{"id":4571,"date":"2020-11-17T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T13:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2020-11-17T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T13:50:05","slug":"si-cannocks-collection-for-local-families-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2020\/11\/17\/si-cannocks-collection-for-local-families-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"SI Cannock&#8217;s Collection for local families in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meetings by zoom are becoming \u2018the norm\u2019 for Cannock Soroptimists!\u00a0 And being joined by Soroptimists from their Friendship Link Clubs in Melbourne Australia and Harrisburg USA as well as friends and guests in the UK is also becoming the norm \u2013 and it\u2019s wonderful!<\/p>\n<p>28 Soroptimists and guests joined zoom this week to listen to speakers Alan Hudson and Sheree, founders of the Dawn Allport Family and Community Movement.\u00a0 Dawn was Sheree\u2019s Mom and Alan\u2019s partner, she sadly passed away in February of this year.\u00a0 Family was the most important thing to Dawn \u2013 as well as her own children and grandchildren, she and Alan fostered for Staffordshire County Council for the last 20 years \u2013 and Alan still fosters.\u00a0 In fact, he has recently been presented with a National Award for his excellent work as a foster parent and the work he does to support other children being fostered as well as other foster parents.<\/p>\n<p>Dawn dreamt of setting up a Community Hub for Mums who might be struggling. Sheree, her brothers, sisters and Alan have set up this organisation in Dawn\u2019s memory. Because of Covid their main plans were put on hold; but, not to be deterred, Sheree set up a Facebook page \u2018The Dawn Allport Movement\u2019 where those in need can ask for help and those with goods to donate can do that. \u00a0In the few months they have been operating they have helped over 50 families locally: with clothes, utensils, cots, toys \u2013 all the things a new Mum and her family may need.<\/p>\n<p>Their plan is to have premises in a central, local location where Moms, their babies and toddlers can \u2018drop in\u2019 for a cup of tea. It will be a place where donations can be delivered, stored and then distributed, a place to chat and give mutual support, a place to cascade learning and a place where people can learn together.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist Carole Holdcroft gave the vote of thanks and told Alan and Sheree that work they are doing is \u2018Right up Soroptimists\u2019 Street!\u2019 and promised them their continued support: many bags of clothes, nappies and toys have already been donated and these have been gifted to homes where they were needed.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wishing to donate or anyone in need can contact Sheree on their facebook page named above or by emailing <a href=\"mailto:cannocksoroptimists@gmail.com\">cannocksoroptimists@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo attached: 1. Alan Hudson collects bags of clothes, toys and nappies from Cannock Soroptimists<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2 &amp; 3 Some of the clothing and shoes donated by Cannock Soroptimists<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/Alan-Hudson-loads-up-bags-with-childrens-clothes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4572\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/Alan-Hudson-loads-up-bags-with-childrens-clothes-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/Alan-Hudson-loads-up-bags-with-childrens-clothes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/Alan-Hudson-loads-up-bags-with-childrens-clothes.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/donated-clothes-and-shoes-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4573\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/donated-clothes-and-shoes-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/donated-clothes-and-shoes-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/donated-clothes-and-shoes-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/donated-clothes-and-shoes-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4574\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/donated-clothes-and-shoes-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/donated-clothes-and-shoes-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2020\/11\/donated-clothes-and-shoes-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meetings by zoom are becoming \u2018the norm\u2019 for Cannock Soroptimists!\u00a0 And being joined by Soroptimists&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SI Cannock&#039;s Collection for local families in need | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : SI Cannock&#039;s Collection for local families in need : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . 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