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Friendship Evening

Friendship Evening

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Friendship evening was a bit different this year. We invited other women’s clubs to join us for the evening in the spirit of friendship. We welcomed Katie Pegum from W.I Cottonopolis, and Alma Elmsley and three other members from the Women’s  register from Wilmslow. It was a Lancashire themed evening, the food – Lancashire hotpot and Manchester tart – was all prepared by our members. Val produced a quiz on Lancashire. It was great fun and very enjoyable meeting the other women and hearing about their clubs.

Mary’s Meals Backpack Project

Mary’s Meals Backpack Project

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We had a successful last night packing 30 backpacks for the Mary’s meals charity. It’s lovely to think we can make some children happy with the clothes, pencil cases  and other things we put in the backpacks to help children with limited opportunities for education. It is a great charity supplying meals for children in their schools who would otherwise go hungry and the backpacks are an added bonus for these children.

Stop the Traffik – Speaker Meeting

Stop the Traffik – Speaker Meeting

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We had a very inspiring talk from Hannah Flint from Stop the Traffik at our Speaker Dinner on Modern Day Slavery. It was wonderful to have members from our other clubs there, including Regional President Elect Margaret and Regional Vice President Margaret, to hear her as it is such an important and relevant topic. She gave us valuable information on what we all should be looking for with regards to modern day slavery and who to contact if we have any concerns. Thanks to Val for arranging such a great speaker.

Running for Soroptimism!

Running for Soroptimism!

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On Sunday 4th September, SI Manchester’s Yvonne Healing successfully completed the Salford 10k road race in 55 minutes. Not content with this, she also completed the same distance around the historic Aintree Race-course just a month later. In doing so, she’s raised an amazing £160 towards the club’s 90th Year Project –  HEAL Malawi. She says many people passed her and commented on her distinctive ‘Ask me why I’m a Soroptimist’ t-shirt! The club wishes to thank Therapy First who sponsored her entry in both races and for the donation of £200, which they raised by providing before and after race massage treatments.  

Strawberry Tea

Strawberry Tea

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We had a great afternoon at Yvonne’s house on Sunday at the annual charity Strawberry Afternoon tea for members and friends. We had a produce stall selling home made cakes made by the members as well as other produce  and crafts that had been donated. Of course we had to have a raffle with plenty of prizes! It was a great success and raised more than £500 for our general charities. There were plenty of cakes left over which we donated to Cornerstone who were delighted to receive them. A big thanks to Yvonne!

Fundraising for our 90th Year Project

Fundraising for our 90th Year Project

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We had a successful morning at the Car Boot Sale at Bowler’s, Trafford Park on Sunday 7th August. We were there to raise money for our 90th year project supporting the Act4Africa HEAL Malawi initiative. Thanks to plenty of donations from the club members £285 was raised! Plenty of goods were left over and we hope to do another event in a few months. A fun day for a great cause!

“Generation Hope (Mary’s Meals)” Film Screening

“Generation Hope (Mary’s Meals)” Film Screening

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Regional President Sandy joined us for our July meeting. In place of a speaker members watched the latest video from the charity Mary’s Meals entitled “Generation Hope.” It was filmed in Malawi, India and Haiti and features not only some of the children who have benefited from the school feeding stations, but also Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, the founder of Mary’s Meals. Magnus talks about his inspiration for starting the charity which now provides meals for over a million school children in the developing world each day, and he highlights how much there is still to do in this area. President Sandy also joined us for our Business meeting and will be coming to our session in October when we will make up our backpacks for the Mary’s Meals backpack project.

90th Anniversary Afternoon Tea

90th Anniversary Afternoon Tea

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We had a lovely Champagne tea on Saturday the 18th of June at Stanneylands Hotel to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the official Charter of our club. President Molly, Past President Sue and Honorary Member Yvonne in turn spoke about how the Soroptomist organisation first started in America and how it spread around the world. The first UK club was chartered in London and Manchester was the second club chartered. The enthusiasm we have to help women and children 90 years on is still of utmost importance to us as a club, and is reflected in our Programme Action projects locally, nationally and internationally. It is amazing to reach 90 years and look forward to the next 90.  

More mugs, please!

More mugs, please!

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The club has received feedback from Gail Heath, CEO of Manchester Women's Aid, about the drinks packs we made for their refuges last year. Each new arrival at a refuge receives a welcoming gift of a mug packed with portions of tea, coffee etc. Gail told us how well received these small gifts have been, but warned us that stocks are now running low. In June, members were pleased to spend an evening working together packing up 100 more drinks packs to be donated to them.  

Federation President Margaret’s Lunch

Federation President Margaret’s Lunch

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There was a lunch arranged as a celebration and in honour of our Federation President, Margaret  Emlsley on Sunday 12th June at Statham Lodge . All the clubs from the region were represented. We had a lovely meal followed by speeches from Regional President Sandy and Immediate Past International President Ann Garvey. Entertainment was from a ladies choir who sang songs from a selection of films with a few comedy pieces in between . There was a toast to President Margaret and of course a cake . It was a very enjoyable afternoon and great to see so many people there .