Members of SI Hornsby held another very successful fundraiser for the Hornsby and Kuring gai Women’s Shelter in September last year. Raffle tickets were sold to raise funds as well as members holding afternoon teas for friends to come along to in their own homes.
The total raised for the shelter came to $7000. A great result! Catherine Knox, the Chair of the Hornsby Kuring Gai’s Women’s Refuge came to speak to us at our last business meeting of the year and told us that the funds will be used to help the residents access much needed psychological support, which many of them are not able to pay for as they do not have access to Medicare cards as many of them are asylum seekers and refugees.
The club has been supporting the women’s shelter for 10 years since it opened and has raised an impressive $82,000 in that time.
SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL is the leading international volunteer organisation for women working through service projects to educate, enable and empower the lives of women and girls worldwide.
For further information please contact Pam on 0425 229 615 or visit the organisation’s website siseap.org.
