(Article provided by North Wales Society for the Blind) Bangor & District Soroptimists donate £500 to the Society’s Blind Walking Club The North Wales Society of the Blind’s Walking Club is delighted after receiving a cash gift to help fund buses to transport partially sighted and blind members and their guide dogs together with guides on their monthly walks. Olga Evison from Soroptimists International Bangor & District visited our centre at 325, Stryd Fawr, Bangor last week with the donation.  The money is a fantastic contribution to the walking club and NWSB chief executive Steven Thomas said: “The Society is truly grateful for the continued support of SI Bangor & District and for all their generous donations towards our table top sales”.  This support helps to enable people with sight loss to live independently. The Soroptimists work at local, national and international level to educate,

Small bunches/pots of daffodils were randomly given to bring a ray of sunshine to celebrate the coming of warmer spring weather and bring a smile to whomever received them!

Members donated various essential items for the wellbeing of children at Y Nyth. Programme Action Lead Susan Waters coordinated with the group leaders to ensure practical items were collected and delivered. Thank you Susan!

Programme action lead Susan Waters lead Club members in wrapping and preparing gifts for the local Women’s refuge and making up shoe box collections for the local children of Y Nyth. Susan had been in contact with both organisations to ensure that the gifts were appropriate and chosen with care for these deserving families and individuals. She delivered bags of gift toiletries for individuals at the Women’s refuge along with other supplies for any future residents of the refuge. Christmas boxes were made up for the children of  Y Nyth. Members joined with individuals at Bangor Cathedral to host a small tea party and craft session before their gifts were collected from under the Christmas tree.         Thank you Susan for organising these very special programme action activities that brought together beautiful moments and shared joy which will be treasured forever.  

Elvis Is In The Building !  Aloha! A fabulous evening of fun and friendship was held at Mixopoly Bangor Cricket Club on Saturday 19 October to raise money for President Diane’s charity Breast Cancer Care at Ysbyty Gwynedd.  With the ‘Hawaiian’ theme we were all greeted by Lin and Jenie with colourful Hawaiian Flower Garlands.   Reverend Wynne Roberts Chaplain at Ysbyty Gwynedd (AKA THE Welsh Elvis) kept us entertained throughout the evening with his many wonderful Elvis favourites!  A Big thank you to all who made this evening a great success not forgetting ELVIS and the wonderful staff at Mixopoly. Harlech Food service were also thanked for their part sponsorship of the delicious Charcuterie boards provided to graze on as Elvis melodied and rocked the house. The concert raised £1100. All attendees were thanked for their generous support on the evening. The Grand Prize Raffle draw 

Club members came together at President Diane’s home to create a variety of crafts which would be sold at the next Regional Soroptimists meeting and at the Christmas Tombola and Craft Stall to be held in November at Ysbyty Gwynedd in aid of the hospital’s Breast Cancer Care service. A number of different items were created including Doggy Treat jars, Cotton Wool jars, button Christmas tree decorations, crystal dropper tree decorations and lavender bags. A gentle afternoon of creativity in the company of Soroptimists and friends and of course tea and cake!