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Congratulations and Happy 90th Birthday to SI Central and South West London www.sigbi.org\/london-central-and-southwest<\/a><\/p>\n

The Club had a whole weekend of\u00a0celebrations 12-14th May 2017 with guests from all over the world including the Soroptimist International President Yvonne Simpson who is from New Zealand (pictured above with the Club’s Immediate Past President Joy Brown at the\u00a0Gala Dinner in the Chapter Hall of\u00a0the Museum of the Order of St John in London).<\/p>\n

\"07-Kensington<\/a> \"09-Kensington<\/a> \"IMG_7648\"<\/a> \"IMG_7652\"<\/a>Unsurprisingly there were lots more guests at the delicious\u00a0afternoon tea at the Orangery, Kensington Gardens on the Sunday. Pictured here at the Orangery are International President Yvonne with Regional Communications Officer Jane Slatter, the Club’s Presdient Victorial Clark with her table guests and SIGBI President-Elect Sue Biggs with her husband David and table guests.<\/p>\n

What a wonderful way to celebrate a 90th birthday – here’s to the next 90 years!<\/p>\n

International President Yvonne’s Report is extracted in full here and also available on the SI website www.soroptimistinternational.org\/si-presidents-post-celebrating-si-central-south-west-london\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“It was my privilege to join SI Central and South West London and their guests on the weekend of 12 \u2013 14 May, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the club which started in 1927 as a Venture Club. They joined the SI movement in 1930 under the presidency of Mrs Florence Rutter. 1927 saw the end of the silent movies and the first British woman to swim the English Channel. The first transatlantic call was made between New York and London, the introduction of the double decker bus, and an influenza outbreak that killed a thousand people a week. It was a time of great change preceding the Great Depression.<\/em><\/p>\n

The ninety years milestone is significant. It signifies wisdom, responsibility, a desire to serve humanity, healing, education, benevolence, and altruism. SI Central and South West London lives up to the significance of its birthday number, with local and international projects. These include fundraising to support Cancer UK (in particular for ovarian cancer), assisting\u00a0 the women\u2019s refuge in East London with toiletries and other essentials, providing literacy workshops to a girls\u2019 school and buying\u00a0 protective equipment during the Ebola crisis. The club also supports a home in Lima, Peru, which rescues children from a life of drugs and prostitution on the streets, providing them with life skills and education for employment. SI Central and South West London also launched the English version of a book written for their project in Kyiv, Ukraine, where it sponsors partially sighted students.<\/em><\/p>\n

The celebratory weekend consisted of a variety of activities: a reception, a guided walk with Hilary Radcliffe, who shared the role women played in central London area over hundreds of years, a fabulous dinner held in the museum of the Order of St John and a high tea in The Orangery, which is on the Kensington Palace estate. \u00a0It was a time of celebration and friendship, with special Friendship Link representation from Turkey, Netherland, and Belgium.<\/em><\/p>\n

My thanks to President Victoria, IPP Joy and your team.. Barbara, Jean and many more\u2026 who made the event a success. Your sincerity of friendship and commitment to the Soroptimist mission was palpable. Congratulations on ninety years of service.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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