Look at these cuties!
Our Enablement, Discharge and Social Work teams have been busy crocheting fruit to help with a fundraiser!
Fiona Finch and Kirsty Jenkins are raising funds for LOROS with their ‘human fruit machine’ game, where volunteers randomly pick actual fruit. If 3 fruit match, the players wins a prize. It’s proved a hit, but they did seem to be getting through a lot of fruit says Kirsty, so they decided to swap to a textile version.
Kirsty said: “It all started when some of our team started a crochet club. We started admiring some of the team’s skills and Fiona mentioned our fruit machine. Michelle went home and crocheted a couple of really cute lemons. She inspired everyone.”
Fiona adds: “Penny made a pineapple, and then bought a pattern book which lit the fuse and we were away – watermelon, oranges, cherries, apples, bananas, avocado – every fruit you can imagine! The whole team joined in, it was just lovely.”
Not everyone is an expert at crochet, Kirsty admits: “I tried to make an apple but it turned into a pea…it’s not as easy as it looks!”
There’s no doubt that the cheeky, smiley fruit has spread joy to everyone who enters the team’s office. “If someone’s having a bad day, they come and have a cuddle from our fruit bowl – it makes everyone smile”, says Kirsty.
Look out for Kirsty and Fiona’s human fruit machine raising money for LOROS this summer. If you’re enchanted by LOROS’s answer to Jellycats, watch this space – Kirsty and Fiona are branching out to sell smiling cupcakes, lollipops and ice creams very soon!
