November 24, 2016

Aloha! Making Days bring Hawaii to Merseyside

Back in August, Making Days South made the most of the summer weather and attended a Hawaiian day at their centre set up by Bridge Chapel.

The day was a huge success and attracted a lot of the local community, plus a number of younger visitors from the Bridge Chapel toddler group who took over the Hawaiian sand pit beach for most of the day.

There was even a visit from Making Days North who received a ‘Lei’ upon arrival and were offered some Hawaiian punch and fruit inside whilst being shown the excellent Hawaiian decorations made by the service users and getting a chance to play the Ukulele. David Peeling said “I love it that Making Days North are here, it’s great for us to all be together”

Soon it was lunchtime, and the sunshine warranted nothing but a BBQ on the ‘Beach’. Burgers seemed to be the pick of the day, and not many people were after the Spam that was on offer (we’ll get to that later).

After Lunch everybody was spoilt for choice with beach soccer, a bouncy castle and even a little bit of hula dancing inside.

The day finished with a Waikiki Spam Jam. A Spam Jam is a celebration of the people of Hawaii’s love for SPAM. Although Spam might not be to everyone’s taste, nobody minded having their photo taken with the Spam Jam sign!

Making Days South Service Manager, Julie Humphreys said “ I would just like to say a big thanks to Bridge Chapel for putting on a fantastic day everyone has thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and it was wonderful to see the North Centre turn up”