{"id":4973,"date":"2024-12-30T13:17:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T12:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2024-12-30T13:41:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T12:41:27","slug":"operation-christmas-appeal-a-huge-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/2024\/12\/30\/operation-christmas-appeal-a-huge-success\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Operation Christmas Appeal&#8217; a HUGE Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Mayor of Halton Charity<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a3500 to The Halton Foundation<\/h3>\n<h4>This Christmas we raised \u00a32000 for our chosen charities.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/470230220_1012928677543937_4797161521234490298_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4975\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/470230220_1012928677543937_4797161521234490298_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/470230220_1012928677543937_4797161521234490298_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/470230220_1012928677543937_4797161521234490298_n.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>We held a number of Fundraising Events this year for our appeal, and were thrilled to raise \u00a32000.<\/p>\n<p>Our \u00a0&#8216;BINGO NIGHT&#8221; was very successful this year &#8211; thanks to member Pat for leading on this.<\/p>\n<p>We also held a &#8216;Coffee Morning at St Michael&#8217;s Church&#8217; &#8211; thanks to member Helen for leading.<\/p>\n<p>A very enjoyable &#8216;Mulled wine evening&#8217; at the home of our member Sandra and her husband Trevor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A BIG THANK YOU <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To all our friends and supporters for coming to our events and supporting us throughout the year.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/470166205_1012928790877259_715597658825228266_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4976\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/470166205_1012928790877259_715597658825228266_n-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/470166205_1012928790877259_715597658825228266_n-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/470166205_1012928790877259_715597658825228266_n.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a>Lady Mayoress of Halton<\/h4>\n<p>The Mayoress of Halton visited our club in October and told us about the Mayor of Halton&#8217;s chosen charity this year &#8216;The Halton Foundation&#8217; &#8211; a charity which gives bursaries to young people to help them in their education. This resonated with all our members and with our Soroptimist mission to Educate, Empower and provide Enabling Opportunities for women and children to reach their full potential and we decided to support this charity as part of our &#8216;Operation Christmas Appeal&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Our member Sandra was lead on this project and was able to present a cheque to the Mayor of Halton at the Town Hall in December.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mayor of Halton Charity \u00a3500 to The Halton Foundation This Christmas we raised \u00a32000&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":4975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4973","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>&#039;Operation Christmas Appeal&#039; a HUGE Success | News | Blog | Events | SI Runcorn, Frodsham and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Runcorn, Frodsham and District : Blog &amp; News : &#039;Operation Christmas Appeal&#039; a HUGE Success : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Runcorn, Frodsham and District . 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