In the July edition of SEE News there was a report from Isobel Groves from SI Sevenoaks . It told us about their knitting efforts to support the Centenary Trauma Bear Appeal. Some of the Police contacts made were in the Swale area.
SI Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists, Angela Howe and Jane Barnes volunteered today. They took part in the monthly Gardening and Litter Pick Task Day at the Esplanade Gardens, Rochester.
At our July club meeting we had a presentation from member Sharon Forghani on Climate Change which was both interesting and thought provoking.
For the past 20 years Maidstone Soroptimists have been supporting the Jeevodaya Centre in Itarsi and one of the annual fundraising events organised has always been a Garden Party.
On 5th June, World Environment Day, SI Medway and Maidstone members met for the first time this year to celebrate our 75th anniversary at a Garden Party at a member’s house.
Early in April we read on SI Preston’s Facebook page about ‘Little Pack Big Impact’ the Medicine Pack Recycling Programme that Terracycle (https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/medicine-packet-uk ) were involved with.
May is membership month and Soroptimists from across the South East England Region have shared with us why they became Soroptimists and this has been captured in this YouTube video. Some are from newer members of SI Medway and Maidstone, Sharon, Annette and Sandra, others are from SI Canterbury, SI Croydon, SI East Grinstead, SI Eastbourne and SI Tunbridge Wells. If you think you might like to become a Soroptimist then we are always looking for new members and across our Region there are 11 clubs so if you live in the South East then there will be a club near you. Do make contact with us via our Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) head office on Contact Us | Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) | SIGBI
May is Membership Month in the Soroptimist Calendar and Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists have in recent months welcomed new members to the club.
Past and present members of SI Medway and Maidstone celebrated at a Coffee Morning on 18 May with Mary talking to us about her professional and Soroptimist career.
