October sees many UN Days and significant dates which Soroptimists like to mark each year in a special way.
3rd October is Club Friendship Day, so we sent greetings to our Friendship Link clubs and we enjoyed our friendship with other members in the Club by gathering for a very nice meal at La Dolce Vita restaurant in Rhos-on Sea.
16th October is World Food Day, and to mark this we decided to have a Frugal Lunch – vegetable soup, bread, apples and water.
The “frugal raffle” (all the prizes were basic items – no luxuries!) raised £100, which will go to Mary’s Meals.
17th October is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which underpins all our Soroptimist work.
18th October is Anti-Slavery Day in the UK. Following on from the inspiring visit by Jim Coy to our last club meeting, we planned to raise awareness of Modern Day Slavery by talking to people in Llandudno about the problems of trafficking which goes on in North Wales.
A group of members also took the opportunity to get more signatures on the Purple Teardrop Campaign petition – at least three more pages of signatures.
Anti-Slavery leaflets were handed out to members of the general public in
Llandudno town centre, to mark International Anti-Slavery Week.