Presidents’ Message
I am honoured to have been given this opportunity to once again serve the Croydon Club as its President.
We now begin an exciting new programme based on various aspects of education. The topics for our speaker meetings will include the Kidbrooke School “Teen Talk” project; prison education schemes and their impact on re-offending rates; the contribution of wildlife conservation bodies to education development progammes; and the skills one learns from 40 years on the amateur stage. Our ‘Club Diary’ page will keep you fully informed of forthcoming events.
The charity we have chosen to support is the Helena Kennedy Foundation (www.hkf.org.uk). My husband, Laurie, and I were privileged to be invited to the Foundation’s award ceremony held at the House of Lords in September 2008. It was an uplifitng occasion to see over 100 people of varying ages being given the support to go on to complete their education.
Of course, there is a lighter side to our programme when we meet just to have fun (and usually good food) and to enjoy and enhance our friendships.
We are looking to recruit new members to Croydon Club, now in our 82nd year and one of the oldest Clubs in the organisation. If you are interested in what we do at a local level and in the wider aims of Soroptimist International, please contact us on croydonsoroptimists@yahoo.co.uk.
We would be pleased to welcome you to our meetings to give you the opportunity to get to know us.
Patricia Painting
16 November 2008
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