{"id":7242,"date":"2026-06-03T16:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=7242"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:01:27","slug":"what-are-medway-and-maidstone-cio-celebrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/06\/03\/what-are-medway-and-maidstone-cio-celebrating\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Medway and Maidstone CIO celebrating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists are proud to be celebrating our 80th anniversary as we were chartered on 3 June 1946.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/06\/Club-members-2026-27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7243 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/06\/Club-members-2026-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/06\/Club-members-2026-27.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/06\/Club-members-2026-27-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe look forward to celebrating this milestone occasion with family and friends at Tudor Park Marriott Hotel this coming weekend and our ongoing commitment to improving the lives of women and girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists are proud to be celebrating our 80th anniversary as we were&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":7243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[711,712,176],"class_list":["post-7242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-80th-anniversary","tag-improving-lives-of-women-and-girls","tag-medway-and-maidstone-soroptimists"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What are Medway and Maidstone CIO celebrating? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog &amp; News : What are Medway and Maidstone CIO celebrating? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . 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