Newsletter Two 2014—2015 Ladies Circle International Inside this issue: Message from Ladies Circle International 2014—2015 President Greetings from the LCI Board 1—7 ISP—Latest Update 8—9 LCI Board Meeting 2 10—13 LCI 2015 Iceland 14—19 Icelandic Green Monster 20 News from LC Morocco 21—22 News from LC Norway 23—24 News from LC Italy 24—26 Mid Term Meetings 27—30 Upcoming Charters 31—34 Climbing Table Mountain, Cape Town 35 - 36 LCI Day 2015 37 Season Greetings 38 Dear Friends, It has most certainly been a wonderful adventure the last 4 months. Wow, being in contact with so many ladies around the world discussing all sorts of topics, has been so encouraging on so many levels. Or course it wouldn’t be as memorable without the awesome Boardies which each bring a sparkle to our friendship. It has been so enjoyable! Ooh and what has been enjoyable, was our trip to Iceland for BM2. You are going to be blown away at the LCI AGM in 2015 with this gorgeous country filled with warmth from the ladies as the chill in the air reminds one how far North you really are. The mountains covered in a blanket of snow is breathtaking and the spectacular Northern lights (which we were super privileged to see) leave you speechless. One would never say this small island has more sheep than people and over 130 Volcanoes. We were treated like royalty and our BM2 was well organized with Hildur Halldorsdottir the Convenor, ensuring it all went accordingly. Hildur also surprised us with an Interview on the local Icelandic TV where we had our 15 minutes of fame discussing various aspects of Ladies Circle – what a great opportunity it was to market LCI AGM and Ladies Circle. Thank you to the Icelandic ladies for making us feel at home. We missed Gitte at our meeting but managed to have a quick skype meeting as we discussed MTM’s, the ISP application forms and travel grants, amongst many other topics. Ladies Circle International Board Meeting Dates BM3: 18—22 March 2015, Tunisia BM4: 23—27 June 2015, Rome BM5: 19—22 August, Akureyri 2014—2015 Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Message from Ladies Circle International 2014—2015 President Continued Of course we are all excited about the upcoming MTM’s . The countries have put so much effort into the programmes and tours, so make sure you register before it’s too late. This is a fantastic opportunity to discuss topics at length and of course meet new friends and catch up with old ones. What would an MTM be without a Boardie? Gitte and Heidi will attend the Denmark meeting, Ruth H and myself will attend Botswana, Mariame and Gitte will attend Austria with Ruth C and myself attending Portugal’s’ meeting. Wishing all the best to the MTM committees as you prepare a memorable meeting. I am soooo excited to tell you about the 4 Charters taking place next year. For the first time in history, due to the challenges in Ukraine, together with Tunisia, we are going to charter Ukraine via skype at the Tunisia charter. We have tried all options to either meet Poland, Denmark or Tunisia, but due to troubles in the country, we have all agreed to charter via skype. We will also be having our 3rd board meeting in Tunisia so it’s going to be wonderful for the LCI board to attend two charters in one go. Mauritius has been planned to charter 28 February 2015 and Uganda the 6th June 2015. As soon as the programmes have been fina lized, we will mail and add to Facebook asap. Keep your eyes peeled so we can all welcome out new Circlers into our amazing organization where they too can encourage circlers, empower others and enjoy circling. Our International Service Project is doing superbly well and continue to encourage you to support the Children of the Dump. I can state that we have raised 14.033,68 EUR to date! How fantastic! So please keep buying the Presidents Pin or simply donate funds to the a ccount that you can view on our website or view later in this newsletter. Wishing you all Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! Please drive safely if you are travelling and trust that the New Year brings you all that you hope for. Chantess Television interview with Icelandic Local Station Message from Message from Ladies Circle International 2014—2015 Ladies Circle International 2014—2015 Immediate Past President Secretary Dear Circlers, dear friends, Hello Ladies With Christmas just around the corner, I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest thanks to all of you for being a Circler – thank you for your involvement in other people as your support to our ISP “Children of the dump” and for always being there for the LCI Board no matter who we are. This year has certainly flown by with 2015 not far away. The last few months on the International Board have been fantastic. I have learnt a lot very quickly and met some amazing people on my travels so far. We have recently returned from the LCI Board Meeting 2 which was held in Iceland. It gave all the Board Members an opportunity to get to know each other better and we did manage to achieve a huge amount of work during the few days we were in