Club members invite you to join them on the 25 June at the Wesley Church, Harrogate for a wonderful summer evening of music. Outstanding musicians from Queen Mary’s School, directed by Sarah Holloway Lloyd, will perform the works of Bach and Beethoven. The event will
Storm clouds gathered physically and metaphysically at the beginning of March. For the world, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine has led to the biggest migration of people since the Second World War; in the UK, as over a million trees were blown down in the
The 89th Annual General Meeting took place at the Crown Hotel in Harrogate last night. The Club welcomed SI Yorkshire Region’s President Lindsay Green. Lindsay presented the 25 year Long Service Awards to Irene Kerr and Christabel England. A great achievement. Our new Vice President
The first two United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals are to; 1, Stop Poverty, 2, Zero Hunger. In the UK families are going hungry because they cannot afford food. The Trussell Trust campaigns to stop the need for food banks. It also works to ensure that
January and February Well, the first two months of the year have certainly seen some stormy weather. Zoom proved its worth as our main method of meeting in January and it was a truly Hybrid speaker meeting in February. It was good to catch up
SI Harrogate and District celebrated International Women’s Day by launching their Toilet Twinning Project – aiming to become the first District in the country to become twinned. President Val Hills and members welcomed the Chairman of North Yorkshire County Council, Cllr Stuart Martin and his
Left to Right: President Val, Polli, Michelle and Club member Janet Resurrected Bites Hot from her interview with Katherine Jenkin on the BBC’s Song of Praise Michelle Hayes, founder and CEO of Resurrection Bites gave us a fantastic insight into the organisations incredible work. Making sure
Soroptimists Honour Past Members The rain didn’t deter President Val Hills and the Mayor of Wetherby, Cllr Neil O’Bryne from planting a memorial tree by the River Wharfe in Wetherby on the 8th February. The tree, a silver birch, was planted in memory of past
President’s Report – November 2021 Just ‘B’ Fashion Show November certainly was a busy month. I put on the glad rags provided for me by Saint Michael’s Charity shop and waltzed down the catwalk in our fantastic Fashion Show on the 6th of November. A
What to do with 18 chocolate oranges? Club member Maureen kindly donated these surplus to requirement oranges after our Fund Raising event Wetherby Christmas Market. With local Food Banks unable to accept them as not boxed President Val contacted Resurrected Bites. Resurrected Bites mission is to
