{"id":4898,"date":"2020-12-31T12:38:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T12:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2020-12-31T12:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T12:38:37","slug":"fylde-soroptimists-raise-1300-to-bring-christmas-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/fylde-soroptimists-raise-1300-to-bring-christmas-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fylde Soroptimists Raise \u00a31300 To Bring Christmas Cheer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Fylde Soroptimists have been selling Christmas hampers full of homemade and locally sourced products to raise much needed funds for their charities including Fylde Coast Women\u2019s Aid and Mary\u2019s Meals.<\/h1>\n<p>Members came up with the idea of producing 100 hampers to celebrate the centenary of the organisation at the end of November. Since then, they have been busy producing home-made jams, chutney, piccalilli, sweet treats and mini-Christmas cakes. And the knitters amongst them have made crackers filled with sweets and festive cosies for Terry\u2019s chocolate oranges.\u00a0 Local companies including Foxes Biscuits, McAdams Rock, Fishermen\u2019s Friends and Lancashire Magazine have also been very supportive and donated goodies to be included in the hampers.\u00a0 Once assembled in a Covid safe area, the hampers were kept stored for over 72 hours prior to delivery to ensure the guidelines were adhered to.<\/p>\n<p>Sales were via Facebook and word of mouth on a first come, first served basis with hampers in three sizes \u2013 the largest being \u201cRudolph\u201d, then \u201cPrancer\u201d and the smallest \u201cDasher\u201d.\u00a0 Amazingly these all sold out within 20 days of the first posting.<\/p>\n<p>The hampers raised the magnificent sum of <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a31300<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 This will go a long way to help support our good causes and we are so grateful for every penny.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the team of members who produced the goodies, sourced donations, packed and delivered the hampers and gave their time and their garage space to the effort which was all completed within a month.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you also to the local companies who donated goodies for the hampers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><strong>Happy Christmas from all at Fylde Soroptimists.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the work of Fylde Soroptimists visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigbi.org\/the-fylde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.sigbi.org\/the-fylde<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or get in touch by email: <a href=\"mailto:fyldesorops@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fyldesorops@gmail.com<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; images=&#8221;4893,4896,4895,4892,4891,4890,4894,4897&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; title=&#8221;Fylde Soroptimists Christmas Hampers&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fylde Soroptimists have been selling Christmas hampers full of homemade and locally sourced products&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":4894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,14],"tags":[42,45,60],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2020","category-ourblog","tag-charity","tag-fylde","tag-fylde-coast-womens-aid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fylde Soroptimists Raise \u00a31300 To Bring Christmas Cheer! | 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 : Fylde Soroptimists Raise \u00a31300 To Bring Christmas Cheer! : 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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