{"id":3019,"date":"2016-10-20T14:02:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T13:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2016-10-21T15:24:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:24:15","slug":"blackburn-friendship-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/blackburn-friendship-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Friendship Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3018\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3018\" src=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-02-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blackburn Friendship Evening 2016\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-02.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackburn Friendship Evening 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Monday 3 October 2016<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn Soroptimists held their annual Friendship Evening at Wilpshire Golf Club where they welcomed the Mayoress of Blackburn with Darwen, friends from other local organisations, including Red Rose Ladies, Blackburn Townswomen\u2019s Guild, fellow Soroptimists from clubs in the North West area, Dara &amp; Bob Gower from the Blackburn Foodbank and other friends.<\/p>\n<p>Guests were given an informative and interesting presentation by Julia Goddard of Bees Ed in Kendal who gave a fascinating insight into \u201cGardening for Bees\u201d, how habitat loss is the main causes of bee decline and how and what to grow to help in the survival of bees in this country.<\/p>\n<p>As well as decorating the room with a \u201cbee\u201d \u00a0theme, members organised all raffle prizes to be bee\/honey related. Even the food served included honey in the recipes \u00a0or introduced black and gold in the decoration. A quiz \u00a0on bees was prepared by club member Anne Jackson. providing food for thought and challenging people\u2019s knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A vote of thanks was given by Sue Biggs, Vice President of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland &amp; member of Burnley Soroptimists.<\/p>\n<p>The raffle raised \u00a3182 most of which was donated to the Blackburn Foodbank, with some going to other local charities.<\/p>\n<p>The photos show President Elect Viv Wojciechowski in the bee- decorated room welcoming the guests, and a table displaying some of the raffle prizes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3017\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3017\" src=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blackburn Friendship Evening 2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Blackburn-Friendship2016-01.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackburn Friendship Evening 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 3 October 2016 Blackburn Soroptimists held their annual Friendship Evening at Wilpshire Golf Club&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":3017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-2016","category-ourblog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blackburn Friendship Evening | News | Blog | Events | SI North West England and the Isle of Man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI North West England and the Isle of Man : Blog &amp; News : Blackburn Friendship Evening : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI North West England and the Isle of Man . 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