{"id":859,"date":"2016-10-21T19:18:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T18:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/?p=859"},"modified":"2016-10-25T20:22:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:22:55","slug":"2016-soroptimists-spread-a-little-happiness-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/2016\/10\/21\/2016-soroptimists-spread-a-little-happiness-again\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Soroptimists spread a little happiness &#8211; again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Generation of Hope<\/h2>\n<p>Members from SI Brixham and other guests visited SI Torquay &amp; District to listen to Liz and Barney Bettesworth who were invited to Rosegarth to give a talk and a film show. They came as representatives of Mary&#8217;s Meals, an organisation that aims to provide the world&#8217;s poorest children with a daily meal.<\/p>\n<p>A group of happy ladies gathered in the warm meeting room with the promise of delicious food to come \u2013 what a stark contrast to the presentation we were faced with! There was no escape from the abject poverty there before us on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Every school day Mary&#8217;s Meals provide more than one million children across 13 countries with a meal in their place of education. On average, it costs just \u00a312.20 to feed a child with Mary&#8217;s Meals for a whole year. \u00a0The meals are made using local produce and volunteers from the community join together to make things happen. \u00a0Funding from donors and fundraisers provides training, equipment and food for those who cook for the children. \u00a0It is a fact that 93p out of every \u00a31 is actually spent on the charitable activities.<\/p>\n<p>The film showed an honest, warm, natural approach to all the problems encountered. \u00a0It was emotional to see the absolute misery but there was also such hope. We saw dancing cooks and lively children. A meal in school has a wonderful knock-on effect. The chance for a full tummy leads to good attendance and an education can lead to a much better future for the children and the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>We all paid for our supper and we held a raffle to support World Porridge Day &#8211; every prize had a connection with porridge or oats. \u00a0At the end of a lovely evening our ladies had raised enough money to feed twenty children for a year! \u00a0That feels good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Gill-Raffle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-861 alignright\" src=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Gill-Raffle-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gill Raffle\" width=\"210\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Gill-Raffle-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Gill-Raffle.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Torquay ladies are continuing with their support of the Backpack Project. This project is the perfect complement to Mary&#8217;s Meals. The children have full tummies, they are ready and willing to attend school and then they receive the only present some of them will ever have \u2013 their own backpack full of goodies to support their learning. \u00a0We send a variety of small educational and hygiene articles, plus clothing. \u00a0There are great pictures on Mary&#8217;s Meals website showing the reaction of children receiving their gifts. \u00a0There you will find a list of items to help with your donations \u2013\u00a0In 2015 UK supporters donated 49,384 filled backpacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marysmeals.org.uk\/get-involved\/the-backpack-project\/what-to-pack\">https:\/\/www.marysmeals.org.uk\/get-involved\/the-backpack-project\/what-to-pack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If anyone would like to join in and donate useful items for the children please contact us &#8211;<u><a href=\"mailto:torquaydistrictsi@gmail.com\">torquaydistrictsi@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0 <\/u>We are also on Facebook.\u00a0 Many thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Churchward<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Lesley-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-864 aligncenter\" src=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Lesley-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Lesley\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Lesley-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Lesley-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/10\/Lesley-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generation of Hope Members from SI Brixham and other guests visited SI Torquay &amp; District&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2016 Soroptimists spread a little happiness - again! | News | Blog | Events | SI Torquay and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Torquay and District : Blog &amp; News : 2016 Soroptimists spread a little happiness - again! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Torquay and District . 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