COMING UP SOON: 

 Blood Pressure Checks;  We're hoping to open our drop-in centres for a Saturday morning later in the year.

On November 19th we're hosting a concert by Ysgol Glanaethwy Choir in Llanfairfechan Town Hall! This will surely be a sell-out, so watch local posters for further details in due course.

Some events from 2010 so far:

What a GREAT WEEK we had celebrating Rotary's 105th birthday in February! We plan a repeat celebration NEXT February too! 

- On Saturday 20th we collected in Llanfairfechan and Penmaenmawr for End Polio Now - raising money for 500 doses of vaccine.

- During the week our four schools held Purple Pinkie Days, and raised money for another 400 doses of vaccine.

- On Thursday night we held our Dewi Sant celebration, with entertainment from Lleisiau Traeth Lafan.

- On Friday night we held a Macmillan Mammoth Quiz session and raised £250 for Cancer Support

- On Saturday we joined with 5 other local clubs collecting at TESCO, Llandudno Junction, raising monies for another 1,100 doses of Polio Vaccine!

 

We had a Wellie Whanging contest on Llanfairfechan Beach on Sunday June 27th.

We have again held our inter-schools art competition, and donated dictionaries to year 5 pupils at all 3 of our junior schools.

 click here to read about our club member David Bather's visit to Japan as Leader of our District 1180 GSE Team.  

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A Football strip for our youngsters.  Dictionaries for our young scholars. An annual Achievement Award for our local schools.

Just three of the ways Rotary is working in OUR Community!

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FRIENDS of ROTARY

We have an informal group of people who share our Rotary ideals, but for whatever reason cannot commit to membership. If you'd like to know more please ask any member, or call 07780 327 535 for an invite to a meeting planned on September 23rd

We are planning to hold a 100 Community Leaders NIght on October 21st.

Our President is David Bowen-Jones and he's looking forward to hosting an exciting club programme this year.

Did you see the new faces in our towns this summer?

We were hosting a Group Study Exchange team of young professionals from Japan. Thanks for giving them our usual warm welcome.

Our district GSE team of four young professionals to Japan in November 2009 was led by our club member Dave Bathers. His non-Rotarian team members come from such diverse areas as Snowdonia and Liverpool.

If you're interested in learning more about Rotary, perhaps with an interest in joining our world-wide fellowship, please click here and we'll invite you along to a meeting. Or call 07780 327 535, or have a word with any Rotarian. We'd love to meet you! We have loads of FUN and FELLOWSHIP helping others.

We're situated on the beautiful North Wales coast on the edge of Snowdonia, just along from the walled town of Conwy, and midway between Llandudno and Bangor overlooking the Menai Straits and Anglesey. Like to know more about our historic communities? 

Click here for links to the  Llanfairfechan  or  Penmaenmawr towns' websites, or our meeting venue the Split Willow

Want to know more? Ring 07780 327 535

 FROM OUR ARCHIVES!

Thanks to everyone who supported us in bringing Santa to our villages 

Every year - in the two weeks before Christmas, loads of youngsters came to meet him in his magnificent grotto and receive a gift of fresh fruit. Last year we raised over £2,000 in our street and TESCO collections, and this will ALL be used for charitable projects during this year. Our sincere thanks to all who supported us.

Our special thanks go to those who are NOT members of our club, including the Mayors, local Councillors, and our friends who came out to help us. It is appreciated.

Our grateful thanks are also due to TESCO in Llandudno Junction for allowing us to collect there on two days before Christmas; the generous donations people made will be used for our charity work during the coming year.

We had fellowship (and bar meals) at the Split Willow on some evenings after our rounds, and also enjoyed our Christmas Dinner there, with partners and friends.  Entertainment, organised by Michele Bathers, was provided by Arwyn Evans, Enid Evans, (Rockin) Ron Watson Jones  and Ray Roberts. A most enjoyable evening made a great start to the festive season. It was good that our former member John Davies was well enough to join us.

From the Archives:

Early in 2009 we were honoured to have our Paul Harris Fellow, Kate Rowlands speak to us. She was home on a brief break from her medical/charitable work in Afghanistan, and was able to answer many of our questions from first-hand experiences; our Best Wishes go with her when she returns to that troubled land. 

LLANFAIRFECHAN TOWN under 11's soccer team now sport new shirts, thanks to our club!

  

At our annual INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Night

In November we host 12 newly-arrived overseas students of UW Bangor. This is one of our most popular events of the year, when we get to meet students from all over the world, and give them a link with the local community while studying in Bangor. Click for pictures of our visitors.

Literacy Project:

Special Rotary dictionaries, worth nearly £10 each have been presented to all year 6 pupils of our local junior schools (Ysgol Capelulo, Ysgol Pencae, Ysgol Pant-y-Rhedyn) to take with them to their new schools. We wish them well in their studies.

 

 Sing along with Ron!

