{"id":3659,"date":"2016-12-22T15:39:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T14:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2017-01-08T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T09:00:31","slug":"carols2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2016\/carols2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Singing Success at Harpenden Station for Womens Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Soroptimist Carol Singing at Harpenden station<\/strong> \u2013 fundraised more than \u00a3500 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/stalbansandhertsmerewomensrefuge.org.uk\/\">St Albans and Hertsmere Women\u2019s Refuge<\/a> \u2013 and marked\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/humanrightsday\/\">Human Rights Day.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/67-SI-St-Albans-Carols-Harpenden-2016WideWeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3661\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/67-SI-St-Albans-Carols-Harpenden-2016WideWeb.jpg\" alt=\"67-SI St Albans Carols Harpenden 2016WideWeb\" width=\"600\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/67-SI-St-Albans-Carols-Harpenden-2016WideWeb.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/67-SI-St-Albans-Carols-Harpenden-2016WideWeb-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/67-SI-St-Albans-Carols-Harpenden-2016WideWeb-768x313.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>This year the group had to switch to Harpenden Station instead of St Albans\u00a0at late notice so the\u00a0\u00a3501.87 feels more like a million dollars! Thanks so much to the generous Harpenden Travellers, and to all the singers including some extra friends and supporters who joined us on the night.\u00a0Recent funding cuts and increased demand mean that the Refuge needs additional funding now more than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>This news was also reported in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stalbansreview.co.uk\/news\/14985431.__39___500_felt_like_a_million_pounds__39___Carol_singers_raise_money_for_women_in_need\/?ref=fbshr\">St Albans and Harpenden Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Afterwards many Club Members went to Pasta Cibo in Harpenden for a delicious meal, a welcome warm up and to wish one other season\u2019s greetings!<\/p>\n<p>Club Members also made donations of \u00a358, in lieu of sending one another Christmas cards, to the International President\u2019s annual December 10th appeal \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soroptimistinternational.org\/educate-to-lead\/\">\u2018Educate To Lead: Nepal\u2018 <\/a>addressing the human rights issues that follow a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist International St Albans and District wish all of their supporters and friends a Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful new year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soroptimist International St Albans and District \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Women Serving the St Albans Community Since 1957<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/president\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Soroptimists-60th-Anniversary-logo-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"Soroptimists 60th Anniversary logo\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/president\/\">The Club will celebrate its Diamond Anniversary in April 2017, and this event was a \u201c60 for 60\u2033 production\u2026\u2026..<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimist Carol Singing at Harpenden station \u2013 fundraised more than \u00a3500 for the St Albans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[200,201,205,202,31,142,14,171,30,44,42,26,12,60,11,194,38,13,193,111,99],"class_list":["post-3659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-club-projects","tag-200","tag-60th","tag-60th-anniversary","tag-anniversary","tag-charity","tag-christmas","tag-club","tag-evaw","tag-fundraiser","tag-harpenden","tag-human-rights","tag-refuge","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-st-albans","tag-st-albans-and-hertsmere-womens-refuge","tag-station","tag-women","tag-womens-club","tag-womens-group","tag-womens-organisation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carol Singing Success at Harpenden Station for Womens Refuge | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : Carol Singing Success at Harpenden Station for Womens Refuge : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . 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