SI St Andrews and District http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:19:35 +0000 en hourly 1 Christmas boxes for Women’s Aid http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2012/01/09/christmas-boxes-for-womens-aid/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2012/01/09/christmas-boxes-for-womens-aid/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:19:07 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=158 Continued]]> On 15th December 2011, the last Club meeting before Christmas, members decorated and packed twenty-nine shoeboxes with gifts and toiletries which were then delivered to Fife Women’s Aid offices in Cupar, together with two large bags of toys, as many of the women they give refuge to come with their children too.   The boxes were delivered the next day and were received with much gratitude.

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2012/01/09/christmas-boxes-for-womens-aid/feed/ 0 Club Member, Maureen Collison, becomes Regional President, SI Scotland North http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/30/club-member-maureen-collison-becomes-regional-president-si-scotland-north/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/30/club-member-maureen-collison-becomes-regional-president-si-scotland-north/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:02:59 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=149

Maureen Collison (on left)

Royal Pavilion, Brighton

At the SIGBI conference in Brighton, October 2011, Maureen Collison, SI St. Andrews & District, took office as President of SI Scotland North Region.

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/30/club-member-maureen-collison-becomes-regional-president-si-scotland-north/feed/ 0 CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2011 http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/30/christmas-tree-festival-2011/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/30/christmas-tree-festival-2011/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:56:02 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=138 Continued]]>

Voted 1st Favourite

The Club. led by past President Anne Rutherford, held their third Christmas Tree Festival, inviting local schools, guide and scout groups, day nurseries and children’s organisations to enter a Christmas tree they have decorated themselves which would go on show to the public who would then have the oportunity of voting for the tree they chose as their favourite.  This year the Festival was held on Sunday, 27th November, at the Scores Hotel and eleven trees were on show during the afternoon.   One of the entrants came from Canongate Primary School Glee Club who also gave an excellent  performance of Christmas songs during the afternoon.  Their tree followed a Chinese theme, and was judged the favourite by the votes put in by the public.   The second favourite was made by the Rainbows, from St. Andrews Guides and both groups were given prizes for their achievement.   Recyling was a definite theme among the majority of the entries, and  all demonstrated much imagination and originality in the way they decorated and

Runner-up Favourite

constructed their trees.

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/30/christmas-tree-festival-2011/feed/ 0 International Day of Peace 2011 http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/16/international-day-of-peace-2011/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/16/international-day-of-peace-2011/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:16:12 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=132 Continued]]> To mark International Day of Peace (21st September 2011) club members took some tree branches and fixed them to the railings outside Holy Trinity Church in St. Andrews on Saturday morning, 24th September, and invited passers-by to write on a label, decorated with a dove, what Peace meant to them.    Many people enthusiastically took part and soon the branches were covered with colourful labels, all with different and personal messages.    After the event, club member Anne Morris collected all the labels (more than 50 of them) to assemble into a scrapbook to keep in the Club’s archive.

Hanging labels on the Peace Tree

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/16/international-day-of-peace-2011/feed/ 0 Charity dinner for MND Scotland http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/10/charity-dinner-for-mnd-scotland/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/10/charity-dinner-for-mnd-scotland/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:47:40 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=124 Continued]]>  

Club members Maureen Collison & Jean Frame enjoying dinner

On Thursday, October 13th, Club Programme Action officer, Jean Frame, arranged a special dinner to be held at the Seafood Restaurant, St, Monans.  The 40 odd guests each paid £20.00 for a delicious 2-course dinner from which £15 went to the restaurant and £5.00 to the Club’s main charity this year, MND Scotland.   There was also a grand raffle and a Dutch Auction of a 4-ball golf round.   It was a very successful and enjoyable evening and raised £600 for MND.

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/11/10/charity-dinner-for-mnd-scotland/feed/ 0 Classical Guitar Concert http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/classical-guitar-concert/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/classical-guitar-concert/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:00:17 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=110 Continued]]> In May the Italian guitarist, Antonio de Innocentis starred in an excellent concert arranged by the Club, under the direction of club member, Dr. Ursula Ditchburn, at the Byre Theatre in St. Andrews.  The local youth choir, the Priory Singers, were also on the bill and the concert raised £272.81 for the Club’s charity fund.

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/classical-guitar-concert/feed/ 0 FRIENDSHIP LINK VISIT FROM SI BANGALORE http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/friendship-link-visit-from-si-bangalore/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/friendship-link-visit-from-si-bangalore/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:57:04 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=116 Continued]]> Club members were delighted to welcome Matilda Mathias from SI Bangalore to St. Andrews on October  12th, and she stayed overnight with club member, Marianne Baird, who is the club’s friendship contact with SI Bangalore.  Matilda was on a whirlwind tour of several British clubs Bangalore has links with including Perth, Dunfermline, York, Durham, Kingston on Thames and Isle of Man among others!   She will also be attending the SIGBI Federation conference in Brighton at the end of the month when Marianne and other SI St. Andrews members will have a chance to meet her again.   She was given a walking tour of St. Andrews on the morning of October 13th, guided by club member Anne Morris, a born and bred St. Andean, before moving on to Perth, where she was entertained by SI Perth members.

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/friendship-link-visit-from-si-bangalore/feed/ 0 Candlelite party http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/candlelite-party/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/candlelite-party/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:47:31 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=113 Continued]]> Glub member Helen Sharp held a candlelite party in her home for club members and friends and raised the superb sum of £132 for MND Scotland through sales of candles that evening.   A raffle held during the party raised £45 for CHAS.

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/10/21/candlelite-party/feed/ 0 Sponsored Walk round Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/09/23/sponsored-walk-round-arthurs-seat-edinburgh/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/09/23/sponsored-walk-round-arthurs-seat-edinburgh/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:00:44 +0000 marianne@gofast.co.uk http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=76 Continued]]> On Sunday, September 4th 2011 President Margaret and Vice-President Marianne did a 5K sponsored walk round Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park.  They were sponsored by club members, colleagues and friends to take part in this official event which was arranged by the Scottish branch of MND, (Motor Neurone Disease) which is President Margaret’s chosen charity to fund raise for during her year of office. It was a beautiful morning and there were over 200 participants taking part in this very successful fundraising event.   Between them, President Margaret and Marianne raised over £300.

]]> http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/09/23/sponsored-walk-round-arthurs-seat-edinburgh/feed/ 0 Beach Clean St. Monans to Pittenweem http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/06/17/beach-clean-st-monans-to-pittenweem/ http://sigbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/2011/06/17/beach-clean-st-monans-to-pittenweem/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:21:26 +0000 st-andrews-and-district http://soroptimist-gbi.org/st-andrews-and-district/?p=71 Continued]]> At the end of the clean-up!On a blustery Sunday afternoon 22nd May a group of Club members, including President Margaret, filled several bags of litter collected along the Fife coast btween St. Monans and Pittenweem as the club’s contribution to the National Spring Clean campaign.   Their reward for such sterling work was a a very welcome and delicious tea at club member,Dr. Ursula Ditchburn’s house in Pittenweem.

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