{"id":7098,"date":"2025-11-26T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=7098"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:39:08","slug":"why-did-soroptimists-volunteer-at-g4-christmas-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2025\/11\/26\/why-did-soroptimists-volunteer-at-g4-christmas-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did Soroptimists Volunteer at G4 Christmas Concert?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Three members of SI Medway and Maidstone volunteered again this year at the G4 Christmas\u00a0 concert held at Rochester Cathedral on 25 November.<\/p>\n<p>G4 are supporters of Missing People UK and over the past 21 years have rai<!--more-->sed more than \u00a3110,000 for this worthwhile cause. Did you know that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK.<\/li>\n<li>170,000 people are reported missing every year in the UK .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Financial\u00a0 struggles, mental health problems and the exploitation of\u00a0 children mean that\u00a0 for many, the only option is to disappear.<\/p>\n<p>As a Missing People volunteer we were able to enjoy a magical evening of beautiful music, singing along with the audience to Christmas classics\u00a0 performed by G4 and a local children\u2019s choir.<\/p>\n<p>During the evening, some of\u00a0 the young people in the choir held up\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 posters of those people missing, to raise awareness.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the evening, we were responsible for the bucket collection as the audience members were leaving. 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