{"id":6346,"date":"2023-09-12T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:42:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:42:22","slug":"why-were-the-soroptimists-at-faversham-hop-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2023\/09\/12\/why-were-the-soroptimists-at-faversham-hop-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Why were the Soroptimists at Faversham Hop Festival?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the celebrations were underway in Faversham for the annual hop festival, three members of Medway and Maidstone club, Annette Davies, Jenny Jones and Wanda Wright could be found manning a Bagathon stall. <!--more-->After the success of the recent fundraiser in Rochester, on 3 September, they set up a stall with second-hand bags, scarves and jewellery. \u00a0It was a long and tiring day having to be set up by 8.30 and remaining through till 6pm.<\/p>\n<p>We were pleased that the organisers had introduced as many green measures as they could into the festival in conjunction with Swale\u2019s Climate and Ecological Emergency Project Officer and Plastic Free Faversham. 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