PROGRAMME ACTION 2009
75 years of service, 75 years of campaigning, 75 years of making a difference
Soroptimist International St Helens - USE YOUR VOTE
As we move towards the General Election, the SOROPTIMIST Club of St Helens , made up of Business and Professional women, want to encourage the women and young people of St Helens to use their vote..MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The suffragettes in the 1920’s fought for women like you to have a say - have their own vote
Don’t let them have wasted their energy’s and in some case lives for nothing.
Soroptimist International is non-political and non-sectarian. We are moving towards the General Election and we urge you to make your vote count. Don’t just sit back and not care. That leads you into feeling more dissatisfied, and feeling no one cares about you.
If you have strong views about What is important to you and your families please make your vote count. Ask yourselves what will help you and your children.
Make A Difference by reading the literature as it drops through your door. It’s up to you who you vote for,
EDUCATION Schools and CHILDRENS -extra services
Nursery places
Safe School transport
HEALTH Immunisation and MMR Flu Jabs
Hospitals and services
Carers services and funding
ENVIRONMENT Refuse collections / Green Waste management
Gritting of roads
Saving energy
HUMAN RIGHTS Womens Aid and Womens Refuge
Women looking after Women
AGEISM Prescription drugs for all …..not just the lucky
Retirement
Bus passes
ARMED FORCES War in Iraq
Soldiers being properly equipped
FINANCE Pensions systems
Long time care
Post Office closures
Housing and Benefits
LAW and ORDER Policing the streets
Alcohol Abuse and Binge Drinking
The party which remembers that people of a certain age will turn out to vote should look after them. The young must make their vote count and use it to help themselves
You have to use your vote and MAKE A DIFFERENCE - Soroptimist-gbi.co.uk/st-helens
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH - October Collection and sale of Bras for recycling £100.90
ANNUAL PRIZE BINGO UNISON CLUB ST HELENS 25 NOV 2009
Final monetary total £1529.20 wow
CRAFTY CHRISTMAS
27 Novemeber 2009 at member Alison Jesse’s home sales of home made gifts and Christmas goodies raised a magnificent £1143
INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTS APPEAL
December 14 Christmas outing raffle raised £55.30
CHRISTMAS CARD DONATIONS - A massive £175 collected
CHARITY DONATIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS
Deep Griha evening final total from Alice joint project with Widnes £286.27
Womens Refuge/Womens Aid donation of £145 towards Panto tickets for the children and Mothers in the Women’s Refuge at Christmas time.
Support for this project with washbags, towels sanitary goods etc has been ongoing for some15 years at least.
Helping the Aged we provided Christmas gifts for 4 elderley ladies in residential care homes Christmas gifts were £59.76
DISASTER FUND SPEND
Samoan - South Seas Tsunami were sent £250
S.I.COCKERMOUTH were sent the remaining £450 to add to their own Disaster fund to be spent in the way they thought appropriate
SOROPTIMIST CATERING AWARDS 2009
Members of Soroptimist International St Helens attended St Helens College of Sciences Student Awards Ceremony at Colours Restaurant. President Barbara Thompson was delighted to be able to present our E M Taylor award to 4 outstanding students pictured here. Thanaporn Hurst, Billy Marjoras, Stephen Murphy and Jared Alford received awards for there outstanding efforts throughout the year. Well done all of you. Thanks to Terry Lavin for his work.