Review of Programme Action undertaken by SI Cannock
Review of Programme Action 2008 – 2009
Funds raised:
Project SIerra - £845.00 from Pam Smith’s climb of Mount Kilimanjaro; (August/September 08) SI Emergency Fund - £238.00 from International Evening (October 08) Benevolent Fund - £200.00 from Afternoon Tea held by Jenny Holmes (August 08)
International President’s December 10th Appeal - £210 in lieu of Christmas cards (December 08)
Mill Street Soup Kitchen - £140.00 (£50 from PA Local focus group) (December 08) Railway Children - £546 so far from Jenny’s Afternoon Tea, Summer Celebration, Region meeting (July – Sept 08) This gives a total of £1979.00 raised during the year.
Service given: Can shake at Asda for St Giles Hospice (June 08) Cakes baked for St Giles Hospice (March & October 08) Comfort bags, furniture and home utensils, Christmas gifts provided for Pathway (continuous + Dec08)
Christmas Dinner cooked for Mill Street Soup Kitchen (December 08) Magazines provided for Cannock Hospital (continuous) Used stamps for Association for the Blind (continuous) Teddy Bears provide for Vision Aid in the Philippines (Autumn 08) Toys and Games provided for children in Uganda through Staffs Fire Service Humanitarian Aid (September 08)
Volunteering for Newlife Charity (continuous)
Clicking for mammograms for Breast Cancer on-line (continuous)
Lobbying our MP:
Climate change (Sept 08) Cluster Munitions (Sept 08)
A little more detail regarding recent events:
The club has supported Pathway, the organization which looks after women victims of domestic violence locally, for many years. As well as making donations of goods throughout the year members provided numerous beautifully wrapped Christmas gifts for the women and children in the refuges. These were all very well received.
Members of one of the Programme Action groups give donations for refreshments at each of their meetings. This resulted in £50.00 being available for a local charity, which was made up to £140.00 with donations from other club members. This was given to the Soup Kitchen in Mill Street to enable them to provide a Christmas Lunch for those who go there. Soroptimist Carole Holdcroft, aided by other Soroptimists and by church members, prepared, cooked and served a full Christmas meal for 50 people – and by the look of the clean plates it was enjoyed by everyone!
As in previous years, many members chose not to send Christmas cards to individual members of the club but to make a donation to the International President’s December 10th Appeal. The Cannock club was delighted to make a contribution of £210 to this year’s appeal: “Restoring Dignity, Securing a Future”.
Members of SI Cannock & District gave service early in January 09 to local charity Newlife Foundation and, in turn, to help local school children.
The charity Superstore, based in Hemlock Way, Cannock, had over 5,000 new school uniform items to give away to families. Items included shirts, jumpers, trousers, polo shirts and many more basic essentials suitable for children of all ages. Before any of these items could be given away – they were donated by a well known manufacturer – every item had to be de-labelled. Soroptimists were amongst the volunteers who worked to de-label all 5,000 items. Parents were invited to visit the store bringing with them up to two standard-sized carrier bags to fill with this clothing.
Plans for Saturday Of Service Focus: Violence Against Women – Stop It Now!