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<\/a> from the members. As well as fundraising, the club provides tea, coffee, sugar and biscuits for the Refuge, household items to help women leaving\u00a0the Refuge\u00a0get started in a new home and\u00a0Christmas gifts. Liz said how grateful the Refuge is for the continued support of Soroptimist International St Albans and District\u00a0Members.\u00a0 The money is raised during the year from events including the bookstall on St Albans market for International Literacy Day\u00a0 www.sigbi.org\/st-albans\/2014\/bookstall\/<\/a> , coffee mornings at the Wesley Coffee Shop in Harpenden and Christmas Carol Singing at St Albans station www.sigbi.org\/st-albans\/2014\/carols-2014\/<\/a>\u00a0In addition a Club Member, Judy Faraday, is an Archivist for John Lewis: if Judy is offered donations for her talks to community groups on the history of John Lewis then it goes to the Women\u2019s Refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"