{"id":2705,"date":"2015-03-03T18:39:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:35:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:35:26","slug":"soroptimists-poppies-and-snowdrops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2015\/03\/03\/soroptimists-poppies-and-snowdrops\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimists, Poppies and Snowdrops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poppies and snowdrops feature in successful Programme Action projects carried out by Soroptimists in\u00a0three of South Lancashire&#8217;s clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimists in St Helens recruited 10 nimble-fingered volunteers to help produce hand knitted red woollen poppies in aid of the Royal British Legion (RBL).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/St-Helens-wartime-tribute.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2710\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/St-Helens-wartime-tribute-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"St Helens wartime tribute\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/St-Helens-wartime-tribute-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/St-Helens-wartime-tribute.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Alison Tickle (Joint Chair of Programme Action) said, \u201cOur club members wanted to mark the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of World War 1 in a very special way. We raised a fabulous \u00a34,880 and presented the cheque to Dame Lorna Muirhead, who is Patron of the RBL in Merseyside, at a tribute evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her PAC colleague, Sue Black added, \u201cSpecial guest at the tribute event was Andy Reid of St Helens. Seriously injured in Afghanistan, he has\u00a0first hand experience of the RBL\u2019s emotional and financial support. We were delighted, too, that the Sea Cadets of TS <em>Scimitar<\/em> spoke about their visit to Normandy for the D-Day Landings Commemoration. This was a \u2018thank you\u2019 for our club&#8217;s contribution to the venture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Soroptimists\u2019 WW1 project, St Helens members have sown poppy seeds at the base of <em>The Dream<\/em>, the St Helens landmark sculpture at Sutton Manor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/Stockport-poppies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2726\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/Stockport-poppies-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"Stockport poppies\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/Stockport-poppies-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/Stockport-poppies.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In Stockport, too, poppies featured prominently: just three keen knitters raised over \u00a31,000. Liz McConnell (Immediate Past Regional President, and a club member) said, &#8220;We certainly have some &#8216;real stars&#8217; in Stockport!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Val Moss (Chair, SI Manchester\u2019s Programme Action) updates the club\u2019s participation in the \u2018Snowdrop City\u2019 project. \u201cThe snowdrops that our Soroptimists helped to plant <a title=\"link to Soroptimists planting snowdrops in Manchester\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2014\/09\/15\/soroptimists-in-snowdrop-city\/\">last year<\/a> in Parsonage Gardens are now flowering. The initiative, funded by the National Trust, commemorates the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. Each snowdrop plant has a delicate flower, so they were planted in large groups to give the best effect. They will naturalise and return year after year \u2013 and give much pleasure to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/snowdrops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2711 size-full\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/snowdrops.jpg\" alt=\"snowdrops\" width=\"500\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/snowdrops.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/03\/snowdrops-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poppies and snowdrops feature in successful Programme Action projects carried out by Soroptimists in\u00a0three of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":2716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Soroptimists, Poppies and Snowdrops | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Soroptimists, Poppies and Snowdrops : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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