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Over \u00a31,000 was raised for Breast Cancer Care and we also hope to recruit new members as a result of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>As October 14th was &#8220;Big Pink Day&#8221; many present wore pink to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>There were stalls for people to browse and purchase jewellery, scarves, cards, preserves, Christmas gifts and hand knotted poppies. Cath Holland, local midwife and international campaigner against FGM in Kenya, also had a stall at the event, raising awareness of her work and the issue of FGM.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3028\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Grange-Oct2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3028 size-medium\" src=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Grange-Oct2016-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"Grange-over-Sands Soroptimists with Val Armstrong\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Grange-Oct2016-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Grange-Oct2016-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2016\/10\/Grange-Oct2016.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Val Armstrong ( centre) with Janice and Penny &#8220;in the pink&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 14th Grange Soroptimists held &#8221; An Evening with Val Armstrong&#8221; which was a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":3028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3030","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>Grange-over-Sands - An Evening with Val Armstrong | 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 : Grange-over-Sands - An Evening with Val Armstrong : 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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