Margaret is new President for Drogheda Soroptimists

Incoming President Margaret Geraghty receives chains at the Drogheda Club’s AGM

Incoming President Margaret Geraghty received the chains from Outgoing President Fiona Matthews.

Alison Comyn

Mon 6 May 2024 at 17:05

Outgoing President Fiona Matthews handed over the Presidential Chain to incoming President Margaret Geraghty at the Drogheda Club’s AGM which was held in the Monasterboice Inn on Tuesday night 16th April.

Margaret thanked Fiona for her work as President and presented her with the Past President’s badge. Club members wished Margaret well for her year ahead in office. Sheelagh Bowers was appointed club Secretary and takes over from outgoing Secretary Siobhan Matthews.

The beautiful silver chain worn by President Margaret was designed by Bee Trench, nee Orpen, a well-known local artist. The name of each past president is engraved on the links of the chain.

In December 2023 Drogheda Soroptimist club celebrated their 65th Birthday at a lunch in the Marcy Hotel.

Soroptimist International is a global volunteer movement working together to transform the lives of women and girls with nearly 72,000 members in 121 countries. In Ireland there are 15 clubs that work at local, national and international level to educate, empower and enable girls to reach their full potential. Clubs choose projects that work towards ending poverty, eradicating abuse and violence, providing education for all, achieving gender balance and preserving the environment.

In our club the current projects are the Public Speaking competition for girls, Raising Awareness of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence and STEM for girls. We work with Louth Local Development on various projects and we partner with the Rotary Club to raise funds for charities at their annual Remembrance Tree.

Our meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of the month. For more information log on to our Facebook page

Soroptimist International -Drogheda or email sidrogheda@gmail.com.