At our monthly speaker meeting on 4th February we welcomed Lisa Marie McNamara, landlady of one of East Grinstead’s most prominent pubs, Dunning’s Mill, and named after Elvis Presley’s daughter as her mother was one of his biggest fans! She has been running pubs for
On Saturday 31st January Sheila and Helen represented EGSI at the Community and Volunteer Fair at the Meridian Hall. They spoke to lots of people and handed out several leaflets to possible new Soroptimists. They also had conversations with a couple of organisations who expressed
At our last meeting of the year we enjoyed an exciting Beetle Drive followed by a very festive quiz, which was helped along with some nibbles and mulled wine. A big thank you to Maureen and her crew for arranging the evening.
Beryl’s beautiful illustration of the activity at Lingfield Nature reserve on Sunday 30th November. A new crabapple tree was planted by Alison and her husband while Chris J. cleared around the tree and rose which are tributes to her mother, a
On Friday 24th October we held our monthly Orange cafe (a day early). Once again we enjoyed the company of fellow Soroptimists. This month some members brought their knitting with them as we are busy knitting white hearts for 25th November, the International Day for
SIEG were delighted to be joint winners of the Grace Onions Award, alongside SI Canterbury, for the work that they have done on the environment. The certificate was presented to them on 20th of September at the 66th Annual General meeting of the SISEE region.
Jane has been helping fellow Soroptimist, Jill, empty her house of things that she no longer needs.Together they went to Ardingly CarBoot sale, armed with items to sell, Soroptimist information, cards and pens. As a charity they only had to pay half price for the
On Sunday 21st July, twelve club members and Soroptimisters supported Regional President Sue Edgar, one of the East Grinstead Soroptimists, at her Regional Lunch at the London Beach Country Hotel Spa & Golf Club, Tenterden. With many other members from across the Region, we
We were delighted to welcome Caroline Metcalf to our meeting on Wednesday 4th June to give us a talk on Sackville College, Then and Now. Caroline is a guide for visitors at both Sackville College and St Swithun’s parish church. She has a great
At our club meeting on Wednesday 7th May we welcomed Gilly Halcrow from the Woodland Trust. (Apologies for the photo Gilly!) She gave us a fascinating talk about the Trust andsome historical facts about trees that few of us knew. Did you know… It takes
