Soroptimists Light up the Mersey Gateway Bridge For International Women’s Day this year Larraine spoke to Mersey Gateway with a request from our Club to light up the bridge in Suffragette colours – green white and purple – to mark International Women’s Day #IWD It was great to see the bridge lit up on March 8th 2025. Next year we will ask Halton Borough Council to light up the Jubilee Bridge in the same colours.
‘Operation Christmas Appeal’ £500 to Mary’s Meals – Supporting School Feeding Programme in Zambia This year our Appeal has been a huge success and we have raised £2000 for our chosen Christmas Charities. With our Local Fund Raising Events we have raised funds for Local Charities. However Soroptimists work Locally and Globally to improve the lives of women and children. Our own club and member events this year support Mary’s Meals and their School Feeding Programme in Zambia. The £500 we have raised has been match funded and £1000 will go this wonderful small charity Mary’s Meals – School Feeding Programme in Zambia Today in Zambia – 10 years after Mary’s Meals programme began – 400,000 children eat Mary’s Meals every school day. Across the Eastern Province children are coming to school – amid the current catastrophic hunger crisis – because they know they will
Supporting Runcorn and District Food bank Our club supports Runcorn and District Food bank throughout the year with a BIG PUSH at Christmas time. This year we have organised some fabulous Fund raising Events and have been able to donate £500 to the Foodbank as part of our ‘Operation Christmas Appeal’ raising in total £2000 for our four chosen charities. Thank you to everyone who has supported our events. Runcorn & District Food bank The Food bank is part of a national network across the UK run by The Trussell Trust. The foodbank relies on the support of the local community through volunteering, food donations and fundraising. Almost all food is donated by the community through churches, schools, businesses, and supermarket collection days. Our clients are referred to us by many front-line care agencies, who identify people in need, and give them a voucher that
Wishing all our supporters a Happy & Peaceful Christmas Mulled Wine evening We had great fun at our ‘Mulled Wine and Mince Pie’ evening at the home of member Sandra and her husband Trevor. We were raising funds for Mary’s Meals – a school meals feeding programme in Zambia.We have raised £500 which will be match funded.This is part of our ‘Operation Christmas Campaign’ where we have raised £500 for each of our four chosen charities this year. Mayor of Halton’s Fundraiser – Halton Foundation Halton Family Hub – Toys for children in need. Runcorn and District Food bank Mary’s Meals Thanks to Sandra and Trevor for hosting this event and to everyone who has supported our Fundraising Events this year.
The Mayoress Visits Club Meeting – In her very busy schedule, we were really pleased that the Mayoress of Halton was able to accept an invitation to our October Club Business Meeting. As we worked through the agenda, she showed great interest in our project work and in turn she told us about the work she and the Mayor were doing to support ‘The Halton Foundation’ a great local project to provide bursaries for young people who need help to go into or continue with further education – something that really resonated with us as Soroptimists. The Club has now agreed to support this project as part of our ‘Operation Christmas 2024 Appeal’. The Mayoress was impressed with our Mastectomy Cushion/Drain-Bag project and very interested in the women we were supporting through our ‘Lend With Care’ project. BINGO Fundraiser Following the success of our
