Members from SI Bangor braved the winds at Llandudno prom to take part in the march for International Women’s day on March 7th.
Members of SI Bangor were joined by members from SI Anglesey, SI Dyffryn Conwy and SI Llandudno at their wine tasting friendship evening on March 3rd. Members were invited to taste six different wines and try them with different foods to discover how the wine could enhance the food or not as in some cases. During the evening cheques were presented to representatives from the Itala Foundation, Action for Children and RNLI charities, the result of fundraising events by SI Bangor. The photograph shows Laura Williams receiving a cheque from Yi Jones who had organised an event to raise money for the charity Action for Children.
This year the members of SI Bangor decided to prepare nutritious home-made soup for the homeless of Bangor as their SOS event. Rather than a Saturday of service, different members delivered soup on three separate days during one week in order to maximise the number of people they could help. There were many different soups e.g . sweet potato/coconut and chilli, vegetable and lentil, leek and potato and butternut squash and ginger to name but a few. Donations of food from Morrison’s and Lidl were also given to help the people living at the hostel.
On December 1st a wine tasting evening was arranged by member Yi Jones in order to raise funds for the Action for Children charity. A representative from Action for Children attended the evening and told the group that the money raised would provide the young carers with respite and activities that would be beneficial towards their caring role. During the evening members sampled eight different wines with a variety of food items in order to discover how the food could influence the taste of the wine. A very interesting evening enjoyed by everyone.
The members of SI Bangor have supported the work of Teams 4U by filling 38 shoe boxes with items suitable for a boy, girl or family. The boxes were delivered to a collection point on November 19th by member Anne Griffiths before she herself prepared to travel out to Romania on December 11th to take part in the distribution of the boxes. All the members at SI Bangor are looking forward to hearing about her trip when she returns.
In October, members of SI Bangor spent a day carrying out a bucket collection at Morrisons in Bangor. As a result, Christmas gift bags were prepared for women in the refuge and Christmas food bags for twelve families under the care of carers outreach. A monetary donation was given to St Mary’s,( the Hostel for the Homeless) plus fresh food thanks to member Ceri Edwards who had been selling hand knitted scarves.
On September 4th Jenny Watkin-Jones of SI Bangor hosted a summer supper for the members of Bangor and their friends in order to raise funds for the RNLI. It was a warm, sunny evening and guests were treated to a two course meal prepared by Jenny and Vicki Williams. Everyone agreed delicious food, good company and lovely surroundings made for a very happy evening enjoyed by all who were present.
Following the Fundraising dinner a small group from SI Bangor went to the Moelfre Life Boat Station to meet Rod Pace and hand him a cheque for £1,710 – the result of the fundraising events that had taken place at Bangor.
On September 13th, 5 members of Bangor Soroptimists met at Aberogwen Reserve (Gipsy Corner) to do a beach clean. We managed to collect 10 bags of rubbish along the shoreline, ably assisted by Richard from Friends of the Earth and Mr Gibbs from the North Wales Wildlife Trust. It was really worthwhile and we all had a great deal of fun, as well as contributing to the Environmental Programme goal.
On September 8th, 5 members of Bangor Soroptimists went to the end of 6Festival at Portmeirion and were able to collect 5 boxes of food, 23 tents, 8 sleeping bags, 4 fleecy blankets, 2 bedrolls, a groundsheet and many tent pegs, all of which were taken to Bangor’s Homeless Hostel on Love Lane, where they were received with great enthusiasm. 8 airbeds and 3 folding chairs were taken to the North Wales Housing Association on Dean St and received with thanks. This really was a day of fun and friendship which also helped our community.