Akureyri. I think the highlight so far in my year as LCI Secretary was during our recent stay in Iceland. After our first full day of business the Icelandic Circlers made sure we were able to relax at the end of our day by arranging a lovely dinner at the Conference Hotel for 2015. Little did we know there were further treats and surprises awaiting us. On our return to our guest house we had an outdoor hot tub waiting for us which had been edged with candles and they had provided a couple of bottles of wine. This gave the Board Members a chance to soak, relax and chat. Then right in the middle of it all out came the Northern Lights. Spectacular doesn’t even start to explain it all – quite honestly it was magical. This really got me thinking of all the opportunities we have as Circlers we wouldn’t have had if it hadn’t been for being involved in Ladies Circle. We couldn’t have planned a better day if we tried. I look forward to the other experiences we face in the rest of our year, and moreover I look forward to making and meeting our friends along the way. A reminder of deadlines for the 31st December which I thought may be of help are as follows: The application for full membership is due by the end of December 2014 All Half Year Reports need to be sent by each member country to the Ladies Circle International Board . If you need any help please do not hesitate to contact me I am only an email or phone call away. I wish you all a lovely break over the festive holidays and New Year celebrations. Ruth In the following I will give you some news and a short update of what I have been up to since last newsletter – Until the Board Meeting 2 in November 2014, I as chairmen for travel funds, have been through all travel application and extension fund applications and I am happy to say that we have granted all applicants money. There is still money in the travel- and extension fund account – so please visit your friends in other countries and remember to send the approved application in time. I therefore look forward to receive a lot of travel grant applications for different travels – and I can promise you that Ladies Circle Iceland really look forward to seeing you all in August 2015.If you have, any questions about the travel fund just ask me. My email is [email protected]. I also take care of our new countries and we have three countries "coming up" within Ladies Circle - Dubai, Singapore and USA, and we hope to be able to welcome them into our Ladies Circle family in the near future. I heard that our Ladies in USA attended and had meeting at Round Table Nordic Meeting in New York - they are doing very fine with good help from Ladies Circle Norway. I would like to take the opportunity to say a very big THANK YOU to all the Ladies Circle and Round Table countries who are helping our new countries. My best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year – I look forward to see you somewhere around the world in 2015 . Gitte 2014—2015 Newsletter Two Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Message from Ladies Circle International 2014—2015 Vice President I cannot believe how fast the time is flying we are already at December 2014! You know what they say time flies when you are having fun! BM2 in Akureyri, Iceland was just that . From the trip going into Europe, our fruitful meetings, our Boardie bonding sessions and the adventures thereof, visiting the 2015 AGM venues, being loved by the Icelandic Ladies, to the trip back home to Africa with Chantess everything can only be aptly described as FUN. For the record Akureyri is beautiful and we are definitely in for some wonderful time there next August. Since I have come back I have also found time to do all thing fun with my regional circle friends, local circle and national board friends. Everyone is in the mood to celebrate and one of my own childhood friends and fellow passionate Circler Sandra from LC Zimbabwe and I met in South Africa to celebrate her birthday and have a pre Christmas party “sans” the children. Along with LC Botswana, Round Table Area Botswana and Agora Club Botswana in conjunction with other service clubs namely Rotary and Lions, we organised and had a successful Carols by Candlelight where we collect gifts for children in hospitals and villages which we give out on Christmas Day. The National Board kindly invited me to join their Christmas Dinner which was filled with so much laughter and pure joy found in this thing we treasure known as FRIENDSHIP. I also had the pleasure of an RTI Side by Side encounter when Past President of RTI Moffat Nyirenda found time in his schedule to have a meal with me as we chatted about our two great organisations. Schools are out so I am now waiting for my friend Neema to come home from boarding school and we will be spending Christmas in Hong Kong. I have been in touch with Fiona and Lina and look forward to meeting some HK Circlers, I have seen their website and I note they are doing great things in the name of Circle and friendship so I am sure I will share with you some memories I am about to live as well as the new