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£6,000 PRESENTED TO WORTHY CAUSES
A LOCAL rotary club and radio station have teamed up to raise £6,000 for good causes in the Burnley area.
Proceeds from the annual Rotary Club of Burnley Pendleside and 2BR radio auction were handed over to representatives of Cavan's Fund, the NSPCC and Samaritans at a special presentation evening.
The parents of one-year-old Cavan Kirkham-MacCallum, Bernadette and Jim, were presented with a cheque for £3,000 towards the cost of vital surgery and treatments.
Little Cavan was born with hemimelia, a rare congenital limb deficiency that affects all his limbs.
He lacks crucial bones, ligaments and muscles in both his arms and legs. He will undergo many years of reconstructive surgery, some never performed before, with uncertain outcomes – alongside certain amputation.
Cavan will need specialist care at various centres throughout the UK with a special eye kept on him from the surgeons in Germany and the USA.
There is not a registered charity for hemimelia, as cases are so rare.
Cavan will likely require prosthetic limbs, expensive equipment and adapted
housing that are not available from the NHS or local government. He is too young for his parents to be able to claim financial help with mobility needs.
The local branch of the Samaritans was presented with a cheque for £1,000 towards annual running costs which run into tens of thousands of pounds locally every year.
And a cheque for £1,000 was also handed over by club president Mr Chris Daggett to NSPCC regional fund-raiser Jeanette Drew. £1,000 is also to be presented to Pendleside Hospice which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week.
Mr Daggett said: "Both the club and 2BR are delighted and proud to be able to help these extremely worthy causes.
“There are so many people out there giving their time and commitment to support others.
The only shame of it all is that these people and organisations have to rely so heavily on donations such as these just to keep going.
"I would like to thank our friends at 2BR, particularly Ricky Kirby, who have worked so hard with us to make the event such a successful one every year.
"Evenings such as this are very humbling and make all the fund-raising efforts so worthwhile."
Anybody wanting to donate an auction lot for the 2009 event should
contact Mr Mike Henney on 01282 611228.
EVENING OF GORE GREETS GUESTS
BLOOD and gore were the order of the day at a special fellowship meeting of the Rotary Club of Burnley Pendleside.
The club hosted four guests from the Rotary Club of Ipswich Wolsley including former Burnley Pendleside member Robin Wraight.
To mark the occasion a special evening's entertainment was laid on by Dick Chitty who adopted the persona of eminent Victorian surgeon Dr Robert Liston and gave a demonstration of the crude procedures carried out in the Victorian operating theatre.
Former Burnley Pendleside members Terry Bannister and Gordon Haycock also attended the splendid evening along with three non-Rotarian guests.
HAVING FUN IN THE SUN
AROUND 100 rotarians, partners and guests enjoyed a superb afternoon of entertainment, food and fellowship at the annual Rotray Club of Burnley Pendleside garden party. Set in the majestic gardens of Bramley Meade Hall, home of rotarian Barry Merrin and his good lady Margaret, the event featured music from the Lancashire Students' Jazz Band. Charity stalls, a sumptious buffet and disco made for an excellent afternoon and evening's entrertainment.
DRAGON BOAT EVENT RAISES £10,000
MANY THANKS: Rotarian Rob Scott presents thank-you gifts to team leaders of the 2BR and Coolvan boats.
THE Rotary Club of Burnley Pendleside's fund-raising Dragon Boat day has raised around £10,000 for local charitable causes.
The event, held at Hollingworth Lake in June, atrracted 17 teams from local businesses and organisations. To thank the teams, the club held a special social evening at The Stables Restaurant at Townley Hall. Top fund-raisers were Country Range with a staggering total of £1,500.
Event organiser rotarian Rob Scott thanked all those who had taken part in the very successful annual fund-raiser.
CROQUET EVENING IS A "BIG HIT" !
HOOP LA!: Enjoying the croquet are president Chris Daggett, Linda Southam, Kate Daggett and Terry Southam. SEE PHOTO GALLERIES for more pictures.
MORE than 30 Rotarians, partners and guests attended a superb Rotary Club of Burnley Pendleside croquet evening.
The event, held at the Pendle and Craven Croquet Club at Earby, was organised by club member Dick Chitty. Also enjoying the fun were members and guests from the Rotary Club of Padiham.
Eventual champion was rotarian John Cooper.
As well as a splendid night's sport, an excellent buffet supper and bar were enjoyed by all.
Club president Chris Daggett gave a vote of thanks.
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND FELLOWSHIP . . .
FUND-RAISING FUN: Woodside Warriors team pictured at the recent Burnley Pendleside Dragon Boat day. See picture galleries for more photos.
Offering you the chance to serve
WELCOME to the official site of the ROTARY CLUB OF BURNLEY PENDLESIDE. Please use this site to find out about our club and what Rotary has to offer you.
Anybody wanting more information on the ROTARY CLUB OF BURNLEY PENDLESIDE should contact club secretary MIKE HENNEY on 01282 611228.
Our club offers YOU the opportunity to serve the community, enjoy fellowship and help those who are less fortunate.
Last year our club raised in excess of £20,000 for a broad spectrum of charities both locally and internationally.
President Chris Daggett
chris.daggett@eastlancsnews.co.uk
New President takes the reins
THE Rotary Club of Burnley Pendleside has welcomed new president Chris Daggett into office. He takes over the reins from past president Martin Stanworth. New club vice president is Alan Armstrong with Steve Hughes as second vice. (SEE PHOTO GALLERIES)
Club's radio auction is hit with listeners
ON THE AIRWAVES: Club secretary Mike Henney (seated) with Alan Clifford (left) and past president Martin Stanworth (right)
The annual Rotary Club of Burnley Pendleside radio auction run in conjunction with 2BR has proved another fund-raising success.
Lots ranging from a flight in a jet over LA to a signed Burnley Football Club shirt attracted frantic bidding over a four-hour period.
Club secretary Mike Henney worked with 2BR to pull the event together.
Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
| FIRST | The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service | |
| SECOND | High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society | |
| THIRD | The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life | |
| FOURTH | The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. |
ALL SMILES: Members of the 2BR team at the Dragon Boat races.
