{"id":5537,"date":"2023-07-19T08:18:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T07:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/?p=5537"},"modified":"2023-07-24T22:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T21:07:01","slug":"why-be-a-soroptimist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/2023\/07\/19\/why-be-a-soroptimist\/","title":{"rendered":"Why be a Soroptimist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yorkshire members talk about being a Soroptimist and why it is important to them:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5154 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Catherine-Whittingham-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"246\" \/>&#8216; Being a member of Soroptimist International is important to me because it provides a network of\u00a0women, who have given me the confidence and ability to help other women&#8217;. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Catherine Whittingham. SI Dewsbury<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Being a member of SI is important to me because it offers friendship with like minded people looking to try and \u00a0improve the lives of those who are less fortunate than myself.&#8217; <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5155 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Liz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Liz.jpg 451w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Liz-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Elizabeth Ellis of SI Scarborough, in the photo with her fellow SI Scarborough member Liz Curry<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5156 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Pam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Pam.jpg 451w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Pam-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Being a member of SI is important to me because it offers friendship with like minded people looking to try and improve the lives of those who are less fortunate than myself.&#8217;\u00a0Pam Bayston SI Northallerton<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5157 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Judith-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Judith-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/files\/2022\/06\/Judith.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/>&#8216;Being a member of Soroptimist International is important to me, because I can be actively\/hands on involved in making a difference to the lives of women and children, not only in my Region, but all over the world, in partnership with many excellent, committed women, and with many of whom I have now formed wonderful friendships. &#8216;\u00a0Judith Alce SI Wakefield<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yorkshire members talk about being a Soroptimist and why it is important to them: &#8216;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":789,"featured_media":5498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-could-you-be-a-soroptimist"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why be a Soroptimist? | News | Blog | Events | SI Yorkshire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Yorkshire : Blog &amp; News : Why be a Soroptimist? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Yorkshire . 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