The Club was delighted to be nominated for the Harrogate District Volunteering Oscars and even more delighted to be highly commended in the Organisation category. The award recognised the service to the community the Club gives and has given over the last 83 years.
The Club held our 83rd Annual Charter Dinner on 15th October at the Masonic Hall in Harrogate. President Pat Shore and the Club were delighted to welcome 85 guests including the Mayor and Mayoress of Harrogate and the President of Soroptimist International of Yorkshire
Soroptimists of Harrogate and District were enthralled by Anne Cherry’s talk on the History of Harrogate Theatre. Anne had a wealth of historical information dating back to the days in 1900 when the theatre first opened. Anne has been actively involved with the theatre for
Harrogate and District Soroptimists celebrated International Friendship Day with a candle lighting ceremony in recognition of our friendship links across the world. President Pat Shore welcomed members, guests and friends including Yorkshire President Liz Lyle. President Pat spoke about International President Yvonne Simpson’s Educate to
Harrogate and District Soroptimists have had a very busy 3 days at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show at the Great Yorkshire Show Ground. Over 37000 people visited the show and apart from heavy rain on the Friday morning the sun shone bright. Our Meru Garden
The team has worked hard to prepare the Meru Garden for Life. It is looking good.
Club members welcomed Liz Lyle , SI Yorkshire President, to our Strawberry Tea hosted by member Christabel England. The event raised £436 for the children of Seyama Primary School in Malawi, to enable them to have uniforms, shoes, school bags, books and pencils. (L to
The Club is delighted that we have been selected to create a little bit of Meru in Yorkshire to raise awareness about the Meru Womens Garden Project. We are busy planning and growing vegetable for the garden and gaining a real insight into the Meru
A very busy day yielded fantastic results withjust over £650 to share between the Harrogate Women’s Refuge and our ongoing project with Soroptimist International of Pretoria Tshwane. Harrogate Women’s Refuge Project – Club Members are actively involved in giving service and fund raising to improve
A beautiful sunlit evening provided the perfect setting for the Annual General Meeting and Change of Office. Outgoing President Sue Williams conducted the AGM before passing the Chain of Office to Pat Shore. President Pat thanked Sue for all her hard work over the last
