SI Ramsbottom

Presentations Evening.

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:36:25 +0000

Coming to the end of President Sue’s year, we had to decide how to distribute the money raised for chosen charities. Over £3,000 was dispersed between Target Ovarian Cancer, Hearing Dogs, Gateway – a local charity; NW Air Ambulance; Margaret Haes Riding School for the Disabled; The SIGBI Benevolent Fund; and the Bury & Rossendale Hospices. Representatives of some of the Charities were invited to attend a special meeting at the Red Hall Hotel on March 26th. We were delighted to be in a position to offer support to these organisations and to have them present to accept cheques. The Air Ambulance and Target Ovarian Cancer had received their donations on earlier occasions.

New member

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:54:37 +0000

In February 2013 we had the pleasure of installing a new member, Jean James. Jean lives in Helmshore, having moved back to the area after many years from Stoke. She has attended social events and theatre visits, besides a couple of business meetings before being installed. She will bring an interesting dimension to our diverse membership and we welcome her imput. Barbara Hallam, our membership officer and Lesley Pritchard sponsored Jean’s membership.

Ovarian Cancer

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:18:20 +0000

President Sue had elected to support the Charity ‘Target Ovarian Cancer’ as one of her main charities during the year. March being the Ovarian Cancer awareness month, it was decided that a speaker should be arranged for our meeting on 26th Fenruary. Amy Cartlidge, Fundraising Manager for the Charity, gave us an interesting talk. We discovered that the UK has the worst ovarian canacer mortality rate of 64% in Europe with a 1 in 50 chance of a woman developing the disease. The Charity depends on public donations for research as there is no Government funding. Madam President presented a cheque to Amy, money raised by having an afternoon tea at President Elect Ann’s home and a further event, with an excellent raffle, at Falshaw’s Tea and Ice Cream Parlour. We thank members, friends and members of SI Bolton & SI Bury who supported this event.

61st Annual Birthday Dinner

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:58:23 +0000

Our 61st Birthday Dinner 2013 was held on Friday 8th March 2013 at the Red Hall Hotel, Walmsley, Bury. We had good hot soup then Breast of Chicken and apple cumble with custard. Members were joined by faimly and friends and heard an interesting speaker, Linda Breslin of the North West Air Ambulance. Madam President Sue Cuthbertson presented a cheque for £600 to her. The money was raised at various events by the club members. The Air Ambulance is one of the chosen charities for the year 2012/2013.

Seniors’ Christmas Party

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:16:59 +0000

Bury Council together with the Friends of Ramsbottom Civic Hall invited about 90 senior citizens of the town to join them in a free Christmas Meal on 15th December. Local organisations were asked to nominate people to attend and to assist on the day . We offered to welcome and act as cloakroom attendents. We enjoyed helping and meeting the Mayor and many local citizens, some of whom we already knew from our Seniors Afternoon Tea last May. The group were entertained with Christmas songs, carols and some quiz questions. A good Christmas Dinner was served by the council staff (we also had a meal), there was a visit from Santa Claus and all received a small gift.

Honorary Member

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:44:27 +0000

Denise, Honorary member

President Sue held a Christmas Party at her beautiful home on Tuesday 11th December. Most members attended and enjoyed excellent food, wine and a opportunity to chat. During the evening Sue presented flowers to Irene Brierley, a long standing member who reaches 90 years young in March next year. She goes on a world cruise in January and will be away on her birthday so we marked it early, whilst envying her holiday cruise. At a business meeting earlier in the year it was agreed that we would make Denise Baldwin an honorary member of the Club. Denise has been an outstanding long serving member – over 35 years, She has held most offices in the club at least once and the past year was an excellent and most successful South Lancashire Regional President. We thought this success should be marked in some way and decided that honorary membership of SI Ramsbottom was the most appropriate way to do this.

Sue presented Denise with flowers and a certificate. Denise was thrilled and thanked everyone for their help and support during her year of office.

Christmas Treats

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:05:14 +0000

At this time of the year members prepare and sell Christmas Treats to the businesses and shops in Ramsbottom. The treats packed in clear plastic boxes consist of a peice of Christmas Cake, a mince pie and a shortbread. 15 of us gathered at the Cricket Club at 8.45 a.m. and by 11.00 we had assembled and delivered about 430 treats. We charge £2.00 and will expect to make about £600 for our charity account. We have found this is a great way to publicise ourselves in the community and this year we also distributed leaflets for Target Ovarian Cancer.

Charity Night at Theatre

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:24:12 +0000

SI Ramsbottom in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Ramsbottom hosted a Charity Performance of the Sumerseat Players on January 18th 2013. The play was Alan Ackbourn’s ‘Flat Spin’. We all enjoyed a glass of wine and canapes prior to the performance, which was excellent, as usual, and enjoyed by all. Joining with Rotary for the Charity Night meant that both organisations benefited from having the Theatre full and allowed the friendship between the members of the clubs to be cemented further. It is possible that other joint ventures could be arranged.

This annual event is one of our main fund raising events and this year helped towards raising money for Bury and Rossendale hospices. We would like to thank the Soroptimist members, their families and friends for their support.

Remembrance Sunday

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:41:48 +0000

Soroptimists in Ramsbottom annually join other organisations in the town to honour the dead in the Service of Remembrance. This year the weather was kind as we paraded to the Parish Church, St. Paul’s, in decent sunshine. After the last post, the minute silence and laying the wreaths we retired to the church for a short service. As Soroptimists we all believe that participation in this event is important to our service in the local community.

SI Ramsbottom at Conference

bwh2640@talktalk.net — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:21:20 +0000

Five members, including Regional President Denise, attended the interesting and informative SIGBI Conference in Belfast in late October. We heard inspiring speakers including Naomi Long MP, Hon Justice Teresa Doherty QG and Paul Clark of Ulster TV. The General Meeting debate was interesting; and an energetic night for ‘A Taste of Northern Ireland’ we had a great entertaining evening at the Titanic Museum for the change of Insignia. This was a fitting ending to Denise’s very busy sucessful year.