friends I am about to make. It is with this update I now come to a place where I want to wish you all my personal wishes for you and your loved ones to have a safe, restful, peaceful and awesome Festive Season! May the coming year take us to greater levels in our organisation and in each of our lives. May we know progress, may we remain Encouraged, Empowered and Enjoy who we are and what we stand for. Rue Newsletter Two 2014-2015 Message from Ladies Circle International 2014—2015 Treasurer Dear Ladies, dear friends, As a new year dawns, already so many things were achieved during the past months. In November the Ladies Circle International Board met for the Board Meeting 2 in Iceland, Akureyri, where we had a fabulous time, hosted in Hildur’s lovely holiday house. Besides the long working days (and long nights awake waiting for the Northern Lights to appear! We took a few hours to visit the venues for the next Ladies Circle International Conference and I can already tell that the conference team is doing the utmost to offer us an unforgettable moment! Again a big thank you to the wonderful Icelandic Ladies who opened their homes and their hearts to welcome us in their wonderful country! But now already preparing our next meetings. The coming months will be filled with 4 MTM’s where Ladies Circle International Board will be represented every time and our third board meeting next March in Tunisia which will be held at the same time as the Charter Ceremony. I hope that a lot of ladies will be able to join us and support the arrival of this new baby country in Ladies Circle family. Newsletter Two 2014-2015 Message from Ladies Circle International 2014—2015 Treasurer Continued ... The amount on our bank account for International Service Project “Children of the Dump” is growing and growing. Thanks to all the countries that have already given donations and in particular to Ladies Circle Germany, the largest contributor until now with over 10.000 EUR donated! Thanks also to all the countries that have ordered and keep on ordering the charity pins and with a special thanks to Ladies Circle Norway, the number one buyer, as last year!, with 700 pins bought! An unbeatable record! Please don’t hesitate to re-order pins. Just contact me and it will be my pleasure to send them to you. Please be aware that Ladies Circle International Board Members will attend the 4 MTM’s where you can buy the charity pins on site and as many as you like. I would like to remind you that all donations can be made directly to the Ladies Circle International Account “Children of the Dump”: Account Name: Ladies Circle International IBAN No: BE94 6529 6244 6614 Swift/BIC Code: HBKABE22 Record Bank, Avenue Henri Matisse, 16 - 1140 Brussels, Belgium The call is already launched for a new LCI Treasurer! So if the adventure is tempting for you, if you have some time and energy to spend for Ladies Circle International and if you have already served as an Area Chairman or as an elected National Officer in your own country, well then don’t hesitate and contact me. Dear circlers, until we meet again, I wish you and your family a fantastic holiday season. May the New Year bring you good health, happiness and warmth of love to you and your beloved ones. Lots of love from Belgium, ♥♥♥ Mariame 2014—2015 Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Message from Ladies Circle International 2014—2015 Web Lady Dear everyone, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I hope you all are good now that this festive season is over us. I take myself thinking that right now there is summer somewhere and outside my door it’s – 10 degrees Celsius – not much snow yet, but hope Christmas will be white as we like it in this part of the world. Many of you might wonder about a few things on the new webpage, The progress has not been as expected as we have faced some problems with the Travel Grant Form. It’s not completely fixed now, but we have some help to fix it, and we do hope it will be fully functioning at the end of this year/ beginning of 2015. In order to keep the web page updated I need a little help from you all, especially all the web ladies of the countries. Drop me an email on [email protected] if you have something that could make an interesting article for the Ladies around the world. It could be anything from a meeting, to a national event, or maybe from a fruitful Side by Side events. I’m looking forward to hear from you. Heidi x CHILDREN OF THE DUMP Fantastic news! The Top 8 Countries that have donated within 2014 with LC Germany the largest contributor! Thank you LC Germany and all the countries as every little bit helps! LC Country Germany Belgium Luxembourg Iceland Netherlands Morocco Norway Denmark Total € Ranking 10,122.00 1 1,230.00 2 1,130.00 3 700.00 4 500.00 5 150.00 6 101.68 7 100.00 8 Top 5 Pin Sellers : Norway 700 3.500€ 1 Denmark 173 865€ 2 Sweden 150 750€ 3 Belgium 137 685€ 4 Austria 106 530€ 5 Don’t forget to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4gHBw6YP_M So you are wondering how you and your circle can help ? Pins Three magnificent pins (collector items!) with the picture of some of the kids living in the CCH will be for sale for the price of 5 EUR / pin. Please order these pins via the following e-mail address: [email protected] with the reference of the Ladies Circle Club, name and number of pins. CHILDREN OF THE DUMP Sponsor a child Each club could virtually adopt a child by sponsoring it for the amount of 480 EUR / year. This amount allows a child to live in the Center for Children to Happiness instead of the dump. Donations to charity account to be paid to Record Bank, Av. Henri Matisse 16, B-1140 Brussels. IBAN n° BE94 6529 6244 6614, SWIFT/BIC code HBKABE22. Please enter your name and or LC country & club n° in the reference space. Look out for 20 LADIES of LC Belgium visiting the ISP project in Cambodia Board Meeting Two—Iceland Business, Fun and Friendship The joy of modern technology Gitte was able to join the BM2 Meeting via Skype Board Meeting Two—Iceland Business, Fun and Friendship Board Meeting Two—Iceland Business, Fun and Friendship Board Meeting Two—Iceland Business, Fun and Friendship Icelandic Ladies join the LCI Board for Dinner Church in Akureyri Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Ladies Circle International AGM 2015 Venue The Harbour The Meeting Venue—The Hof Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Ladies Circle International AGM 2015 Venue The Foyer Lunch Area Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Ladies Circle International AGM 2015 Venue The Auditorium Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Ladies Circle International AGM 2015 Venue Break Out Area at the AGM Venue Ladies Circle International AGM 2015 Venue Conference Hotel The Hof—Meeting Venue Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Ladies Circle International AGM 2015 Gala Venue Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Akureyri Stunning Views on the way to Akureyri Ladies Circle International AGM 2015 Akureyri Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International The Green Monster—Icelandic Style We spotted on Facebook that Ladies Circle 2015 Convenor Hildur has her own smoothie books out (unfortunately all in Icelandic and nothing in English – yet) and spoilt us with her GREEN MONSTER’s and are absolutely delicious. You just have to try one of these for yourself and herewith the recipe that is guaranteed to boost your energy for the day. Green Monster Recipe for one person: 1 banana 2 dl (appr. 1 cup) mango 10-12 almonds, soaked in water for about 8-12 hours (also ok to put the in dry) 1 handful spinach, more if you want to 1-3 cm freshly grated ginger root. 1 tbsp. coconut oil (ok to skip) appr. 2 dl water (1 cup) ad ice or more/less water Hildur Queen of Smoothies All put in a blender and blend until smooth Try it out! Let Hildur know what you think! The Board having a Green Monster during BM2 LADIES CIRCLE TANGER 8 MOROCCO LC Tanger 8 organized their second Medical Caravan edition in Jouama village, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and TMSA Foundation for Human Development. This multidisciplinary Medical Caravan had as aim of bringing care services of people in isolated areas of the province. Because health is a RIGHT FOR ALL! ‘WHAT MATTERS IS THE LOVE THAT OUR GOOD DEEDS IMPREGNATED’ dixit M.GHANDI In Friendship and services. 1136 Beneficiaries of medical consultations 408Specializedconsultations 728 General consultations 66% of patients are women Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Message from Norway Dear circlers from all around the world! Here comes some December greetings from Ladies Circle Norway First of all, I would like to express a big thank you for the support, and for all the hard work that the International Board does on our behalf. It is because of these ladies the world becomes a smaller place. This autumn has been really difficult for Ladies Circle Norway. Three young ladies, and very dear members in their best ages, have passed away. May their dear souls rest in peace. We are so very sad and sorry for their families, and more especially since its going to be Christmas we can only imagine how difficult it will be. This experience just comes to remind us that it is important that we remember to live our lives, and that we take good care of each other every day. The sorrow and the happiness walk side by side. A lot of our members are busy making their homes and families ready for Christmas, of course everyone has lots to do in their private lives as well. The nice and guaranteed thing about Christmas, is whether the house is clean or messy... Christmas Eve comes anyway so let us prepare to have a good time! I want to share what one of our local LC clubs are doing. LC and RT Ølen have collected a lot of gifts from sponsors and made their own Christmas calendar. One ticket costs 100 NOK, or about 13 Euro. All the money collected from the Christmas calendar sales, will be split into two and will go to the local hospital’s “hospital clowns for children” and to the Stine Sofie stiftelse (a foundation that works to prevent violence and abuse against