Club Member (Rockin) Ron Watson-Jones receives his badge of membership of the

Rotary Fellowship of Musicians while entertaining at Penmaenmawr Promenade Day

 Visiting Cadnant, Anglesey:

 

 Donating money for new kit to Llanfairfechan Junior (under 11's) footballers:

Money was donated to help the under 11's obtain a new strip for the season; the money was handed over duri ng pre-season training. See the picture of the strip on this website homepage.

Presenting the winners of our SCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENT COMPETITION 2008 with their prizes:   Amy, James and Kieron:

       

 Club President 2007-8 Jerome Bacchus inducts Garth Rogers as his successor for 2008/9;  DC Barbara Bacchus inducts Sylvia Smith as President of Inner Wheel. See photo galleries.

 Click on the PHOTO GALLERIES tab on the left for photos from our recent Roadshows and other events.

CLUB MEMBERS:

Look at your committee report under Club Council to remind yourself of progress  towards your targets for the year!

Huw Tom Walk: 

 

The club led the now-annual Huw Tom Walk, held on behalf of the Rotary Foundation. They were joined by a wide ranging group of walkers, who trekked from the restored historic New York Cottages in Penmaenmawr to Rowen. The route they took followed the daily footsteps of quarrymen of old between the granite quarries in Penmaenmawr, over the eastern Carneddau, and their homes in the Conwy valley. The signed way, developed by Rotarians from this club, is now part of the Conwy walking programme. The route is named after the early trades union leader.

Donations: 

Recent donations have been made by the club to Ysgol Babanod towards access safety improvements, WaterAid, Royal British Legion,  a local child needing medical treatment in France, Llanfairfechan Junior Football Club towards kit, Dwygyfylchi Bowling club to help them overcome vandalism, the TLC club at Llanfairfechan (for which our club members also provide transport) for seat cushions in Y Caban. Following a presentation by Ysgol Bryn Elian we have made a donation to their Schools project in Madagascar; it ties in with our emphasis this year on education, especially in Africa.

The club has again been working with local schools in the Annual Art competition. Results are on the PROJECTS page.

We have also presented Rotary Dictionaries to all year 6 pupils in our 3 schools, Pant y Rhedin, Capelulo and Pencae. They were much appreciated, and will be of use to them in years to come.

Our Group Study Exchange visitors from New Zealand

Ready to board the Snowdon Mountain Railway, and at the Interclub meeting

 

Our club has celebrated it's 38th birthday with a Charter Night Dinner at the Split Willow. Our guest speakers were the most-entertaining GSE Team from Japan.

The club, under the guidance of it's International committee, has just loaded a lorry with goods destined for the Ukraine. Contents include mountain and roadster bikes and helmets, wheelchairs, clothing, shoes, toys and furniture.  It was being shipped via the International Aid Trust, based in Preston. 

A "Thank You" night for those members of the community who helped us was held at the Light Up Pen Cafe;  their help was greatly appreciated. Look at the pictures under 'International' alongside. We hope to make a trip soon to the IAT to have a look at their facilities, and all the work that they do.

 Recent meetings have featured our committee Nights, a presentation by members of Llandrillo College Astronomical Society, the Ysgol Bryn Elian Madagascar project, the Mawdsley's as St Vincent de Paul Society organisers of aid for children in the Sudan, by Ruth Carter on the history of the Pacemaker, visits by Overseas students from University of Wales, Bangor, and other varied speakers.  Much fellowship has resulted from all of these.

Club members attended the District Conference at Venue Cymru:

We were looking forward to a great weekend of Fellowship, Fun, interesting speakers and entertainment, and were not dissapointed!

We also joined in the RIBI Conference in Bournemouth.

Our International committee have been collecting and refurbishing old cycles, for shipment to other parts of the world.  They held a sponsored bike ride to help cover transportation costs (see photo gallery).

July again saw the club supporting Llanfairfechan carnival.  After marshalling the traditional parade through the town, they operated their Stocks game on the promenade. Wet sponges were initially sold for throwing at club members, but members of the public soon took over to submit themselves as targets! A fun event in good weather. The club also supported Penmaenmawr Prom Day, with our Stocks, and our new guess the number game.

Rotary Clubs are at the heart of the community, and none more so than Llan Pen. 

Would you like to JOIN OUR CLUB?  Ask any member for more details, or use the contact form (left).  We're always looking for more community minded people to join us!

Under 35? Would you like to study abroad for a year in 2010/11?   See the Rotary Foundation page for more details.

REMINDER TO CLUB MEMBERS: To read reports from Committees and Council minutes you will need to login as a member, above.

In the next 30 days..

29/07/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Violet Leap presentation.  
05/08/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Committee Night.  
12/08/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Summer Gathering.  Buffet meal at 6pm followed by French and Welsh Choirs concert in Christchurch, Llanfairfechan
16/08/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Club Council.  
19/08/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Speaker Night.  
26/08/2010  Club Weekly Meeting -  Alternative Night.