Cheers to us! It may only be tea, but we can still toast our club at the end of a particularly good year. Winning an award, a poster selected for the Dublin Convention and other projects we are proud of left us with a ‘feel good factor’ at our AGM. Necessary officers in place, members committed to Programme Action projects and a programme of fundraising and social event planned – bring on the new club year!
Autumn Walk Thank you Lesley Corfield for organising a very pleasant walk around Delamere lake. We started in in lovely Autumn sunshine and ended with a thundery sharp shower. A lovely lazy lunch at Delamere Station Café rounded off our walk and made up for getting wet. Great to spend time catching up with each other and enjoying the fresh air and emerging Autumn colours #Soroptimist #friendship #environment
Fantastic News Thank you to SIGBI – #Soroptimist Runcorn Frodsham & District members are thrilled to win this award with our project: “100 Mastectomy Cushions for 100 years Celebrating Soroptimist Centenary 1921/2021” The club challenged itself to make 100 mastectomy cushions to celebrate 100 years. The project has been running for 8 years and involves every member of our club. The cushions are donated to Halton Hospital Runcorn and the Countess of Chester Hospitals, Chester. Please read more
“Patches of Peace” for Soroptimists San Fernando This year SI San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, celebrates their 60th anniversary of charter. The theme for the year is ‘Celebrating the Past; Pursuing a Peaceful Future for Women and Girls’. Soroptimists Runcorn Frodsham & District join them in celebrating this milestone by contributing our commemorative “Patch of Peace’ created by Pat Mercer for their Patchwork Sheet which will be made of patches of fabric from clubs around the Federation.
International Eisteddfod 2022 – Thursday 7th July until Sunday 10th July Each year Soroptimists from Clubs throughout the Region enjoy running the Friendship and Information Centre at the prestigious Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. This year is the 75th Anniversary of the Eisteddfod which dates back to 1947, when the first event was held in this little Welsh town. The concept was the promotion of peace following the second World War. Today musicians and dancers come to Llangollen from all over the world to participate in the various competitions. The Region sponsors a Young peoples Choir each year, this year – The Choir of E.Mikeladze Central Music School’ from Georgia. We were all absolutely delighted when “Our Choir” came third, they were wonderful and received a fabulous adjudication”. Runcorn/Frodsham members at the Soroptimist Tent Four members from the club manned the tent on DAY 2. Report written by
Teddy Tombola Runcorn/Frodsham Soroptimists have been running a ‘Teddy Tombola’ stall at the ‘Festival in the Park’ Frodsham since 2009, raising funds for our local Hospice. The Festival is staged by partners ‘Rotary’ as part of the community voluntary sector for the Festival. We run our Tombola annually in aid of our local hospice ‘Halton Haven’. Each Teddy is given a number and the corresponding number is put in a box for the children to draw out. Every child is a winner. This year we were able to raise £280 for the hospice, which enables men and women who need palliative care, to be looked after near their families. Throughout the year all club members collect Teddies and Soft toys for the Teddy Tombola Event, these are washed ready for the stall. Members of the club man the stall throughout the day. Children particularly enjoy
Afternoon Tea at the Bluebell Cafe Soroptimist members of Runcorn/Frodsham club decided for their summer outing to have Afternoon Tea at ‘The Bluebell Café’, Barrowmore. Barrowmore is set within 84 acres of parklands and offers Parkland Walks to appreciate and enjoy This unique licensed cafe was established in 2013 as part of the Barrowmore Limited charity who support vulnerable adults. They believe in homemade food cooked fresh from quality ingredients locally sourced where possible and picked from their vegetable garden, whilst delivering a lovely experience in a wonderful setting. Members enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea, great company and beautiful surroundings. Thanks to Pat Mercer for organising the event.
Fairtrade and Local Produce – From Farm to Table The first event in our new club year 2022/23 was our Fairtrade picnic at the Arts Centre in Castle Park, Frodsham. This was a super event enjoyed by all who attended. We were really pleased to welcome Region Vice President and PA Officer Gillie O’Rourke to our club. All members were asked to bring a ‘Picnic Tea’ which included Fairtrade and local produce, and many interesting items were used – Fairtrade quinoa, almonds and dried fruit along with much loved favourite bananas and chocolate. Last year we had worked on a project to improve Food Supply Chains, ensuring they were free from exploitation and trafficking – our findings encouraged us to buy Fairtrade and locally grown products. We produced a Calendar of Local and Seasonal Produce – Cheshire local produce is bountiful at the moment and we enjoyed
