{"id":384,"date":"2015-12-03T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T13:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/?p=384"},"modified":"2015-12-03T14:20:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T13:20:02","slug":"spirit-of-christmas-celebrates-charity-shop-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/2015\/12\/03\/spirit-of-christmas-celebrates-charity-shop-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit of Christmas celebrates Charity Shop Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charity Shop Windows throughout Harrogate and District sparkled with Christmas Spirit in the Club&#8217;s annual Charity Shop Window Competition. This year the Club widened its horizons to include Charity shops in Boroughbridge, Knaresborough, Ripon, Starbeck and Wetherby as well as Harrogate. \u00a0The Club initiated the Harrogate Shop window competition in 2004 as part of their Light up Harrogate campaign. Over 40 shops were visited on the 26th November. The area was divided into 4 zones. Harrogate, Knaresborough with Starbeck, Ripon with Boroughbridge and Wetherby. Each zone has \u00a0a Winner and a Highly commended. An overall winner is presented with the Soroptimist Shop Window Competition Cup.<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to announce the winners and highly commended are:<\/p>\n<p>Harrogate; Winner, Save the Children, Highly Commended, Scope<\/p>\n<p>Knaresborough with Starbeck; Winner, Age UK, Knaresborough, Highly Commended, St Michaels, Starbeck<\/p>\n<p>Ripon with Boroughbridge; Winner, OXFAM, Boroughbridge, Highly Commended, YMCA, Boroughbridge &amp; Sue Ryder, Ripon<\/p>\n<p>Wetherby; Winner, Cheshire Homes, Highly Commended OXFAM<\/p>\n<p>Overall winner \u00a0OXFAM, Boroughbridge<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_0656.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-385\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_0656-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0656\" width=\"158\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_0656-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_0656.jpg 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>President Sue with Paula Manfield from the OXFAM shop in Boroughbridge. The shop window received top marks from the judges on Innovation, Impact and the Spirit of Christmas contrasting the opulence of Christmas with the stark reality of not knowing where the next meal will come from that so many across the world experience everyday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-386\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/PB270018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-386\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/PB270018-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OXFAM Boroughbridge shop window.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/PB270018-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/PB270018.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OXFAM Boroughbridge shop window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/PB270014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-387\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/PB270014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Not knowing where the next meal is coming from\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/PB270014-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2015\/12\/PB270014.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not knowing where the next meal is coming from<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charity Shop Windows throughout Harrogate and District sparkled with Christmas Spirit in the Club&#8217;s annual&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[72,76,10,74,73,75],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-boroughbridge","tag-charity-shops","tag-harrogate","tag-knaresborough","tag-ripon","tag-wetherby"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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