{"id":4991,"date":"2025-08-11T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/?page_id=4991"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:22:11","slug":"friendship-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/friendship-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendships Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Friendship has always been at the heart of the Soroptimists<\/h2>\n<p>Since the first Club was established in Oakland, California in 1921 links between Clubs enable members to share experiences, learn from different cultures, and work together on projects that advance Soroptimist goals of gender equality, empowerment, and education for women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>One of our members takes on the role of keeping in contact with our friendship links, made much easier now with email! Any news is reported to the Club at our meetings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Current Friendship Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SI Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA<\/li>\n<li>SI Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li>SI Durban, South Africa<\/li>\n<li>SI Cape of Good Hope, South Africa<\/li>\n<li>SI Reykjavik, Iceland<\/li>\n<li>SI Burnie Tasmania, Australia<\/li>\n<li>SI Albany, Western Australia<\/li>\n<li>SI Lorient, Brittany, France<\/li>\n<li>SI Blackpool, England<\/li>\n<li>SI Tiverton &amp; District, Devon<\/li>\n<li>SI St Austell, Cornwall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>SI Guernsey, our daughter Club was c<\/strong>hartered in 1980<\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 12px\">Click the photo to see photos of our Friendship Links from around the world.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;5084,5076,5085,5074,5083,5086,5073,5089,5075,5090,5077&#8243; 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