{"id":4575,"date":"2018-10-31T10:28:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2023-03-28T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T10:19:00","slug":"looking-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2018\/10\/31\/looking-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">At the end of my presidential year &#8211; a chance to look back.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our 15 Soroptimist clubs in South Lancashire have continued to work passionately to improve the lives of women and girls during the last 12 months.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">For me it has been \u2018eye opening\u2019 joining clubs for their annual charter celebrations and seeing the work which they have been supporting for many years, as well as their new projects. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">I have always been made welcome, and I have enjoyed the company of members at their lunches and dinners. Four clubs had a wonderful afternoon tea to jointly celebrate their 80 years of Soroptimism &#8211; Bolton, Bootle, Crosby and Stockport.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Meru Garden project in Kenya, which started in 2016 and will continue until November 2019, has developed hugely to help women and girls understand how they can grow their own crops. This is a great example of empowering women and girls to raise their skills and standards. It will enable them to sell their vegetables, herbs, flowers and \u2013 crucially \u2013 gain respect in their families and community.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our regional conference was, as I hoped, a great success; the venue and speakers were excellent; the atmosphere was thought-provoking, informative and very friendly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">I have taken pride in being SI South Lancashire\u2019s President 2017-2018. Thank you all for the opportunity to be of service.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>In friendship, Margaret Davies, Immediate Past Regional President.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/11\/Ask-Me-Why-Im-A-Soroptimist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4579 size-full\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/11\/Ask-Me-Why-Im-A-Soroptimist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/11\/Ask-Me-Why-Im-A-Soroptimist.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/11\/Ask-Me-Why-Im-A-Soroptimist-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of my presidential year &#8211; a chance to look back. 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