{"id":4929,"date":"2020-06-22T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2020-06-22T18:25:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T17:25:08","slug":"how-did-the-soroptimists-wish-kent-association-for-the-blind-a-happy-100th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2020\/06\/22\/how-did-the-soroptimists-wish-kent-association-for-the-blind-a-happy-100th\/","title":{"rendered":"How did the Soroptimists wish Kent Association for the Blind a Happy 100th Birthday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today on 22 June 2020, Kent Association for the Blind (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kab.org.uk\">KAB)<\/a> is celebrating their Centenary event to mark the 100 years of service they have given to supporting sight impaired people to live independent lives in and around Kent since 1920. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations they had planned for this special year have not gone ahead as originally planned but everyone involved in KAB wanted to wish them well and all their messages have been collated into a series of 3 video montages. 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