{"id":7196,"date":"2025-12-10T14:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/?p=7196"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:06:53","slug":"spreading-christmas-light-and-tea-and-jam-and-soup-and-biscuits-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/2025\/12\/10\/spreading-christmas-light-and-tea-and-jam-and-soup-and-biscuits-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading Christmas light and tea and jam and soup and biscuits and&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/photo-2025-12-09-15-25-05-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7191 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-05-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-05-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-05-4.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/a>From October to December 24 we\u2019re all inundated with ads assuring us that if we buy this or that, a merry Christmas is in the bag. Hard enough when you\u2019re flush. But if you\u2019re broke, had to take refuge from a violent home, have far more love for your kids than money in your purse, the jolly jingles can be torture.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Which is why this year Grange-over-sands Sorops have once again been merrily packing hampers for people who could really do with a treat. 46 boxes of goodies, sized to cater for different family needs were sealed with a bow. The contents, loads of useful <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/2025\/12\/10\/spreading-christmas-light-and-tea-and-jam-and-soup-and-biscuits-and\/photo-2025-12-09-15-25-06\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7190 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-06-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-06.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>basics plus some special seasonal goodies, were provided by Club Members themselves, with money raised from Floral Decoration demonstrations, Cheese and Wine parties, and jam making. The pupils of Kirkbie Kendal School also made outstanding contributions.\u00a0 46 boxes of goodies, sized to cater for different family needs were sealed with a bow. The contents, loads of useful basics plus some special seasonal goodies, were provided by Club Members themselves, with money raised from Floral Decoration demonstrations, Cheese and Wine parties, and jam making. The pupils of Kirkbie Kendal School also made outstanding contributions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/2025\/12\/10\/spreading-christmas-light-and-tea-and-jam-and-soup-and-biscuits-and\/photo-2025-12-09-15-25-06-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7189 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-06-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-06-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/files\/2025\/12\/PHOTO-2025-12-09-15-25-06-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>After 4 hours of work and chatting, 10 Sorops had the job done. And the initial recipients, workers Women\u2019s Community Matters in Barrow, were delighted, knowing that the gifts would be just what some mums had written in their invisible letters to Santa. Best of all, for us, was the feeling that we\u2019d done something great for ourselves, made a real, visible difference for others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; From October to December 24 we\u2019re all inundated with ads assuring us that if&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":7187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-grange-club"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spreading Christmas light and tea and jam and soup and biscuits and... | News | Blog | Events | SI Grange over Sands<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Grange over Sands : Blog &amp; News : Spreading Christmas light and tea and jam and soup and biscuits and... : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Grange over Sands . 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