The weather was very kind to us when we visited Joan’s wonderful garden on Saturday 20 July.  A get-together with our Soroptimist sisters and friends for afternoon tea, a walk around her magnificent, colourful garden and a catch up with friends.  A total of over £700 was generously and kindly donated raised towards President Diane’s 2024/25 Charity – Breast Cancer Care at Ysbyty Gwynedd.  President Diane expressed her heartfelt gratitude to everyone who attended or forwarded donations. Very grateful thanks were extended to Joan, her wonderful family and fabulous helpers for a lovely relaxing afternoon. Special thanks also to Sara Roberts of Roberts Portdinorwic, Mrs Myfanwy Jones and our Secretary Vikki Williams who kindly provided food and cakes!    

As part of the fundraising activities for President Diane’s nominated charity Breast Cancer Care at Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital this year, members have collected generous donations of prizes from various businesses where they shop, dine or treat themselves! A grand draw has been launched with the following prizes which will be drawn at a fundraising event to be held on Saturday 19th October We acknowledge with thanks the donation of the following prizes: £100 cash prize Spa day access pass for 2 adults, Thornton Hall Hotel, £75 Voucher for massage or beauty treatment, Aberconwy Spa Voucher for ‘Elsa,’ Menai Bridge £50 Meal Voucher, ‘The Oyster Catcher’, Rhosneigr Sunday luncheon for two, ‘Signatures’ restaurant, Aberconwy Garden Bench Voucher ‘th1’ Hairdressing, Bangor Skid Course, The Anglesey Circuit, Ty Croes Afternoon Tea for 2, ‘Beau’s Tea Rooms’, Beaumaris £30 Voucher Marks and Spencer £25 Voucher, ‘The Sea Shanty’, Trearddur

Very many thanks to Jenny Watkin Jones for hosting a wonderful afternoon tea to celebrate President Diane’s birthday.  The weather was glorious and we all enjoyed a relaxed afternoon catching up and chatting with our Soroptimist sisters and friends.     We had an amazing plant stall and through the generosity of all attending over £1200 was raised which will be donated to President Diane’s charity Breast Cancer Care at Ysbyty Gwynedd at the end of her presidency.

At the Regional Soroptimist meeting in Chester, clubs were encouraged to bring along items for the Speakers to take to their charity which supported Chernobyl children in Ukraine.           The Barbara Dixon Award was presented to Rhyl and District Club, whilst Bangor and District club were awarded highly commended in respect of the President Marianne had passionately led fundraising activities to support the Veronica Lemishenko Glowing Harp foundation throughout her year, in many activities as can be seen here and here. However, she also established many personal friendships with local Ukrainian families who also supported Soroptimist events  and we all enjoyed the Ukrainian evening they hosted at our club.

Cold Water Swim What a very brave lady! Vikki Turner Williams, our Secretary has just completed 75 cold water swims to celebrate our 75th Anniversary year.  She put £1 in the pot each time she dipped and the money will be shared between the Seal Rescue and the RNLI.  That’s a programme that was definitely put into action! Well done!

‘Rownd a Rownd’ at Porthi Dre, Caernarfon Nearly New Clothing Sale A very successful charity event was held at Porthi Dre, Caernarfon on Saturday 23 March to raise money for President Marianne’s charity The Veronika Lemishenko Charity Foundation together with raising funds for Porthi Dre, Community Hub, Caernarfon with over £800 being raised so far. A very big THANK YOU to Susan and to all who worked so hard in making this such a special day.  We had a Nearly New Clothing sale from the S4C show ‘Rownd a Rownd’; Bric-a-Brac stall, Book stall, Tombola and of course tea and coffee with delicious cakes for everyone to enjoy.  Many thanks to Anne and all her volunteers at Porthi Dre for all their hard work on Saturday. Rooms at Porthi Dre, Ty Seiont are available for hire by organisations that contribute to the wellbeing of the

What a wonderful evening we all had at our ‘Get Set for Christmas’ fundraising event excellently compered by Susan who guided us through an evening packed with demonstrations, crafts, competitions and generally an altogether fun evening. President Marianne warmly welcomed all our guests and in particular our Ukrainian friends Alla Lemishenko and Katerina who were representing ‘Glowing Harp’ the Veronika Lemishenko Charity Foundation the main beneficiary of the evening’s fundraising. The Foundation has been repurposed prioritising its efforts in support of those in need who remain in Ukraine during this time of conflict.  Assistance has been given to many causes including relief centers, hospitals, volunteers in various capacities and has even included support to animal shelters – many family pets left behind when their families had to leave Ukraine. The first demonstration of the evening was by Carys who showed us how to pack our

Laskcavo prosimo na nash druzniy vechir President Marianne was delighted to welcome our Ukrainian guests to what was a wonderful evening of friendship and fun. Our guest speaker Alla Lemishenko shared a very moving video and spoke with such feeling and emotion clearly moved by the images of her home country and her beautiful and very talented daughter Veronika. We had a real taste of Ukrainian hospitality and food and members expressed their warm appreciation to Alla, Vira , Olga, Masha, Katerina, Iryna and Eva for creating such a feast and sharing their very personal and heartfelt stories with us – there was not a dry eye in the house. Veronika Lemishenko’s Charity Foundation is one of two Charities supported by President Marianne this year and is supporting the Ukrainian International Project ‘Glowing Harp’. The Foundation has been repurposed prioritising its efforts in support of