{"id":685,"date":"2017-07-09T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T08:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/?p=685"},"modified":"2017-11-22T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T07:46:40","slug":"club-welcomes-yorkshire-grant-of-friendship-guest-natalie-kurhaluk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/2017\/07\/09\/club-welcomes-yorkshire-grant-of-friendship-guest-natalie-kurhaluk\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Welcomes Yorkshire Grant of Friendship guest Natalie Kurhaluk"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-689\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9364-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-689\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9364-1-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"Natalia in Harlow Carr Gardens\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9364-1-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9364-1-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9364-1.jpg 951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalia in Harlow Carr Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harrogate and District Soroptimists were delighted to welcome the Yorkshire Grant of Friendship guest Professor Natalia Kurhaluk. Natalia stayed with Club member Janet Hutton for two nights and had the opportunity to meet with Club members and visit some of the lovely areas in the Harrogate District. Natalia is a Professor of Biology and Physiology at the Akademia Pomorska in Slupsku and a member of Soroptimist International of Slupsku, Slupsku is near Gdansk.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-687\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/19732219_10155501367934146_3929323964037963671_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-687\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/19732219_10155501367934146_3929323964037963671_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Natalia with Club members Irene, Christabel, Judith, Janet and Val\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/19732219_10155501367934146_3929323964037963671_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/19732219_10155501367934146_3929323964037963671_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/19732219_10155501367934146_3929323964037963671_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalia with Club members Irene, Christabel, Judith, Janet and Val<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">The Soroptimist International Yorkshire Region&#8217;s Grant of Friendship is offered on a biannual basis and is open to any Soroptimist in the world to apply who would like to visit the UK and has not been here before. The successful applicant is hosted by different Clubs throughout the Yorkshire Region over a three week period. \u00a0Natalia, who spoke excellent English (as well as Ukrani and Russian) had already visited a number of Clubs and was a guest speaker at the Soroptimist International of Yorkshire&#8217;s conference. During her stay with the Club, Natalia visited Knaresborough and took afternoon tea with members overlooking the beautiful Nidd Gorge. A visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/gardens\/harlow-carr\">RHS Harlow Carr <\/a>was much appreciated as Natalia is a keen gardner as well as a cell biologist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-690\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9344.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-690\" src=\"\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9344-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Trip to Harlow Carr with Janet Morrow and Val Hills\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9344-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9344-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_9344.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trip to Harlow Carr with Janet Morrow and Val Hills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meeting Natalia gave us an opportunity to find our more about Poland and Soroptimist International in Poland. We had an excellent and very social two days before Natalia left us to spend the final two days of her visit with Soroptimist International of Bingley and returning home on the 10th July.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>. <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/sigbi?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=1581527428566146\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">sigbi<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/sie?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=1581527428566146\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">sie<\/span><\/span><\/a> @sigbi1 @sigbi80<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrogate and District Soroptimists were delighted to welcome the Yorkshire Grant of Friendship guest Professor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[137,10,18,138,11,47],"class_list":["post-685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friendship-links","tag-harlow-carr","tag-harrogate","tag-sigbi","tag-slupsku","tag-soroptimist","tag-womens-service-organisation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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