{"id":1242,"date":"2019-04-11T17:48:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T16:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2023-04-17T18:53:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:53:55","slug":"swindon-donate-100-to-save-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/2019\/04\/11\/swindon-donate-100-to-save-the-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Swindon donate \u00a3100 to Save The Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swindon Soroptimists have helped Save The Children celebrate their centenary in 2019 by donating \u00a3100.\u00a0 As a key Soroptimist aim is to help women and children, our Federation President Sue Williams had asked all Clubs to help STC celebrate by donating \u00a3100.\u00a0 By coincidence we had already asked Fidelma Meehan, the local fundraising manager, to talk at our Soroptimist Dinner in March so were delighted to present her with a cheque for \u00a3100.<\/p>\n<p>Fidelma is a delightful and funny lady and impressed us with her enthusiasm and drive.\u00a0 She gave a very informative talk and we were surprised to learn new facts about STC and how well established they are in so many countries, which gives them the ability to \u2018hit the ground running\u2019 when disasters strike. \u00a0There was so much more to find out we have invited her back to talk to us in June!<\/p>\n<p>Save The Children carry out vital aid and a \u00a3100 such as our donation could provide 10 hygiene kits, which include vital items such as soap, shampoo, buckets and towels or could feed a severely malnourished child with therapeutic milk for up to 7 weeks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1238\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/Save-The-Children-donation-27-3-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1238\" src=\"\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/Save-The-Children-donation-27-3-19-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/Save-The-Children-donation-27-3-19-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/Save-The-Children-donation-27-3-19.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fidelma Meehan, regional Fundraising Mgr for Save The Children being presented with a \u00a3100 cheque, to celebrate their centenary, by Swindon Club President Valerie Nuttall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swindon Soroptimists have helped Save The Children celebrate their centenary in 2019 by donating \u00a3100.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-113","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Swindon donate \u00a3100 to Save The Children | News | Blog | Events | SI Swindon and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Swindon and District : Blog &amp; News : Swindon donate \u00a3100 to Save The Children : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Swindon and District . 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