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We were delighted to welcome Lesley Davies as our President at SI Bridgend and wish her every success for the coming year. Lesley takes over from Gaynor Hoare. Thank you and well done to Gaynor for leading the Club over the past 2 years. Ruth Davies Kemp stepped up as President Elect and is proud to wear the Williamsburg mace brooch as the President Elect insignia.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We also celebrated Jean Thomas receiving her long service award for 40 years’ service as a Bridgend Soroptimist. Well done and congratulations Jean!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We are looking forward to the next 12 months, where we will enjoy Fun and Friendship whilst supporting women and girls in our local community as well as internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were delighted to welcome Lesley Davies as our President at SI Bridgend and wish…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":802,"featured_media":5168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,284],"tags":[269,169,13],"class_list":["post-5164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-club-news-2023-2024","tag-40-years-soroptimist-service","tag-bridgend-soroptimists","tag-si-bridgend"],"yoast_head":"\nCelebrating 40 years as a Soroptimist | News | Blog | Events | SI Bridgend and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bridgend and District : Blog & News : Celebrating 40 years as a Soroptimist : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bridgend and District . 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