11 winter scarves gloves and hat bundles for local homeless 12President Gwen Ellis Jones with members at Chritmas Fayre 13Chocolate Tombola 😊 15 Ring pull collection for Purple Community Fund 16Collecting plastic tops for recycling 17Harpist Alecs providing entertainment with members at local Dementia Care unit

.1 Teddy bears picnic treasure hunt 2 Cambodian well 3 Olga Evison, Ciss Lloyd and Enid Griffiths at Llangollen Eisteddfod 4Summer Supper 5 Festival no 6 collection .6Salvation Army in Cardiff accepting part of the conference sandwiches 7 Trafficking display and survey in local library 8Regular soup donations to local homeless 9 Christmas Toiletry collections

Teddy bears picnic / treasure hunt. A fund raiser and all teddies were given to local dementia units. Purchased the construction of a well in Cambodia so that families can benefit from a clean water well that we have funded. This ensures their future health. We have now bought four wells. Each year some of the members attend the Llangollen eisteddfod and promote the work of Soroptimists in our tent. Ciss and Enid regularly went on our behalf. Summer supper is a fund raising event for Ty Gobaith  organised by Jenny and Vicki. Jenny also had a plant sale. Festival 6 – members collect discarded items which include Tents: Sleeping Bags; Insulating Mats; Camping chairs; Tent Pegs and a large amount of food. As much as we can carry. Everything that is collected is taken to St Mary’s hostel for the homeless in Bangor. Seize the sandwich

SI Bangor have again raised money for a family in Cambodia to have their own well. This was constructed by the Cambodian Community Dream Organisation and completed in March 2017. The family will share their water with others in their village.

Members of SI Bangor and District have donated three sewing machines, tools and a pair of crutches to the charity Tools for Self Reliance Cymru The items will be taken to Crickhowell where volunteers will check and refurbish them before being stored. Once enough items have been collected they will be transported to Tanzania for distribution. Then they will  be used to set up businesses which will generate work and an income in various communities. http://www.tfsrcymru.org.uk/

A few of our ladies visited Festival Number 6 after everyone had gone home to collect abandoned tents and food donations from vendors. The ladies only came away with one tent due to the muddy conditions but two carloads full of food and soft drinks. This was all then donated to the Homeless Shelter in Bangor where it was gratefully received. 

This year we are working with other local charities to provide support in the town for our homeless community. One of the aims has been to get together items for a Starter Pack for a Homeless person moving into their own accommodation.  Pictured are President Vicki and Sheena meeting with Centre for the Homelss staff to donate the first starter pack. This is just one of the things we do to make a difference in peoples lives.

      All ages are now benefiting from the school from the young to the adults, the photos show the latest visit to the school by the pupils of Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen Caernarfon in July 2012, the pupils re-painted the school inside and out, they constantly had company. Albert Mwansa, the founder of Itala School, Zambia – is unpacking the donated goods, from science equipment to chalk, all much needed. It is a project with which we have been involved for over 7 years, training a female teacher and providing books. We have worked mainly through a local school Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen,  who have provided substantial support in many forms and been involved in establishing the Itala Foundation, a registered charity, to help with the project. We were stunned to discover that 400 of the 1,000 pupils are orphans, mostly due to