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Drive Sale for Marie Curie

Drive Sale for Marie Curie

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  Annette and Roberta held a sale in Roberta’s drive to raise money for Marie Curie. Items had been donated by members of our club and their friends and family. There is a primary school at the end of the road and the hope was that parents on their way home with their children would come to see what we had to sell. Unfortunately we didn’t sell as much as we hoped for, and on the second day we got rained off just after the school came out. We raised about £55 for Marie Curie and the items left over are being donated to charity shops and a library for a homelessness project. Some items will be sold online.           

Walk at Lochore Meadows Country Park

Walk at Lochore Meadows Country Park

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On 17 June some members, as well as President Sally’s husband Andy, and Poppy the dog, went to Lochore Meadows – locally known as the Meedies – for a walk. The weather was a bit overcast and we feared rain, but we even managed to have a drink outside after our walks before it began to rain as we left. We started off with lunch in the cafe and when everyone had arrived we split into two groups. One walked around the loch and the other walked up one side of it, had a rest on a bench and then walked back.    

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Glenrothes Rock Choir

Glenrothes Rock Choir

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We were delighted to host a performance by Glenrothes Rock Choir recently. Held at St Bryce Kirk, with its wonderful acoustics, the choir had everyone tapping their toes, clapping their hands and joining in with well kent tunes. The evening raised £1,250 which will be passed on to our local Maggie’s Centre and other cancer charities working locally. Thank you so much to the Rock Choir, the audience and others who supported the event for a very enjoyable evening.   Our member, Audrey, singing her heart out on the back row!

Feather Finesse

We had the pleasure of Rosemary and Jim Storm coming to talk to us and to demonstrate Rosemary’s amazing talent of painting on feathers. While Rosemary painted the puffin Jim gave us some fascinating facts about feathers and asked us some tricky questions about the number of feathers to be found on various birds. Every few minutes Rosemary came round the tables to show us what she’d done so far. It was hard to believe that she had managed such a beautiful painting in the short time she had.

 

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70th Anniversary Dinner!

70th Anniversary Dinner!

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  Jenny with the cake she made displayed on the club’s embroidered table cloth   On Friday 13th October our club held its 70th Anniversary Dinner at the Dean Park Hotel where we hold our club meetings. We had invited our Friendship Link clubs and were pleased that so many members were able to attend. Also in attendance were Soroptimist members from throughout our Region, as well as family and friends. We had a lovely time looking at the club memorabilia on display, including the original Charter from 1953 and the club’s tablecloth with the embroidered names of all our members. After a delicious meal we were privileged to listen to our after-dinner speaker, Marion Todd, who is a crime writer from North East Fife. Her books are situated in and around St Andrews and many club members have read some of them. She talked

Quiz

Quiz

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On 28th September the club held a quiz at Foxtons Bar and Grill in Glenrothes in order to raise funds for Maggie’s Centre. John Goodall, husband of one of the members was the quiz master and devised a quiz which included music and picture questions. During the break the raffle was drawn and many quizzers were lucky. The winners of the quiz were Three Men and a Little Lady who won a voucher for a meal and a bottle of wine. Foxtons donated a bottle of Prosecco which was the second prize.                                                          Quizzers working on their answers                                        

Jamming for Maggie’s!

Jamming for Maggie’s!

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Member Myra decided that she would like to celebrate the club’s 70th anniversary year by making 70 jars of jam which she would sell to fellow Soroptimists, family and friends. She actually made over 100 jars of raspberry,  strawberry and rhubarb jam as well as some marmalade. This is an excellent total as Myra was in a lot of pain at the start of the process due to a recent knee operation Member Roberta commented that she had bought three jars of jam and they were all excellent and that her grandson had insisted on going home with one of her jars after sampling a raspberry sandwich. The proceeds of the sale will be going to this year’s President’s charity, Maggie’s Centre, Kirkcaldy which supports anyone with cancer and their families, both in person and online. Well done Myra!

Helen’s 50th!

Helen’s 50th!

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At the first meeting of the new session, President Sally was delighted to recognise Helen Macdonald who has been a member for 50 years, and presented her with a special Certificate. Helen joined the club in 1973, and over those 50 years she has served and been the convener on all our committees, as well as holding the posts of Club Treasurer and President. She was the club’s Friendship Correspondent for an amazing 28 years! Helen was the Representative for the Divisional Union Scotland South on the SI Federation Executive Council and became President of the Divisional Union Scotland South. She was also the Deputy Chief Steward for the Soroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland Conference in Glasgow in 1990. Helen was made an Honorary member of the Club many years ago and for several years has sponsored the SI Kirkcaldy annual “Educate to

Canadian Sisters

Canadian Sisters

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Some members of SI Kirkcaldy met up with Darlene Jamieson and Lia Ashbrook from Canada during the summer. Darlene was on her way from Canada to Dublin for the SI Convention in July. Darlene was involved in the Youth Justice System, and her husband was a school principal, which lead to them living overseas for a time. Darlene had a break from Soroptimism for a few years, and when she returned, she changed clubs, as the one she joined SI of Surrey/Delta was struggling a bit and needed some assistance. She is pro-actively seeking members for her club, and having some success. Darlene is the friendship chair for SI of the Americas Western Canada region which covers British Columbia to Manitoba, and has 15 clubs with about 300 members. She enjoys using the Chat line set up by SI and is involved with the Dream