{"id":16107,"date":"2016-04-27T22:32:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=16107"},"modified":"2016-04-27T22:32:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:32:44","slug":"clubs-and-societies-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=16107","title":{"rendered":"Clubs and Societies &#8211; 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag16\/16042601.jpg\" alt=\"Clubs and Societies\" \/><br \/>\nThe official launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/ethelwoldhouse.com\/host-abingdon\/\">Host Abingdon<\/a> will be on 10th May<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag16\/16042602.jpg\" alt=\"Clubs and Societies\" \/><br \/>\nThey had a stall at the Clubs and Societies day. Their aim is to find host families who will provide emergency accommodation as part of the existing Host Oxford Initiative. A fund has also been established to make a room available at St Ethelwold\u2019s for refugee accommodation. They have also set up language lessons, welcoming and befriending, and food donations.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag16\/16042603.jpg\" alt=\"Clubs and Societies\" \/><br \/>\nNear them on one side at Clubs and Societies Day were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abingdonartists.org.uk\/\">Abingdon Artists<\/a>. As well as frequent exhibitions, they have a programme of talks and demonstrations. On 12 May 2016 there will be a demonstration of pastels, and on 09 June 2016 A talk on Van Gogh.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag16\/16042604.jpg\" alt=\"Clubs and Societies\" \/><br \/>\nOn the other side of Host Abingdon were the <a href=\"http:\/\/aml.fastmail.co.uk\/\">Abbey Meadow Lace Makers<\/a> who meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Preston Road Community Centre from 09:30 to 15:30. They also have a fortnightly group at All Saints on Monday evenings for people who might like some tuition.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag16\/16042605.jpg\" alt=\"Clubs and Societies\" \/><br \/>\nRounding off today&#8217;s groups are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abingdonlions.org.uk\/\">Abingdon Lions<\/a> &#8211; an international organisation started in the USA in 1917, who have a well established group in Abingdon, UK. <\/p>\n<p>Ron Skinner, their president, will be jump out of an aeroplane at 15,000 feet for charity on 29th April. The money raised goes to Maggie&#8217;s Centre at the Oxford Children&#8217;s Hospital. His donation page is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/ron-skinner111\">justgiving.com\/ron-skinner111<\/a>. This will be his first skydive and he is age 70. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official launch of Host Abingdon will be on 10th May They had a stall at the Clubs and Societies day. Their aim is to find host families who will provide emergency accommodation as part of the existing Host Oxford Initiative. A fund has also been established to make a room available at St Ethelwold\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-and-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}