children). Already by the 3th of December, they had raised Euro 10500, and they are still selling tickets for the calendar. I am so pleased about the wonderful effort they put in their calendar project, and grateful for the chance to support service projects Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International LC New York. After LC USA closed down in 2013, there are now new highly motivated ladies in New York City. LC Norway is their godmother, and I visited them at the end of November. It was great to finally meet the ladies, after spending hours talking to them on Skype. We had two meetings, one social, and one business meeting. They are about 14 ladies in their LC club. They are now active, sending me reports, and are in constant contact with me. We are planning to apply for Associate membership at the AGM at the LCI conference in Akureyri next year. I wish them really good luck, and hope they can join our LCI family next year. On behalf of Ladies Circle Norway, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I vennskap og omtanke! Friendship and service! Irja Marie Stenby President Ladies Circle Norge Old Italian board and new Italian board 2014-2015 with International President during the Gala Dinner In May 2014 Ladiess Circle Italy celebrated 40 years with the wonderful presence of International President Cindy. Here began our new adventure as Councillors with Daniela D‘Aragona and Lorenza Romano,as Vice National President. Over the years Ladies Circle Italy is constantly discovering the greatness belonging to the Ladies’ Circle International family and it tries to play a more active part. At the AGM in Vilnius our Federica Vigolo was a nominee for Vice President International, looking for a new experience to grow the LC Italy. International AGM was full of emotions for us and we are proud of our contribution. Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International This summer came with many Circler visitors to Italy including Vice National President of Lithuania, Laima Luksieme, a member of the Circle of British Maidenhead, Nikki Alvey with her family and Vrinda Lewis, Chairlady of Ladies Circle of Bangalore, India. We have absolutely enjoyed having our sisters with us. This year Ladies’ Circle Italy, for the first time, wants consolidate the relationship between ourselves and the other Clubs and in May 2015 we are organising joint National AGM’s for Ladies Circle, Club 41 and Agora . 29-31 May in Franciacorta, near Milan. Booking: www.agm2015.it Visit in Verona of Nikki Alvey ( Ladies Circle Maidenhead) with her family The relationship between our clubs (Side by Side) are becoming more consolidate with a little and big events with a strong friendship, in which the board of all club share their experiences. F. Petrachi (President LCVerona), L. Romano( Vice National President) and Vrinda Lewis President LC Bangolore Vice President Club41, Convenor Ladies’ Circle, Vice President Ladies’ Circle Italy, President Agorà Italy HYM Ravenna Club 41 - Convenor Ladies’ Circle, IPP Club 41 and President Club 41 Of most importance is that we have been actively fundraising for our National Project called Parent Project. Below are some excepts of parts of our national media campaign. We are doing good and continue to do good! Yours in Friendship Lc Italy Lorenza Romano Vice President Daniela D’Aragona President Ladies' Circle Italia 2014-2015 Ladies' Circle Italia 2014-2015 2014—2015 Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Mid Term Meeting Southern Region Portugal Lisbon Day Dear Ladies, Hope to find you well and happy! http://www.celina-tours.com/engtours-lisbon-day.php We would like to invite you to participate on the Southern Region Countries MTM 2015, that will take place from the 29th January until 1st February in Cascais, Portugal. Ladies Circle Portugal is happy to host and welcome ladies from all over the world, and we will make sure you’ll have a wonderful circling time here with us. Sintra-Cascais Tour http://www.celina-tours.com/engtours-sintra-cascais.php Below you can find the program, the registration link, a link to our WordPress website, and a link to the description of the day tours. Liliana Dias Ladies Circle Portugal Registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15HiE8psLOJI0Dfo8rfFjZzOHr6cvBI2NXQpovnYk2qc/viewform Registration Mid-Term Meeting Cascais 2015 We’re delighted to welcome you to the Southern Region Countries Mid-Term Meeting 2015! From the 29th January until the 1st of February, we’ll make sure you’ll have a great circling time in Cascais! Full Participant Package 195€, Partner’s Package 138€ (until 14th of December, without the pretours and Hello! Dinner) After 14th December 2014 +20€ per package. Further information: http://ladiescircleportugal.wordpress.com [email protected] 2014—2015 `Theme The theme for the weekend will be “hygge” – it is a feeling, a mood and an action. Translated it means; Lõbus – hauskaa – gaman – fun – įdomus – moro – zabawy – kul … but real Danish hygge just cannot be described, you have to COME and experience it! Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Mid Term Meeting Nordic Region Denmark The team The team behind the event is District 8 in Ladies Circle Denmark, we are 7 clubs organizing the event and in total 23 girls helping plan this hyggelige weekend for you guys. Participants There will be Boardies and girls from all the Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Letland, Lithuainia, Iceland, Estonia, Poland and Denmark. Please take a tour of our website, don’t feel shy but please leave comments for us. See you in Copenhagen in 2015! Yours in Circling, Anna-Sofie Further information: www.mtmnordic2015.com 2014—2015 Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Mid Term Meeting Northern European Region Austria Dear National and International Ladies The MTM 2015 takes place from 5th to 7th February 2015 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. We, the ladies from the LC6 Wiener Neustadt, have organised a great MTM-Program with a magnificent pre tour in Vienna from 3rd to 5th February 2015. This is your chance to visit the World Cultural Heritage city of Vienna and have a great time during the MTM 2015 in Wiener Neustadt. A lot of fun is guaranteed ;-) In the pre tour is included amongst others: 2 nights in the Austria Trend Hotel Ananas**** including breakfast City tours, Coffee & Sachertorte (Cake) in a typical Viennese Coffee House, A visit at Palace Schönbrunn, A ride on the famous Giant Wheel in Vienna, You get the whole package for only € 239.-- (early bird bookings until 25.12.2014) or for € 259.--! On Thursday 5th February 2015 the MTM 2015 in Wiener Neustadt starts with the Welcome Party and Dinner at a Heurigen, a typical Austrian type of restaurant. The meeting of delegates will be on Friday, while the non-delegates go for a sledge ride or a city tour in Wiener Neustadt. The dress code for the Gala Dinner is “black tie” with the theme “black and white”. It won’t be just an ordinary Gala Dinner as we from LC6 Wiener Neustadt would love to celebrate our 10th anniversary together with you. Before it is time to say goodbye we will come together once more for a first-class farewell brunch on the morning of 7th February 2015. The whole MTM-Program is only € 185.--. We hope we have captivated your interest enough to the MTM 2015 in Wiener Neustadt. So next steps for you: visit our homepage, register for the pre tour and the MTM 2015, organise a nice black and white dress and start counting the days until we meet. We are looking forward to welcoming many of you on the 3 rd or at the latest on 5th February 2015. Best wishes and big hugs, Ladies Circle 6 Wiener Neustadt Further information: http://www.mtm2015.com 2014—2015 Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Mid Term Meeting Africa Region Botswana Dear Friends And Circlers around the world We have great pleasure in inviting you to join us for the Mid Term Meeting 2015 for the African Region to be held in Gaborone, Botswana. Dates are Friday 23rd January until Sunday 25th January 2015. We promise you interesting and meaningful dialogue mixed in with great friendship and lasting memories. The beginning of the MTM weekend starts with a relaxed dinner and dance party at a Circlers home where we promise you loads of laughter and fun. This will be followed the next day with the serious business of The Mid Term meeting followed by a fun and flirty lunch in a beautiful garden setting, to clear the mind and refresh the soul. Thereafter there is time for the shopaholics to enjoy all that our new malls have to offer or take time out to recharge your batteries for the gala dinner. In the evening after a sumptuous meal it will be time to put on your dancing shoes and boogie the night away. The cost of the entire weekend is Euro 120.00. Accommodation is available at the Indaba Lodge and there are limited spaces for homehosting so register as soon as possible. Remember the deadline for registering is 30 th November 2014. We look forward to hosting you. For more information on the event please log into our website at www.lcbotswana.org.bw or to download the registration form or find us on www.youtube.com With warmest wishes from sunny Botswana. Sumaya Khan – MTM Convenor Email: [email protected] Cell: +267 71301753 Further information: www.lcbotswana.org.bw UPCOMING CHARTERS JOIN US IN WELCOMING THE NEW MEMBERS TO LCI MAURITIUS 28 February 2015 UPCOMING CHARTERS JOIN US IN WELCOMING THE NEW MEMBERS TO LCI TUNISIA 21 March 2015 UPCOMING CHARTERS JOIN US IN WELCOMING THE NEW MEMBERS TO LCI UKRAINE 21st March 2015 (Together with Tunisia via Skype) UPCOMING CHARTERS JOIN US IN WELCOMING THE NEW MEMBERS TO LCI UGANDA 6 June 2015 2014—2015 Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Ladies Circle 2014—Table Mountain, Cape Town When I booked my holiday to Cape Town I decided I wanted to do something a bit out of my comfort zone, something that I could raise money doing and we stumbled across the idea of climbing Table Mountain. After numerous us emails to LC South Africa President Judy and the team I was put in contact with Joanne, and so the story