{"id":4868,"date":"2020-10-09T16:36:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T15:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stafford\/?p=4868"},"modified":"2020-11-09T17:03:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:03:53","slug":"planting-trees-a-bright-past-and-a-brilliant-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stafford\/2020\/10\/09\/planting-trees-a-bright-past-and-a-brilliant-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Trees for a Bright Past and a Brilliant Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4864&#8243; img_size=&#8221;875&#215;1509&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SI Stafford members are part of a much bigger family of Soroptimists from around the globe.\u00a0 We are just starting to celebrate our Centenary, the first club was chartered on 3rd October 1921 in Oakland, California, USA.\u00a0 One of the first projects which the members undertook was \u00a0to <strong>\u201cSave the Redwoods\u201d<\/strong>\u2013 the great ancient trees which were being felled unmercifully. 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