Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2013/January 2014 | Page 22

SOCIAL SCENE All smiles for Karen Friends and family gathered at the Dairyman’s Daughter pub, Arreton Barns to give Karen Eeles a fitting send-off after the Earl Mountbatten Hospice fundraising manager left her position following a staff shake-up. Karen, dubbed the ‘fundraising champion’, was responsible for organising the last 11 Walk the Wight events, and she raised millions of pounds during her time at the Hospice. 22 www.visitislandlife.com