Gosport and Fareham Soroptimists attended a so-called ‘lean lunch’ at Whiteley community centre with the £374 proceeds from the event going to their international project helping women and children in Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest countries.
At the eighth annual charity lunch, a cooperative venture involving four local clubs and this year hosted by Winchester Soroptimists, the usual soup, bread and cheese was supplemented by locally grown watercress.
The lunch really was lean to remind us that for millions of people in the world that would be a luxurious spread.
The four clubs had tables selling their wares and Gosport and Fareham members ran a book stall that raised £28. This money is to be spent on producing a bookmark raising awareness of domestic abuse and will be distributed at a local school.
The speaker at the lunch, Fergus Lyons, gave a good talk on the history of WOW (Wonders of Waste) bags, made in the Philippines from discarded juice containers.
Members of Gosport and Fareham Soroptimists are pictured at their book stall with president Rosemary Coward, right.