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Regional News Dec 11.pdf
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OLDHAM AND DISTRICT WIN A TROPHY! SI Oldham & District are the very proud winners of the South Lancashire Region Programme Action Award for 2011. This was won amongst stiff competetion from the 17 other clubs in the region, for our hosting of the "Caring and Sharing" Day in March. Our club came out on top because ALL our members became involved in the project to make it the success that it was. The trophy is a crystal globe depicting the word, which is being held in a crystal hand and is representative of our worldwide organisation. Our club will hold this trophy for one year. |
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CARING AND SHARING OPEN DAY On Saturday 5th March 2011, sixteen organisations from across the Borough, some statutory and some voluntary came together at Gallery Oldham to exhibit their services and network with each other. The event was opened by Coronation Street star, Shobna Gulati and was timed to co-incide with International Women's Day which celebrated 100years on 8th March 2011. Some of our members dressed in costumes from the Edwardian era of the Suffragettes via the flappers of the 1920's through to land girls in the 2nd World War. There were also 21st century Soroptimists proving that although our organisation is 90 years old, we are still looking to the future as our motto implies. For more details and photos:- |
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FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT SI Oldham & District are Fairtrade Partners, as are Thorp Primary School in Royton. Each year the school and the Soroptimists come together during Fairtrade fortnight to host a stall selling goods from Fairtrade and Tradecraft producers which is held in the foyer at Trinity Methodist Chuch in Royton to co-incide with their Thursday Coffee Morning. This was held on Thursday 3rd March 2011 and the sale of goods totalled almost £200. President Marilyn is pictured with 2 of the pupils from Thorp Primary School, whose pictures have been repoduced with the kind permission of both school and parents.
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Our Annual shoebox collection evening took on a special turn this year when we welcomed the Mayoress of Oldham. She very kindly brought with her two shoesboxes containing gifts makerd with the Oldham Crest which some recipient will be very proud to receive. This year we were collecting for boys aged 11-15 and all in all 22 shoeboxes were collected and a speical feature this year were the knitted hats of which our President Elect Carol Shacklelton had done 20 |
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FRIENDSHIP LINK Eunice(a martyr to the cause) who has taken on the role of President for a further six months has once again cemented another Friendship Link for SI Oldham. This time she visited La Spezia in italy for their club's 50th Anniversary of it's Charter. She was welcomed by long standing friends Lena and Sandro Cori and made welcome by the club at all it's Charter celebrations which lasted a full weekend.
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68th Charter Dinner President Eunice presented cheques totalling £1300 to representatives from the Oldham Music Centre and The Christie Hospital, being the money raised during her year of office. Members of SI Oldham also made presentations in the form of a celebration cake, good wishes, CD Player and a certificate signed by our Federation President, to Eunice as not only has she been President of the club this year, she has also celebrated a milestone in her Soroptimist career having served 50 years as a member of SI Oldham. |
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DIAMOND CELBRATIONS
The club celebrated this event with cake made by Kath Barnes and non alcohlic wine brought by Kath Walpole and in return membes presented both Kaths with a beautiful planter. It was also Kath Walpole's birthday, which made this an extra special event.
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD The club has continued it's work with this well run chairty in 2009 and this year was made all the more special due to the fact that Carol Hartley who works for Operation Christmas Child came to talk to the club about the work that is done in Belarus. She has visited the country on many occasions and is also the patron of an orphanage over there. She told the club that the boxes are treasured for many years by the recipients and in one case, a girl now aged 18 still has the box she was given as a child of 6. Carol brought many photos of the children opening their boxes, showing the delight on their faces.
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FRIENDSHIP LINK CELEBRATIONS In August 2009 President Eunice, cemented the friendship link between SI Calgary and SI Oldham with a visit to the home of Roberta Theaker, one of their club members during her trip to Canada. It was a very enjoyable evening, where Eunice was picked up from her hotel, taken to Roberta's house and made very welcome by her hosts. She took with her a banner from our club, along with a water carafe and glass engraved with the Oldham crest and in return was presented with a calendar from SI Calgary showing beautiful picotrial scenes of their city. |
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