{"id":4481,"date":"2020-01-15T18:40:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T17:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2020-04-26T21:19:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:19:58","slug":"busy-december-for-harrogate-and-district-soroptimists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/2020\/01\/15\/busy-december-for-harrogate-and-district-soroptimists\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy December for Harrogate and District Soroptimists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harrogate and District Soroptimsits had a very busy run up to Christmas including the judging of our own Charity Shop Christmas Shop Window Competition in Harrogate Borough and Wetherby as well as supporting Harrogate Rotary Club judge the Commercial Shops in Harrogate Town Centre.<\/p>\n<p>We supported the Wetherby Lions Christmas Market and raised over \u00a3200 for our Charities and had fun and laughter at our Christmas Party held at Ascot House Hotel in Harrogate. Some of us were also able to squeeze in a lovely Mulled Wine and Mince pie morning at member Christabel England\u2019s home to raise funds for our joint project to help build a school library with SI Blantyre in Malawi. And not forgetting our Christmas party for our Contact the Elderly Group (now known as Re-Engage).<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Harrogate Borough Cllr. Stuart Martin MBE and Club President Mrs Sylvia Purser presented the Cup and the winners of the Gold Awards. Congratulations to all the Award winners.<br \/>\nRipon with Boroughbridge<br \/>\nGold Award \u2013 Saint Michaels, Ripon; Silver Award \u2013 Scope, Ripon; Highly Commended \u2013 Blue Cross, Ripon and Salvation Army Ripon<\/p>\n<p>Knaresborough with Starbeck<br \/>\nGold Award -Ciff House Community Support Services; Silver Award \u2013 Oxfam; Highly Commended, Saint Michael\u2019s Starbeck, Saint Michael\u2019s, Knaresborough.<\/p>\n<p>Harrogate Town Centre<br \/>\nGold Award \u2013 Saint Michael\u2019s, Harrogate Town Centre; Silver Award \u2013 Oxfam, Montpellier; Highly Commended \u2013 Oxfam Books, Oxford St<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Wetherby Cllr. Galan Moss and Immediate Past Presidents Hilary Waddington and Elsie Johnston awarded the Gill Smith Cup to Cancer Research in Wetherby whose glittering Christmas Angel really caught the eye of any passersby. Highly Commended charity shops \u2013 Saint Gemma\u2019s Hospice, OXFAM and Mind.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some some photos from our events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2020\/04\/E7D83F68-AD3E-4F33-ADF5-F46B960BE41F.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4495\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2020\/04\/E7D83F68-AD3E-4F33-ADF5-F46B960BE41F-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Soroptimist Cup winner St Michael\u2019s Ripon\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2020\/04\/E7D83F68-AD3E-4F33-ADF5-F46B960BE41F-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2020\/04\/E7D83F68-AD3E-4F33-ADF5-F46B960BE41F-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2020\/04\/E7D83F68-AD3E-4F33-ADF5-F46B960BE41F.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrogate and District Soroptimsits had a very busy run up to Christmas including the judging&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity-shop-window-competition","category-club-meeting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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