Janis Lomas had a very enjoyable last task as President of SI Cannock & District at the end of their Diamond Anniversary year when she recognised the service given to the club by three of its members.
Jill Gooch was presented with a certificate for 30 years of service to and membership of Soroptimist International, or SI as it is known. Jill was President of the club 1993 – 94 and again in 2003 – 04 and this year has been joint secretary and events organiser of the club.
Georgina Ward and Dora Leighton were each presented with certificates marking Honorary membership – Georgina was made an Honorary member of the Club in this very special year, Dora has held Honorary membership for 9 years. They have both been President of the Club, have held many other offices and continue to support the Club’s aims in every way
President Janis congratulated them all on the work they have done to promote the aims of Soroptimism and improve the lives of women and girls.
The club, part of a worldwide service organisation, currently has 41 members aged 34 – 99 and from varying working backgrounds, all of whom enjoy the friendship of membership alongside the action they take to help women both locally and globally.
The Soroptimist Goals are to:
• Improve the lives and status of women and girls through education, empowerment or enabling opportunities.
• be a global voice for increasing access to education and leadership for women and girls.
More can be found about the activities of the Cannock club on their website: www.sigbi.org/cannock-and-district
or on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SICannock whilst information about the organisation in the UK is available on www.sigbi.org.
Meetings are held 6.30 for 7.00pm at The Barns and include a two course meal. Any woman wishing to come along to find out more is very welcome – please phone or text 07971 494510 or email si.cannock@outlook.com – you are sure of a warm welcome!
Photo attached: standing President Janis Lomas;
Seated l to r: Honorary members Georgina Ward and Dora Leighton
2: Janis Lomas, President SI Cannock & District with Soroptimist Jill Gooch;