single one of the stars!

Having retired from nursing over 10 years ago, Rosemary was looking at turning her hand to sewing, knitting and a bit of tapestry to fill her days.  After popping into Kayes Textiles to gain a little inspiration and join some classes to further her knowledge and skills, she was told about PICCPals and asked if she would like to volunteer.  Rosemary explains “I thought one day a month is not too onerous, so I went along to one of their Wednesday morning sessions and found my family - a group of fabulous ladies led by the indomitable Nikki and Zöe.  Everyone was so charming and supportive and they also had cakes!”

Rosemary continues “One thing that I missed about nursing was the warm,  fuzzy feeling that you get when you’ve helped to make someone’s day that little bit brighter and PICCPals has given that back to me”