{"id":5439,"date":"2021-05-29T11:19:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T10:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2021-05-29T11:46:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T10:46:33","slug":"why-regional-members-became-soroptimists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2021\/05\/29\/why-regional-members-became-soroptimists\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Regional members became Soroptimists?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rqfHdMkuxAY&amp;feature=youtu.be\">YouTube video<\/a>.\u00a0 Some are from newer members of <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\">SI Medway and Maidstone<\/a>, Sharon, Annette and Sandra, others are from <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/canterbury\/\/\">SI Canterbury<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/croydon-and-district\/\">SI Croydon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shellbarn.co.uk\/SIEG\/\">SI East Grinstead<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/eastbourne\/\">SI Eastbourne <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tunbridge-wells\/\">SI Tunbridge Wells<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Do make contact with us via our Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) head office on <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us | Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) | SIGBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-am-a-Soroptimist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5442 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-am-a-Soroptimist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-am-a-Soroptimist.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-am-a-Soroptimist-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May is membership month and Soroptimists from across the South East England Region have shared&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":5445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[176,181,182,183,184,185,186,12],"class_list":["post-5439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-medway-and-maidstone-soroptimists","tag-membership","tag-si-canterbury","tag-si-croydon","tag-si-east-grinstead","tag-si-eastbourne","tag-si-tunbridge-wells","tag-soroptimist"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Regional members became Soroptimists? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog &amp; News : Why Regional members became Soroptimists? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . 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