31 Jul 2024
Soroptimists held an “orange” awareness day in Harpenden recently, focusing on their campaign to take action to end violence against women and girls.
Members of SI St Albans and District, plus one husband and one daughter, ran the club’s charity bookstall at the Sustainability Market Harpenden, organised by Sustainable St Albans, selling secondhand novels and children’s books.
Spokesperson Jane Slatter said: “We made £275 for the SAHWR Refuge supporting victims of domestic abuse. We also met some lovely people – some of whom may decide to join our club. Any books left over are donated to the Lions Charity Bookshop in Hemel Hempstead, and any books they can’t sell are pulped, so this is a perfect recycling project.
This year Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) is celebrating its 90th anniversary, and all clubs have been challenged to celebrate by doing 90 things for 90 years – making it fun whilst standing up for and supporting women and girls. So on the day we sold more than 90 books and created a literary display of 90 books.”
The group was also promoting the Soroptimists’ Orange the World campaign to end violence against women and girls – 16 days of activism from November 25 to December 10 – click here to read more https://sigbi.org/st-albans/orange24/
