About a month ago, I wrote about the WI-Icon competition on this blog - a contest to find the ultimate Women's Institute member. School of Everything teacher Valerie Wood-Gaiger was up for the prize, and it was my hope that our community could help her win it by voting Valerie.
She's just emailed School of Everything to say that she's co-winner of the prize. She says:
"It was amazing, humbling, that so many people voted for me. Friends and friends of friends; People I know and love and people I have never met or am even likely to. I know that people from eastern Ukraine to the west coast of USA - From Latvia to Australia voted for me. That is truly amazing!"
So thank you to everyone who helped out by voting Valerie. She's going to use the prize money to start work on some new projects, including a directory of affordable days out for grandparents and their children, and more work to help grandparents get to grips with the Web.
If you can help with any of these projects, get in touch with her. Click here to visit Valerie's teaching profile.
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