{"id":8113,"date":"2026-04-10T15:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=8113"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:13:41","slug":"happy-new-soroptimist-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2026\/04\/10\/happy-new-soroptimist-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Soroptimist Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">As Sharon stepped down from her year as President of SI Kenilworth and District, she asked us to reflect on the wonderful picture from the club&#8217;s inaugural event in 1969 &#8211; the formality and the solemnity compared with the warmth and humour of last night&#8217;s meeting. But the Objects of Soroptimists, as read by Alison, remain the same.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Great to see Fiona and Donna taking on leadership roles at the start of this new year &#8211; we know they will keep us moving forward in their prospective roles.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">What else could we buy for our retiring President, but a Rose of Sharon.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Congratulations on another excellent year Sharon!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/b6b51949-6790-4b69-aeac-32d8b430e246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8114 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/b6b51949-6790-4b69-aeac-32d8b430e246-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/b6b51949-6790-4b69-aeac-32d8b430e246-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/b6b51949-6790-4b69-aeac-32d8b430e246.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/e8bb26ad-e765-4993-99f9-f625618bae6a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8115 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/e8bb26ad-e765-4993-99f9-f625618bae6a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/e8bb26ad-e765-4993-99f9-f625618bae6a-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/e8bb26ad-e765-4993-99f9-f625618bae6a.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/8f82003e-5440-4d8e-9b5a-e28d0be2c558.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8116 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/8f82003e-5440-4d8e-9b5a-e28d0be2c558-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/8f82003e-5440-4d8e-9b5a-e28d0be2c558-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2026\/04\/8f82003e-5440-4d8e-9b5a-e28d0be2c558.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With the AGM successfully negotiated, there was plenty of work to do.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Amanda gave us an update on the preparations for SI Kenilworth and District taking over the<strong> Kenilworth Advent Calendar<\/strong>.\u00a0 The campaign will have its own website in due course.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At present, the Advent Calendar team are working on their Sales Strategy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. more to follow &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Donna and the<strong> Programme Action<\/strong> team are ready to launch this year&#8217;s projects.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Lend with Care <\/strong>will continue as will <strong>Fundraising.<\/strong> The funds we raise will be distributed to charities which are yet to be chosen. That will be a focus of the<strong> May Business Meeting.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Eve and Fiona will be filling our <strong>Social<\/strong> calendar with events for members and there will be a particularly important weekend from July 10th. This is when our <strong>Friendship Links\u00a0<\/strong>will be forged anew with a weekend entertaining friends from SI Remscheid and SI Arnhem-Oost, We will be welcoming 13 vistors on the 10th, 11th and 12th July.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And breathe &#8230;..<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Sharon stepped down from her year as President of SI Kenilworth and District, she&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":883,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy New Soroptimist Year | News | Blog | Events | SI Kenilworth and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Kenilworth and District : Blog &amp; News : Happy New Soroptimist Year : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Kenilworth and District . 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