Happy Mothers’ Day to all Mums. Every year, SISP members get together to prepare single roses to be delivered to ladies who receive Meals on Wheels from the South Perth Senior Citizens’ Centre. This is an opportunity to reach out to the local community and bring some joy to those who are alone or removed from their families. We wish everyone a happy day.
From the first time in participating in the Cancer Council WA’s Relay for Life, SISP has taken on the challenge of raising much-needed funds for research into this dreadful disease.
Our Soroptimist Sunflowers team has been prominent trackside every year and this year we were honoured with an award for raising over $55,000 since 2002.
Well done to everyone involved – our team members, donors and supporters – over the weekend.
Thank you again, we really appreciate it!
Twelve Soroptimists (and one Soroptimister) volunteered to assist at the Celebration Zone on the South Perth foreshore on Australia Day. We operated the Events Office marquee providing maps of the activity zones, sunscreen and wristbands; handling lost property (and lost children); supplying bus timetable information; supervising the online survey iPads; charging mobile phones and camera batteries; and coordinating a ‘Penny Drop’ competition that was very popular with both adults and children. On top of this we also coordinated another hugely popular activity space with the ‘Guess What’ exhibition of 100 unusual items from the past and the ‘Guessing Booth’ to guess the number of beads in each jar. It was a great day to enjoy time with each other, to promote Soroptimism and to assist in a very successful community event.
SISP members participated in the 27th Annual Silent Domestic Violence Memorial March on Friday 17 November 2017 to honour all those who have lost their lives as a result of domestic and family violence. The guest speaker was the Hon Simone McGurk MLA, Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence.
Ten members of SISP attended the ANZAC Day service at the City of South Perth war memorial and laid two wreaths. The wreaths were made by members the night before. SISP has had a presence at the service for the past 10 years and is a way of showing our commitment to honour those who fought and served to enable freedom for people all over the world and our continuing support for community events.