{"id":6,"date":"2008-12-02T12:15:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T11:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.co.uk\/bridgend-and-district\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:20:40","slug":"friendship-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/friendship-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendship Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SI Bridgend has four Friendship Links.<br \/>\nWilliamsburg in Virginia, USA, Courtenay in British Columbia, Canada and Uusikaupunki in Finland were set up well over 50 years ago. Since 2000, we have also forged links with Moreton North Inc. in Queensland, Australia.<br \/>\nMembers have visited Williamsburg and Uusikaupunki and a member of SI Courtenay has spent some time in Wales with members of the club. As well as being in regular contact by email, we have this last year enjoyed a number of zoom meetings with our Friendship links in Canada, Australia and Finland. This has rejuvenated and consolidated the special links we have had throughout the years. Much missed member Carys Brown visited SI Moreton North Inc a number of times, officially confirming our Friendship Link.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0SI Uusikaupunki, Finland<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">SI Uusikaupunki, club president Lotta Koisti wish SI Bridgend most prosperous year 2024!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31\" style=\"width: 482px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/kopie-kravsko-026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31\" src=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/kopie-kravsko-026-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"members of SI Uusikaupunki\" width=\"482\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/kopie-kravsko-026-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/kopie-kravsko-026.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Finnish friends &#8211; Members of SI Uusikaupunki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5187\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Motanka-dolls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5187\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Motanka-dolls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Motanka-dolls.png 783w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Motanka-dolls-300x127.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Motanka dolls made by members in support of Ukraine refugees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5188\" style=\"width: 811px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Squirrel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5188 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Squirrel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Squirrel.png 811w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/Squirrel-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Having fun with clay at our pre-Christmas meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>SI Courtenay, British Columbia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-385\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/100_2594.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-385\" src=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/100_2594-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"members of SI Courtenay\" width=\"391\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/100_2594-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/100_2594.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Canadian friends &#8211; members of SI Courtenay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">SI Bridgend send congratulations and greetings to our Soroptimist sisters in Canada on 80 years of service to their community and Soroptimist International.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5189\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/SI-Courtenay-Teas-Oct2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5189 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/SI-Courtenay-Teas-Oct2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/SI-Courtenay-Teas-Oct2023.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2024\/01\/SI-Courtenay-Teas-Oct2023-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s Tea Time &#8211; an interesting fundraising project!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>SI Moreton North Inc, Queensland<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3422.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-382 aligncenter\" src=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3422-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3422-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3422.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-383 aligncenter\" src=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3213-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3213-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3213.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3223.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-384 aligncenter\" src=\"\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3223-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3223-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2008\/12\/IMG_3223.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>SI Williamsburg, USA<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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