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April is a month of change for our Club with lots happening all beginning with A and many deserving stars for their actions.<\/h1>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Who would have thought we would still be using Zoom for our meetings?!\u00a0 \u00a0But we’re getting used to it and 33 of our Club welcomed new President Julie to her role at the AGM.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Amanda as one our newest members read the Soroptimist Vison and Mission statements\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Gill has been an amazing President this past year.\u00a0 \u00a0Despite all her wonderful plans for her year, nothing could have prepared for a pandemic.\u00a0 \u00a0Yet Gill has led our Club through these strange and difficult times.\u00a0 \u00a0She has educated, enabled and empowered many Club members to use Zoom.\u00a0 \u00a0This has been shown by the high attendance we’ve had at our Zoom meetings.<\/p>\n

As Julie said in her speech of thanks to Gill, as with the Pioneers of old gazing across the the Grand Canyon, Gill simply got on with bringing the whole Club safely through.<\/p>\n

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We’re a vibrant Club so the various Officers have changed.\u00a0 \u00a0You can see who’s leading on what by checking our our Club menu under the section ‘About our Club<\/em><\/a>‘.<\/p>\n

Julie’s plans for her year are also outlined here too.<\/p>\n

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Civic Recognition<\/h2>\n

One of Julie’s first engagements as our new President was to represent our Club at our Town Mayor’s Civic service.<\/p>\n

Julie’s report is as follows:-<\/p>\n

The virtual congregation was made up of members representing the many voluntary groups who have given valuable service to our community, especially throughout the pandemic.\u00a0 I was proud to hear Polly Hayward talk about Molly\u2019s Meals, knowing that several of our members were instrumental to the success of this amazing initiative. They provided hundreds of meals for those vulnerable and shielding members of Kenilworth unable to leave their homes – a hugely impressive undertaking.
\nAs Soroptimists, we set ourselves high standards of service in support of the needs of others, especially women. But as women, we can often be self critical of our own ability to reach those high standards – sometimes to the extent of believing our efforts not good enough. That\u2019s why I was both moved and motivated by the song so beautifully sung by Holly Hewitt, manager of the Kenilworth Centre. It was \u2018Anthem\u2019 by Leonard Cohen,<\/p>\n

\u2018Ring the bells that still can ring
\nForget your perfect offering
\nThere is a crack, a crack in everything
\nThat\u2019s how the light gets in.\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ok to be less than perfect when good is good enough.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking Care of Sisters locally \"Photo<\/a><\/h2>\n

Who knew that one of our older members, Betty, was actually part of the committee in our Mother Club SI Coventry who helped to get Kenilworth and District set up?\u00a0 \u00a0Betty has decided to take life a little easier by moving into a local care home .\u00a0 \u00a0However, she is still in our thoughts and Marion produced the most fabulous card for her.\u00a0 \u00a0We will of course be visiting just as soon as Covid restrictions allow.<\/p>\n

Supporting Sisters Internationally<\/h2>\n

St Vincent and the Grenadines has been hit recently by a catastrophic volcano eruption \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/em>As part of our Federation, SIGBI has already donated \u00a31000 from our Emergency Relief fund.\u00a0 \u00a0SI Solihull has a friendship link , and our newest member Amina is also in contact with SI St Vincent and the Grenadines<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0The Soroptimists there are already doing brilliant work supporting the people affected by this humanitarian crisis.\u00a0 \u00a0We’ll keep you updated about how our Club and the other 9 members of Midland Arden Region<\/a> support our Sisters in future blogs<\/p>\n

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Change of Insignia<\/h2>\n

Our very own Club member Elaine is President of Midland Arden Region.\u00a0 \u00a0One of the advantages of Zoom is that you can enable SIGBI President Johanna Raffern<\/a><\/em> to attend!\u00a0 \u00a0Each of the 10 Clubs sent a short presentation showing, that despite all the restrictions that Covid has placed on us, we are still Standing Up For Women.\u00a0 \u00a0We also saw that latest map about our tree planting for the Centennial celebrations.<\/p>\n

\"Mao<\/a><\/p>\n

Midland Arden has produced a video<\/em><\/a> in preparation of our Centennial Celebrations<\/p>\n

A quizzical evening.<\/h2>\n

To get us in the mood for a little education about amazing women and have some fun, Julie’s first meeting was a quiz.\u00a0 \u00a0A light hearted via Zoom.\u00a0 \u00a0The first picture round was entitled Mothers and Daughter.\u00a0 \u00a0One Club member took this as permission to\u00a0 ‘cheat’ as she had her own Mum to stay so had a team of two!\u00a0 \u00a0We now have our first Soroptimum!<\/p>\n

The most hilarious question was ‘what is the group noun for jellyfish?’.\u00a0 \u00a0The winning answer was a ‘wobble’, much more appropriate than the correct answer ‘a bloom’!<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a><\/h2>\n

Want to know more about Soroptimists?<\/h2>\n

You can watch this new video from SIGBI by clicking on this link<\/a><\/p>\n

Or you can wait until May and watch our very own Membership Video!!!<\/p>\n

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