{"id":5616,"date":"2025-03-28T21:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/?p=5616"},"modified":"2025-03-29T09:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T08:13:04","slug":"3-12-24-christmas-gift-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/2025\/03\/28\/3-12-24-christmas-gift-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"3.12.24 Christmas gift preparations and celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5617\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/1-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/1-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Programme action lead Susan Waters lead Club members in wrapping and preparing gifts for the local Women&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5618\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/2-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/2-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/2.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>She delivered bags of gift toiletries for individuals at the Women&#8217;s refuge along with other supplies for any future residents of the refuge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/4-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/4-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Christmas boxes were made up for the children of\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/20241206_094204.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5628\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/20241206_094204-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/20241206_094204-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/20241206_094204.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/5.jpg\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5620\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/5-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/5-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2025\/03\/5.jpg 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you Susan for organising these very special programme action activities that brought together beautiful moments and shared joy which will be treasured forever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Programme action lead Susan Waters lead Club members in wrapping and preparing gifts for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":5617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-ourprogramme"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3.12.24 Christmas gift preparations and celebrations | News | Blog | Events | SI Bangor and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bangor and District : Blog &amp; News : 3.12.24 Christmas gift preparations and celebrations : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bangor and District . 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