{"id":4677,"date":"2026-01-19T16:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:35:49","slug":"4677","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/2026\/01\/19\/4677\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 &#8211; a busy year for our club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/clothes-sale-mayor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4661\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/clothes-sale-mayor-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/10-in-10-dec-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4658 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/10-in-10-dec-25-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/smalls-for-all.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-4670\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/smalls-for-all-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/table-top-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4671 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/table-top-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/xmas-fayre-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4672 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/xmas-fayre-25-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/plasp-nelson-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4665 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/plasp-nelson-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/dv-bags-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-4662\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/dv-bags-25-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/trashion-1-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4666 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/trashion-1-Copy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2023\/02\/IMG_0745.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4587 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2023\/02\/IMG_0745-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/fiso-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-4663\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/preston\/files\/2025\/12\/fiso-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are just a few photos of the events and projects we arranged in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been collecting food, bras, coins and more.\u00a0 A &#8216;Trashion&#8217; 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