Cocktail Straws A fun evening was held on a grey January day to raise money for Lifestraws. These wonderful individual water filters can last for up to a year and are real life savers in disasters such as the Pakistan floods. Those attending bought a straw

S.I Elmbridge and S.I Woking came together on a wintery evening in November as part of their successful joint PAC program to hear another interesting and topical subject of ‘The Veil’.  The attentive audience of over thirty members and guests from both clubs listened to

Our guest speaker at the May Supper Meeting was WPC Kath Blythe.  She gave us a very informative talk on her work with the Surrey Police force. Kath outlined how different things were in 1984 when she first joined the force – it was definitely

75 for 75 in Aid of Wateraid Charity bridge Afternoon Sixteen tables of avid bridge players settled down to an afternoon of competition and fun.  A wonderful tea of cakes and sandwiches was provided and enthusiastically consumed!  Around £580 was raised between both Elmbridge and

Woking and Elmbridge held another successful joint event, the purpose of which was to highlight the distressing issue of Elder Abuse. Daniel Blake, the Policy Development Manager from Action on Elder Abuse (AEA), spoke passionately on the extent of various types of abuse – physical,

Once again an intrepid group of gardeners attacked parts of Burhill playing field in early September.  The pots around the statue were re-planted, and the area was covered with bark and ivy (which we hope will take!) and still looks well cared for.  For those

Donations for the Hillcrest Project Margaret Turnbull has asked me to extend her thanks to all members who donated children’s clothing and books for Hillcrest following her appeal. From the mountain of clothing and books stacked in her church pending shipment it was obvious that

  Elmbridge soroptimists have been supporting two girls orphaned on the train that was detialed in Sri Lanka by the Tsumanmi. We continue to raise money to help with their eduction. A Coffee Morning was held on Saturday 25th July.  We raised the fantastic sum

July PAC Meeting – Bins it Another interesting, enjoyable and informative evening was held in July at Burhill School when  environmental issues were the topic of this all club PAC evening. Justin Houghton the Manager of Hersham Waitrose kindly gave a very interesting presentation on

Four members from Elmbridge joined the 2009 Friendship weekend which was hosted by club Munsterland Sud in Germany. There were also visitors from the other linked clubs, Kristiansand in Norway, Almelo in Holland and Silkeborg in Denmark. It was yet another inspiring weekend for all