Sunday – and so we say farewell to our friends
Until next time 🙂
Saturday evening – Barn Dance and ‘peeling the banana’!
To add to the general fun and merriment of the weekend, we decided organise a Barn Dance with live band and caller as a quintessential British activity to teach our Dutch and German sisters how to dance! Only a few toes were trod on
Saturday Afternoon – time to renew a very long standing friendship
Whilst our some of our Soroptimist Sisters shopped, went sight seeing or simply rested, Joke and Loes (Arnhem Oost) and Andrea (Remscheid) spent a lovely few hours with one of our older Club members Yvonne. Loes and Yvonne have known each other for over
Saturday -Tour of Lord Leycester Hospital Warwick
Don’t we look fabulous as more than 50 of us gathered round for our 50th Celebrations group photo in the courtyard of the Lord Leycester Hospital ! So many friends from Midland Arden Region joined us together with Arnhem Oost, Remscheid and Cardiff.
Friday – Let the celebrations begin
The sun shone as we began our weekend of fun and friendship with an informal gathering at Sharon’s house. We established new friendships and renewed old ones with our Soroptimist links from Arnhem Oost, Remscheid and Cardiff. Gifts were exchanged as we celebrated
Looking forward to our Friendship Weekend
Not long now before we welcome our sister Soroptimists from Remscheid, Arnhem Oost, Cardiff and Midland Arden Region to our weekend of fun and friendship
June Dinner Meeting – A truly inspiring and Soroptimist affirming talk
We welcomed Midland Arden Region President Jan Hemlin to our June dinner meeting. She gave us a very interesting and informative talk about her journey as a Soroptimist so far. Amongst the highlights were her descriptions of the many Soroptimist International conferences and conventions
We didn’t let the bad weather stop us!
Despite the Lions unfortunately having to cancel the Grand Show this year (first time in its 46 year history) we still managed to raise £500 by selling the plants to friends and neighbours thanks to Trish hosting plant sales from her back garden.
Thank you Kenilworth Lions
A massive thanks to Kenilworth Lions who are also celebrating 50 years of charter. Due to the generosity of their Dream Scheme, we received £1000 towards our Wellbeing Fund to help the women and children at our local refuge.
Soroptimists in Action!
Our very own Soroptimist in Action Fran ran the 10k Two Castles Race this morning raising over £300 via her JustGiving page for our Wellbeing Fund, supporting the women and children at our local Refuge. Eight more of us had the rather more sedentary