{"id":5154,"date":"2020-08-09T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T14:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/?p=5154"},"modified":"2020-08-09T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T14:27:58","slug":"president-joyce-message-week-nineteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/2020\/08\/09\/president-joyce-message-week-nineteen\/","title":{"rendered":"President Joyce Message &#8211; Week Nineteen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Good Morning Soroptimist Sisters,<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Thank you to everyone who sent messages and cards following my fall, reported last Sunday. You are all very kind and your concern is appreciated. I am much improved, bruises are fading and I am certainly watching where I put my feet!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">I have lots to tell you from the week past when I joined two Clubs for their Zoom Meetings. We all seem to be getting familiar with our virtual meetings and it is good to know that clubs are continuing to work as normally as they can during these unusual times. Like <strong>SI South Shields<\/strong> who recently delivered <strong>15 <\/strong>bags of food to <strong>Hospitality and Hope <\/strong>&#8211; a charity working across South Tyneside, supporting homeless and vulnerable people through Food Banks, soup kitchen, clothes bank etc. Their donations of dessert items would be going to families in need. When I joined their meeting on Tuesday, they told me that the club has been supporting this charity for 16 years. I also learned about their future plans : to do a beach clean in September, and, as they do every year, provide Christmas presents for children through the Salvation Army. They also hoped to have Afternoon Tea at Wynyard Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Then on Thursday, I joined<strong> SI Carlisle<\/strong> for their Zoom meeting when they welcomed a former member, Julia Collinson, who is now living elsewhere but is an Associate member of SI Carlisle. Amongst their activities, I learned about their sponsorship of the education of a girl in Uganda &#8211; Push the girl forward &#8211; one girl has already been supported and they have funds in place to do the same for another.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Jess Sinclair &#8211; a tireless worker for the Club &#8211; had been forward planning to winter and the plight of the homeless, and had embarked on knitting fingerless mitts, planning on producing 20 pairs with 12 pairs already completed. Jess displayed one and they looked excellent. She has promised to send me the pattern to share for next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Knitted woolly hats were also suggested. Members had been involved with their local Scrub Hub producing small gifts to go into the Scrub Bags, the lovely hearts and rainbows knitted by Jan Jeffery, sweeties etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We discussed the difficulties of raising money at present and the possibility that their annual fundraiser [always a brilliant occasion] may not be able to take place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">I really enjoyed both my visits and thank members for welcoming me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5156 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2020\/08\/daft-as-a-brush-300x132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2020\/08\/daft-as-a-brush-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2020\/08\/daft-as-a-brush.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I am also happy to update you on Brian Burnie&#8217;s progress on his 7000 mile walk for his <strong>Daft as a Brush Charity<\/strong>. His wife, Cheryl [of<strong> SI Sunderland]<\/strong> tells me that since the walk was curtailed by Lockdown and he had to return home, he has managed to walk almost 1000 miles locally! Now the last 50 miles will be completed from 12 September to 23 September 2020, starting from James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough and ending at the Baltic Art Gallery in Gateshead.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2020\/08\/DAFT-AS-A-BRUSH-FINAL-WALK.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Poster<\/a> gives you all the details of each day&#8217;s route with maps and timing, which can also be found on the website:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>&#8216;The last leg of Brian&#8217;s epic 7000 miles charity walk &#8211; back to the Baltic&#8217;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluebellbus.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link to Bluebell Bus &#8211; Home Page<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Cheryl says any of us who wish to walk with Brian will be made most welcome. Walks are mostly flat, start at 10am and are near to 6 miles in length each day, beginning and ending at a car park. I am most certainly going to walk some part on one of the days because it is so close to home and Brian deserves our support in his journey which captured our imagination when he announced his intentions at our RC Meeting in September 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">I have welcome news from our five<strong> ASSOCIATE MEMBERS <\/strong>in Cumbria. Maureen Dixon has sent me the two attached photos of face masks which they have made, modeled by Carol Rudd.\u00a0 \u00a0&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">On the <strong>Soroptimist Day of Action 18\/7<\/strong> they joined with other volunteers on a Lake District Litter Pick, Maureen said the amount of litter left by visitors is quite scary and includes much which is non- biodegradable. I find it quite shocking that one of the loveliest parts of our country should be blighted by a selfish minority who cannot be bothered to take their litter home with them!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Centenary plans updates from\u00a0 <strong>President Elect Christine Lumsdon<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>#WhoisShe?<\/strong> 130 nominations were received by the Federation organiser, Liz Batten &#8211; 14 from SINE. These 130 will be posted on the SIGBI Centenary Website in batches of 12 every month. Then &#8211; further Wikipedia criteria will be applied with the aim of creating a group of nominees on Wikipedia to promote the 100 years celebrations. [are you aware that of all the Wikipedia entries only 18% are women?]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>The Tree Planting Project:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Focus on publicity for planting during National Tree Week 28 November to 6 December 2020 [best time to plant trees is between November and March]. Clubs are asked to submit stories of 200 words and a photograph to enter on the Centenary Website where there is a &#8216;Get in Touch&#8217; form and an agreed plaque design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">There is also a <strong>Centenary Calendar<\/strong> of events on the website, clubs and regions are invited to enter their events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Quote this week is by Dr Seuss:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><em>Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Until next week, Stay Safe and Keep well<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In Friendship,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Joyce<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">PRESIDENT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">SINE<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_masonry_media_grid element_width=&#8221;12&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1596983015960-4faa90fa-edf0-9&#8243; include=&#8221;5160,5159&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Good Morning Soroptimist Sisters, Thank you to everyone who sent messages and cards following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":5156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Joyce Message - Week Nineteen | News | Blog | Events | SI Northern England<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Northern England : Blog &amp; News : President Joyce Message - Week Nineteen : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Northern England . 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