Fundraising

There is no separate fundraising committee but that does not mean the club is no longer raising money for good causes. On the contrary, in recent months Chelmsford has distributed donations to more local organisations than ever before as we'll as continuing to support international projects.

Spring Jumble Sale

Every year we hold two jumble sales at Danbury Village Hall, one in the spring and one in the autumn. The 2023 Spring Jumble Sale was held on 20 May.

As you can see from the photograph, we had a lot to sell and a lot of people interested in seeing what was on offer. We raised just over £480 for Rotary charities after paying the cost of hiring the hall. This was an increase on 2022; the good weather may have helped.

We thank everyone who donated items for sale, the Rotairans who organised everything and volunteered on the day and the staff and volunteers at the Village Hall.

Charity Quiz Night

On 16 November 2019 we held a quiz that we had arranged to raise funds for President Francis’s chosen charity, Families InFocus (Essex). This took place at the Writtle Sports & Social Club. Most of the work was done by member and Past President Anne Moriaty and Francis’s wife, Jackie. Francis was one of the markers.

There were 11 tables of quizzers. All of them seemed to enjoy the evening, which raised £680.

We thank Anne’s husband, Steve, for being such an excellent quiz master and Anne herself for her hard work behind the scenes before, during and after the quiz. We hope we will be able to hold another fund-raising quiz for a local charity in the spring using the same model as for this event, where we concentrated on providing the quiz while leaving the charity to organise teams, prizes, raffle, etc.