{"id":474,"date":"2013-11-09T13:55:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T12:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=474"},"modified":"2013-11-09T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T12:57:48","slug":"international-evening-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2013\/11\/09\/international-evening-2\/","title":{"rendered":"International Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !mso]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">SI Cannock and District held their annual International Evening to coincide with United Nations day recently.\u00a0 Team President Lakhwinder Thompson welcomed almost 80 Soroptimists and guests, some from other clubs, who enjoyed a meal with a French twist at The Barns, Huntington.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>They were entertained by a Black Country wordsmith, David Bartley, who regaled them with many humorous tales.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Members old and new lit the candles for the four Federations and Midland Chase Region President Dishi Attwood, a member of SI Lichfield, lit the candle for Soroptimist International. This was Dishi\u2019s last act as Region President, she hands over the chain of office at the SIGBI conference in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">A raffle was held to raise funds for the BIG project &#8211; Birthing in The Gambia.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;font-weight: normal\">The BIG Project is a partnership between Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) and the international medical charity Maternal and Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI) \u2013 and its partner Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG).\u00a0 This is a three year fundraising challenge which will save the lives of countless critically ill women, babies and children in the Gambia.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>More information about the project can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/our-charities\/the-big-project\/\"><span>https:\/\/sigbi.org\/our-charities\/the-big-project\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a3200 was raised and will provide much needed support.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Funding goes to purchase items and training, amongst them:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"color1\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a310&#8230;\u00a0can provide a health worker with vital resuscitation equipment <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"color1\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a325\u2026\u00a0can buy an emergency medical pack for a Traditional Birth Attendant. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"color1\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a3200&#8230; can pay for the training of a doctor or nurse in emergency healthcare<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0Cannock Soroptimists are pleased to continue their support of this international project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2013\/11\/Lkhwinder-Dishi-International-eve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-475\" src=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2013\/11\/Lkhwinder-Dishi-International-eve-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2013\/11\/Lkhwinder-Dishi-International-eve-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2013\/11\/Lkhwinder-Dishi-International-eve-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2013\/11\/Lkhwinder-Dishi-International-eve.jpg 1445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">Photo attached: l to r: Region President Dishi Attwood; Lakhwinder Thompson, Team President SI Cannock &amp; District<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SI Cannock and District held their annual International Evening to coincide with United Nations day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","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>International Evening | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : International Evening : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . 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