{"id":5340,"date":"2026-02-05T17:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:14:45","slug":"si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5341 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary--300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary--300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary-.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>Lead Team President Carole Holdcroft presenting the cheque to Gary Fear <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In November 2025 Gary Fear was a guest speaker of Soroptimist International, Cannock and District, speaking about his numerous self-funding visits to the Ukraine. Although Gary had no connection with the country, he decided to make a visit in 2022 taking much needed aid to this war-torn country.\u00a0 Gary has continued since then to raise funds (\u00a3152,000 to date) to take out and buy local supplies which then helps their economy.<\/p>\n<p>At the first meeting of Cannock Rotary in 2026, six members of S.I. Cannock and District attended to hear Gary give an update on his trips. They presented Gary with a cheque for \u00a3380 which will buy a generator.\u00a0 Rotary also donated the funds for three generators.<\/p>\n<p>Gary continues to keep members updated. The visit at the end of January saw him battle with -17 degrees so the club is thrilled to donate the generator where it is needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lead Team President Carole Holdcroft presenting the cheque to Gary Fear In November 2025 Gary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":885,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5340","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 Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . Read more about SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . Read more about SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Cannock and District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-05T16:13:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-05T16:14:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"866\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jprince\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jprince\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/\",\"name\":\"SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary--300x254.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-05T16:13:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-05T16:14:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/313d19b4b252f6a540e22e127b21b6fa\"},\"description\":\"SI Cannock and District : Blog & News : SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . Read more about SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine .\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary-.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":866},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/\",\"name\":\"SI Cannock and District\",\"description\":\"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/313d19b4b252f6a540e22e127b21b6fa\",\"name\":\"jprince\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f47ba5a21ffdadf0dc07ef0e99bc440ced555fb72f884be04f398e49761cc98f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f47ba5a21ffdadf0dc07ef0e99bc440ced555fb72f884be04f398e49761cc98f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"jprince\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/author\/jprince\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District","description":"SI Cannock and District : Blog & News : SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . Read more about SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District","og_description":"SI Cannock and District : Blog & News : SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . Read more about SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine .","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/","og_site_name":"SI Cannock and District","article_published_time":"2026-02-05T16:13:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-05T16:14:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":866,"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary-.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"jprince","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jprince","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/","name":"SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary--300x254.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-05T16:13:29+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-05T16:14:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/313d19b4b252f6a540e22e127b21b6fa"},"description":"SI Cannock and District : Blog & News : SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . Read more about SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary-.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2026\/02\/Carole-Gary-.jpg","width":1024,"height":866},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2026\/02\/05\/si-cannock-send-much-needed-aid-to-ukraine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SI Cannock Send Much Needed Aid to Ukraine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/","name":"SI Cannock and District","description":"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/313d19b4b252f6a540e22e127b21b6fa","name":"jprince","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f47ba5a21ffdadf0dc07ef0e99bc440ced555fb72f884be04f398e49761cc98f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f47ba5a21ffdadf0dc07ef0e99bc440ced555fb72f884be04f398e49761cc98f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"jprince"},"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/author\/jprince\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/885"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5343,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5340\/revisions\/5343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}