Bangor Soroptimists were at Treborth Botanic Gardens on Saturday and got into the festive spirit making Christmas wreathes from local, naturally sourced materials. To keep us going there were festive cakes, hot drinks and mulled wine – delicious – plus we helped support the Treborth botanic gardens. This is what we came up with: Treborth Botanic Gardens
Saturday morning and the Bangor Soroptimists came together in the Park and Share car park at Llanfair PG to exchange toiletries for the Women’s Refuge; bedding and towels for Penrhyn House; bottle tops and can ring pulls (to make into plastic chairs and ring clutch bags); food for the Cathedral Foodbank. What a great turnout and fantastic donations on a bitterly cold December morning and wonderful seeing and catching up with friends again.
Members were treated to a Zoom session by Steph Healey, who specialises in Sound Treatments. Biofield Tuning uses gentle and subtle vibrations from tuning forks on and around the body. It works mainly on the bodies biofield or aura to help balance all aspects of the system by removing blockages and re-energising. The treatment is used in person but can also be used remotely as a sound or vibration on our electric bodies as we discovered in our video link meeting. Members were invited to close their eyes, relax and let the waves of sound wash through them. Everyone agreed they felt very relaxed afterwards. More information can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqQ4QlBbJFQ&t=237s
Dani Robertson, our Dark Skies Officer for North Wales spoke at our November meeting, one of only 18 such officers around the world. Dark Sky Reserve Status is given by the International Dark Sky Association to select places that have proved that the quality of their night air is outstanding and that real efforts are being made to minimise light pollution. Dani explained that light pollution in the UK has increased significantly in recent years. Between 1993 and 2000, light pollution increased by 24% in the UK, and over 90% of UK population now live under a highly polluted sky and can see no or very few stars at night. As light pollution increases, the opportunities to enjoy the night sky and its stars are declining. Luckily, surveys show that we still have large areas with good quality dark skies here in Snowdonia, particularly in
The speaker at our recent zoom meeting was Fiona Owens from the Abbey Road Centre, a Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre located in Bangor, Gwynedd. Their aim is to support the people in the local community to improve their mental and physical wellbeing through activities such as art, crafts, a reading group, gardening, games, quizzes etc. Fiona explained that the centre began in the early 80s, now operating a drop-in day-care service as well as room hire and tenancies. The centre is funded by the Health Board and Gwynedd Council. At present they only work with adults and within office hours due to funding issues. There is a team of five and they can support up to 70 individuals per week, referred through GPs or self-referred. Our club have helped paint rooms and provided hanging baskets to support them. New members are always welcome. Click
Bangor club celebrated the 100th anniversary of Soroptimist International with a glass of bubbly. We also lit candles to light the way forward to a better life for women and children around the world. Regional President, Louise, and our next regional president, Yvonne, celebrated with us. Soroptimist International 100th Birthday celebration
On a Saturday afternoon at The Innings, Bangor we gathered together to celebrate Enid’s 99th birthday. We had a bite to eat and a little speech and a cake to cut. We are looking forward to celebrating the next birthday in a year’s time.
On 18th September President Gudrun and Club members from across the Region met at Coleg Cambria Deeside for the first Face to face meeting since lockdown. On display was the new centenary banner with a square for each club in the region (past and present) made by club members. For more information click on Region Meeting and AGM
On the weekend of 11th and 12th September 2021 Six members of Bangor Club did #WalktheRegion as part of the 100 mile fun walk to lead into the Federation Conference of 2021 in Llandudno. We walked approximately 60 miles – Porth Penrhyn to Llanfairfechan on Saturday and Llanfairfechan to Penmaenmawr and back to Llanfairfechan + Llandudno Promenade on Sunday. If you would like to see more information and photos in the Region click on Region Centenary Fun Walk
In 2018/19, during the NHS and our club 70th anniversaries, President Andy Hawkins chose to support Dementia Care in Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital and we raised £5,000. Here is how Andy recorded the event: With photographers, press and all of their ‘tech’, To the Hospital team we presented our cheque, Promoting their work – and ours – with elation; A Plaque will be placed to record our donation. A quiet room for patients is what they intend For reminiscing, relaxing and being with friends. And here is the plaque: Then in 2020/21 President Diane Davies and members raised over £2,500 for Dementia Care. This went to purchase 10 dolls, 10 sony CD players and 6 Bush DVd players and the reminder of the money will either go towards a sheltered area within the garden , or to modify the therapy lounge. We are so happy to
