On Saturday 13th December East Grinstead Soroptimists took donations to Jane G’s house for distribution to our two local charities, I Choose Freedom and Crawley Open House. Kate, from I Choose Freedom, came to collect the Christmas donations and was amazed by
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
On Friday 25th April 13 East Grinstead Soroptimists met for a coffee and chat at Chequer Mead for our monthly Orange Cafe meeting. It is always good to get together and catch up socially, but is also an opportunity to let others know about the
At our club meeting on Wednesday 19th March we welcomed Ian Wilkins, Head of Fundraising and Relationships at Crawley Open House. He has spoken before as we have supported Open House for several years. It was an extremely informative evening. For further information please refer
