Members enjoyed a wonderful evening outing to Nant Gwrtheyrn, the Welsh Language and Heritage Centre at Llithfaen, Llyn Peninsula with a talk about the history, a guided tour and followed by a meal in the cafe – delicious!

SCBU is one of President Eirwen’s Charities for this year.   The unit is at Ysbyty Gwynedd and is a 10 cot Unit, providing short term intensive care/stabilisation, high dependency and low dependency care to babies/families in North West Wales. The Unit is part of the North West Wales Neonatal Service and  also the North Wales Neonatal Transport Service.  This year we at SI Bangor will be fundraising to help purchase a Phototherapy Unit for treating of neonatal jaundice.

The Abbey Road Centre which offers help, support and services for those with mental health issues, were delighted when SI Bangor asked how they could be of help.  Very soon four of our club members spent a day decorating and painting a room at the Centre to be used by a Psychologist to run courses and carry out group work.  Having a lovely environment does make such a difference to a person’s sense of well-being – a good job done ladies!

Polly de la Mer Sian Kent, Programme Action Officer and Maggie Hughes with “Polly de la Mer”, a fish made of rubbish that it might find in the ocean today due to human activity. A spur to action for everyone to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Reading through the archives in readiness for this job I read poems members had written for our decade anniversary years. So I thought I would write my report in verse to end our 70th year. With pleasure, here is my final report President’s Report : AGM 2 April 2019 OUR SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY YEAR 2018 – 2019 Our seventieth year I’ll never forget – The things we have done and the people we’ve met, The talks we have heard and the visits we’ve made – Our Platinum Birthday – our own cavalcade! Our birthday we shared with our dear N.H.S. Together we marked seven decades no less. We decided to help with Dementia Care, To support Delyth’s team and their problems to share. We also supported Project Umeed, For the Pakistan women and children in need; Resourcing their schools and their centres that train In skills

Members spent various days at Ysbyty Gwynedd during the Winter selling raffle tickets for the grand draw in aid of the President’s Dementia Care fund at Ysbyty Gwynedd.

We are delighted to have raised £5,000 to support the Dementia Care Team in their work and hope that the money will benefit patients with dementia, their families and the community.  The Soroptimist International Bangor & District Club was chartered in 1948 and shared its 70th Anniversary with the NHS.  For this reason we chose to support Dementia Care in Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital in our Anniversary year. In the course of selling raffle tickets, holding tombola stalls in Ysbyty Gwynedd, social events, coffee mornings, a Glam and Glitz evening and finally an Anniversary Afternoon Tea we have met so many people who wanted to support this cause because of their first hand experience of family and friends with dementia.  It has been a humbling experience and we wish to thank everyone who supported us willingly and generously.  We wish Delyth Hughes and her amazing team

In celebration of the Club’s 70th year, member Jenny Watkin Jones invited club members to her home. An afternoon tea with prosecco was arranged by the hospitality committee with homemade sandwiches and cakes.  Members of daughter club SI Anglesey also came along. The prizes for the club’s anniversary Grand Raffle were also drawn ranging from holuday and restaurant vouchers to a luxury food hamper in aid of the President’s Dementia  Care at Ysbyty Gwynedd fund. Winning tickets were drawn by Dementia specialist nurse Delyth Hughes. We are delighted to have raised £5,000 to support the Dementia Care Team in their work and hope that the money will benefit patients with dementia, their families and the community.  As  Soroptimist International Bangor & District Club was chartered in 1948 and shared its 70th Anniversary with the NHS, this was the reason we chose to support Dementia Care