Visit to SI Edinburgh

I made contact with Soroptimist International Club in Edinburgh and was invited to attend their AGM.

This was a very pleasant experience with members warmly welcoming me and keen to know what SI Geelong does especially fund raising and what projects we support.

It was interesting to hear about their club – they meet twice monthly. The meeting place certainly had a much better view than ours – the view from the window was Edinburgh Castle – the view was stunning to say the least!

The 84th AGM meeting started with the President welcoming everyone then a member read the Objects, the President then lit a ‘friendship candle’.

I was especially interested to hear about some of the projects they had done, these included:

·         World Environment Day – pulling out Rosebay willow herb in Holyrood Park (sounds familiar!)

·         Collect baby & children’s clothing for distribution

·         Christmas gifts were donated to residents at a Women’s Hostel

·         Advocacy re “Stop the Trafficking”

·         Support for Marie Curie Centres (similar to our Daffodil Day)

·         They support a club in Kiev and a charity in Romania

·         They manned a stall at a WAGGGS (Girl Guides) convention

·         Supported Birthing in the Pacific

The club numbers are about 28 and they do a club newsletter for members.

I had a really enjoyable evening of learning, sharing and friendship.