Cudeca in Competa

Actress Julie Peasgood was in Competa recently giving away copies of her book The Greatest Sex Tips in the World. The TV celebrity was supporting Jean Sampson in her effort to raise badly needed funds for Cudeca. 

Anyone who has read Alan’s Story, Jean Sampson’s tribute to her late husband, will understand she’s a lady with a mission. Alan lost his three and a half year fight against cancer last December. His last days were spent in the Cudeca Hospice. When Jean heard they might have to close the inpatients unit for lack of funds she sprang into action.

Last month at Competa Town Hall she managed to combine her sorrow at losing Alan with a positive and sometimes hilarious message about healthy living in Spain. She’s a born speaker. One moment sad, the next hysterical, she gives out the message loud and clear. Cudeca needs your help! At one point she had us all
singing happy birthday while tapping our collarbones. Then she educated us in the use of unsaturated fats, vitamins and minerals, raw vegetables and the handy potassium boost you get from a banana. She also warned us about the dreaded free radicals and their antidote, antioxidants. 

So, for the price of a donation to Cudeca we learned how to eat well, drink well and live well in our adopted country. It came as a great relief to some of us that red wine contains healthy antioxidants. Fresh from Jean’s talk I had two glasses of the stuff and felt a lot better.