began. Choosing a charity wasn’t difficult. There were two charities I wanted to raise funds for. The National Breast Cancer Helpline UK as they have supported my Circle Chair recently who has undergone a double mastectomy, I really wanted to do something to raise funds to say thank you for all that they had done for her. The second charity was the Cupcake of Hope Project, LC South Africa National Charity. On the 14th of October 2014 I climbed India Venster Route up Table Mountain together with a very dear school friend Melanie from Zimbabwe, my husband Wayne and Joanne from LC Cape Town. We set off before sunrise and waited at the meeting point just outside the ticket office at Table Mountain. We were met with spectacular views over the city and watched the sun rise in its full glory. Absolutely breath-taking. At 6am we started the climb up the mountain with our guide. He provided us with lots of local information about the flora and fauna, the mountain and many funny stories along the way. The start of the climb was like being on a stair master from hell! My legs were on fire but I was determined to do the climb. Luckily Mike did stop regularly to allow us to catch our breath and admire the incredible views. Once we had conquered the stair master the scrambling and climbing began. There are parts of the climb that were physically challenging and I learnt to do the splits both horizontally and vertically, tackled part of the mountain I never thought would have been passable and achieved so much more than I knew I could do. When faced with the Chimney which was a flat sheer faced rock I really did want to cry and give up. Mike however talked us all through the climb told us exactly where to put our hands and feet and after a bit of huffing and puffing I managed to get up what I considered the impossible. The reward – the best view of my life! It took four and a half hours to reach the summit, in the most glorious of days with absolutely no wind and excellent visibility. Judy LC South Africa President met us at the top and we had our photo opportunity with the LC South African flag and a very welcome ice cold beer! I have to admit that after the views during the climb the summit was a bit of a disappointment – it was just very flat, but that is exactly why its called Table Mountain. The views were just as fantastic from the viewpoints however. We then took the cable car back down (all of five minutes) and it was at this point I appreciated just what I had achieved. Judy and Joanne then took us down to the V & A Waterfront for a relaxing lunch in the sun and a chance to have a good catch up. Later in the week I attended the LC Shiraz business meeting and was warmly welcomed and provided with an excellent meal. What really struck me was how at home I felt and it was just the same as attending one of my own Circle meetings, the same format and similar issues discussed. It was so lovely to know that where ever we are in the world as Circlers we are dealing with the same things. I did have the opportunity to explore in the week we were in Cape Town and I am so excited about returning for LCI 2016, I just know that the Ladies from around the world are going to have an awesome time and I can’t wait to do it all over again, and that does include climbing the Mountain again – so who is joining me! Big hugs Ruth Curry Ladies Circle International Secretary x 2014—2015 Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International CLIMBING TABLE MOUNTAIN Group photo during a break Breathtaking Views The start of the climb So close yet so far ... Detailed instructions The climb begins up the Chimney View over Lions Head Dawn breaking over Cape Town Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International The Ladies Circle International Day was founded in 1995 by Past Ladies Circle resident Birgitta Opsahl from LC Norway with the purpose that all Circles should celebrate this day and think of their fellow circlers worldwide.. The Ladies Circle International Day has for the past years in many countries been used for the official day for collecting money for National and International Service projects. Birgitta Opsahl’s motto was; Build a Bridge.. So Ladies, post as many message on the 11 February 2015 wishing each other a happy Ladies Circle International Day. No better way than to feel united on a day we all celebrate! th Don’t forget to send us an article for our next article and to post on our website. Have a memorable time on Ladies Circle International Day! 11th February 2015 LCI Day Ladies Circle International Newsletter Two Ladies Circle International Newsletter Two Send your articles for the next newsletter to our LCI Vice President Rue on [email protected] For any articles or events for our Web Page please send these through to our LCI Web Lady Heidi on [email protected] Keep up to date with the latest news and articles on www.,ladiescircleinternational.org Why not post your events and exciting news on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LadiesCircleInternational
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