Soroptimists of Crieff enjoyed a very enjoyable social evening at Comrie Gold Club on Thursday 17 March. Very much enjoyed by all who attended. Food was excellent and the taxi drivers were charming. #sigbi #comriegolfclub

Quiz Night SI Crieff held a quiz in The Meadow Inn on Wednesday 16 February raising the excellent figure of £330 for club charities. Despite the poor weather and a number of people having to call off due to illness, everyone who made it had a good evening. Grateful thanks go to John Annat for once again doing such a great job setting the questions and acting as Quizmaster, the Meadow staff for being so helpful and making everyone very welcome as well as donating raffle prizes along with Crieff Hydro, Crieff Co-op and Boden.  Thanks too of course to all the quizzers who came along to take part.

Soroptimists in Scotland were delighted to be able to meet up ‘in person’ in December 2021 and to welcome International President Elect Maureen, SIGBI President Cathy and President Elect Ruth to our celebration. It was also an  opportunity to showcase the work of clubs in Scotland  North from Easter Ross to the proposed Club in Dumfries.  The Programme Action presentations focused on our contribution the SDGs locally, nationally, and internationally. We made new contacts with MSPs and invited guests while launching the new Scotland, U N and SIGBI History banners.

On Saturday 9 October, SI Crieff held a successful Recycle Bazaar in Comrie’s Rural Hall raising £500 for Women for Women who already have workers on the ground in Afghanistan helping women there.  Thank you to all those who came along to support us by looking for and hopefully finding a bargain. Combined with other recent fundraising events the total going to help Afghan women refugees is £800. We thank everyone who helped us raise this money. #Afghanwomen #sigbi #ukpac

Peace today faces a new danger - the climate emergency which threatens our security, our livelihoods and our lives. The theme for the International Day of Peace in 2021 focuses on Recovering Better for an Equitable and Sustainable World as nations and communities around the world struggle with poverty, disease, education and healthcare. It is 76 years since the Second World War ended and sad to say there are currently ongoing wars or minor conflicts in around 36 countries  - most in the Middle East, NW Asia and Sub Saharan Africa plus an ongoing drug war in Mexico. Soroptimist International of Crieff would like to raise awareness and remind everyone of what we can create together. So, in Friendship and in Peace SI Crieff members handed out roses during the morning of 21 Sept in the town. Peace... we should give it a chance because

SI Crieff member, Carol Buchan, took part in the Lake District Mighty Hike for Macmillan Cancer Support around Ullswater. The total raised was over £3500 including Gift Aid. Carol was part of a team of seven who all finished. The walk was 26 miles, 3500 feet of ascent and it took just under 10 hours including 3 stops . The day was cloudy and not too hot. Carol had to train for the event, which involved several very long training walks - longest was 23 miles around the hilly parts of Crieff and Comrie with a pit stop at Comrie Croft for cake and coffee !!!! #sigbi #ukpac #macmillancancersupport

Club members enjoyed a delicious home made lunch on Sunday 12 September. Their host was club member Janice Wilson who cooked and delivered the meal to raise funds for club charities. Waitress for the day was club member Carol Buchan. A lovely afternoon was had by all. #SIGBI #ukpac

Members of SI Crieff collected 99 items, bras and a selection of pants for #smallsforall Small For All is a Scottish Charity which collects underwear to give to adults and children in need in African and the UK. Many thanks to Comrie golf club , Cancer Research shop in Crieff and lots of friends who donated https://www.smallsforall.org/ #SIGBI #ukpac

As part of the SIGBI Day of Action for Afghanistan on 1 September 2021 members of SI Crieff collected toiletries, accessories and children's toys, etc for refugees from Afghanistan who had to flee from their country with nothing.  A number of whom are to be welcomed very soon to Perth & Kinross.   Everything collected was passed on to coordinators PKAVS (Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service). #sigbi #ukpac

This year's Day of Action was marked by members of SI Crieff carrying out a litter pick in the centre of Crieff on Saturday 17 July.  All clubs were asked to do something related to the Environment so members were happy to don rubber gloves along with their hi viz Soroptimist tabards and grab a litter picker for a couple of hours to tidy up James Square, Crieff  High Street etc.               Cigarette ends were not hard to find, there were thousands of them, but lots of other items, such as cans, cartons, bottles and bottle tops, paper and even surprisingly a decent if somewhat soiled padded jacket were picked up.  It certainly felt that if people could improve their aim at the litterbins provided that alone would make a difference! It is always surprising - and lovely -