Bulletin June/July 2008
Club Service Duties
Date President Finance
- 19 June Lucas Bryning
- 26 June *** Bowls Evening ***
- 3 July *** Holiday ***
- 10 July Turner Coupe
- 17 July Smithard Namushi
- 24 July Elbourn Wilkinson
- 31 July Smith Hobson
Next Council Meeting
The next Council meeting is to be held on Tuesday 8 July at John Kay’s house.
Request - Tesco Vouchers
Geoff Foulkes would like to thank the club who helped to donate 871 Tesco vouchers on behalf of Redwood School.
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Dates for your Diary / Misc
- 24/6/08 (Tuesday) – Excitement of Science
- 27/6/08 (Friday) – D1280 handover at Buile Hill
- Autumn craft fair (Town Hall) - Sunday 14th September
- 20th September 2008 – D1280 Disabled Sports at St. Helens
- 24/10/08 to 26/10/08 – D1280 Conference in Southport
- Grimethorpe Brass Band Concert at Gracie Fields Theatre
Sunday 2 November (afternoon) - 17/11/08 (Monday) – Charter Night
- Bag Packing and Collection at Morrisons Saturday 20 December
Visit to Liverpool and Port Sunlight
Departure times for coach on Friday 18 July are :-
Richard St Masonic 9.15 am
Midge Hall Drive 9.25
Heywood Park 9.30
Return at approx 6.00pm - 6.30 pm
The 49 seater coach is full with our members and wives including 9 from Rochdale East
and 6 from Heywood.
Martin Coupe
Rochdale East Garden Party
Rochdale East are holding a Charity Garden Party on Sunday 29 June at the home of Rtn. Raymond Matthews, 7 Lakeside, Hollingworth Lake, Littleborough. All proceeds will be in support of the President's Charities. Entertainment will be by the Rochdale Youth Band, and tickets are £6 each for adults (children are free).
”Should any of your members wish to attend, please contact Murray Knight on 07985 701023 (Email ) and I shall be pleased to provide tickets”.
Grand Charity Book Fair – Rotary Club of Middleton
To be held on Saturday 26 July, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Lancashire Health and Racquets Club, Bowlee, Middleton. Admission if free and the event is in support of the Burma disaster and local Middleton charities.
Apologies for absence
Please advise Doug Hill 01706 352398
so that he can adjust catering numbers
accordingly.
Rotary Club of Rochdale
President: David Acton
June / July 2008
Bulletin for Rtn
Date Programme Time
- 19 June Handover & Club Assembly E
- 26 June Bowls Evening at Norden L
- 3 July *** Holiday ***
- 10 July Ian Madeley L
- 17 July Mohammed Sarwar E
- 24 July Derek Heywood L
- 31 July Focus interview with President E
President’s Remarks
Pensioners in the Park
May I thank everyone for their efforts with this event; it was a case of “rain stopped play”. It was, however, the rain that fed the seed of what I hope will grow into something very worthwhile.
I spent the morning of Friday the 13th with the “Park People” who wanted a re-run of the Pensioners in the Park in August. I have suggested they open it up to…. “The community wants to see what you do- show it off here”. This offers any individual or group free space to exhibit their product, talent or service. It will be a regular Park feature and because of its very nature it is easily sustained – as they say watch this space.
The involvement of Rotary would be minimal and without cost but it will show the Roundel next to the strap line “Making the Community visible”.
Kids Out
May I thank Ian Madeley for the organisation of what is always an enjoyable event. Photos follow.
Finally My Thanks
These go to every one of you. Thank you for an enjoyable, memorable year – Secretary, Council, Convenors, and Committee member’s thank you for all your support. Oh and yes as an after thought to my young bride !!!!!!!
I hope we didn’t steer too far off our heading and please remember, no bullying when I re-join the troop. I am delighted to be passing the baton to the very capable hands of John Kay and look forward to what I know will be another fulfilling year in Rotary.
Chernobyl
The Chernobyl accident occurred in the Ukraine over 22 years ago but many people are unaware that the consequences will linger on for a very long time.
Last year our Past President Brian Cunliffe OBE (PHF) happened to hear Olwyn Keogh MBE speak at the Rotary Club of Padiham about the work her Charity “Friends of Chernobyl’s Children (FOCC)” is doing for children from Belarussia. We had not appreciated that because of the wind direction 70% of the fall-out fell on Belarus and that the agricultural land there will be tainted for thousands of years. This means that children from the poorest areas, in particular, suffer a range of diseases due to eating food grown in contaminated ground. Drugs and vitamins are virtually non existent in Belarus and many people die through lack of proper treatment.
Every year the FOCC based near Preston bring children to one of their groups spread through the UK. They provide family placements for the children of the Mogilev and Gomel region of Belarus for at least one month and meet the full cost of these visits including health checks and dental care etc. This serves to boost the immune systems of the Children and increases their life expectancy considerably. The children also get a brief holiday and some new clothing!
When members of the Rotary Club of Rochdale learned from Olwyn that the provision of simple multi-vitamins could make such a difference they resolved that they would donate a years supply for 52 children. In fact when the local Costco store heard about the Charity from us they willingly offered to supply all the Vitamins (19,000) free of charge. This enabled us to make a cash donation for an equivalent amount (£250). Thank you Costco.
Olwyn has been helped by Rotary clubs before. In fact the Rotary Club of Sheffield made her a Paul Harris Fellow for the splendid work she and her volunteers do each year.
(We have submitted this article to the Editor
of the District magazine. DSH)
Olwyn receiving the Cheque from the Rotary presentation party !