Members welcomed new member Dr Gail Thomas to the club’s ever increasing membership at their February meeting. Gail quite recently retired from her nursing career and was enthused by Soroptimist International’s mission saying that it ‘ticks all the boxes’ … Continued
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CULTURAL DRESS AND CEMENTING FUTURES
Trustees of the club charity, Cementing Futures, updated members and visitors on its work at their recent meeting. Not only that, Bobbie and Jean dressed accordingly for the occasion impressing members and visitors including the Mayor of Bournemouth, Cllr … Continued
MAYOR OF BOURNEMOUTH RECEIVES TOILET TWINNING STATUS ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN
Cllr Susan Phillips, Mayor of Bournemouth, proudly received Toilet Twinned status on behalf of the town at the club’s February meeting. Soroptimist International of Bournemouth began to raise funds for the Toilet Twinning charity to celebrate the club’s 80th … Continued
TRUE STORY, TRUE HONOUR
In recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, SI Bournemouth #orangedtheworld and partnered Bournemouth University and Dorset Police to host an ‘Honour Based Violence’ presentation by Sarbjit Kaur Athwal and Dr Clive Driscoll from the … Continued
A MILESTONE BIRTHDAY!
Long standing member of Bournemouth Soroptimists, Pam Baker, had a surprise at the recent club meeting when members gave her a birthday cake to celebrate reaching 90 years of age! Pam had already been spoilt by family and friends … Continued
FUN AND LAUGHTER AT THE SIGBI CONFERENCE IN BOURNEMOUTH 2019
Bournemouth Soroptimists were out in force at the recent federation conference held locally at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC). Understandably it was ‘all hands on deck’ to support the Executive Board of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) … Continued
WELCOMING A NEW MEMBER
President Catherine was delighted to welcome new member, Anita Fenton, to the club at the October meeting. Anita has recently moved to the Bournemouth area and consequently moved Soroptimist clubs too so she is familiar with the vision and … Continued
SKITTLE SKILLS
Bournemouth soroptimists and their supporters turned out on a very wet evening recently to try their hand at playing skittles at the Hamworthy Sports and Social Club. It was a very sociable event with many competitive spirits fighting for the … Continued
“WE ARE FAMILY” WHO LIKE CEMENTING FUTURES!
SI Bournemouth members were once again thrilled to manage one of the many hydration stations at the 2019 Bournemouth Marathon. As usual they, and the athletes, were lucky and enjoyed the sunshine and seasonally warm temperatures that are so typical … Continued
BUZZING HERE, BUZZING THERE!
Some Bournemouth Soroptimists visited Kingston Lacy recently to extend their knowledge about all things bees. At Kingston Lacy they endeavour to leave enough honey in the hives for the bees to be sustained during the winter, and only remove … Continued