WheelPower in the Cam
Sat, May 11th 2013 at 10:30 am- Sun, May 12th 2013 - 12:00 am
Cambridge area Club presidents receive the Notebook from the Sawston Club and then punt and paddle to ...
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The District wide notebook marathon is reaching Cambridge City on Saturday 11th May 2013. The Sawston Club will be bringing it to meet the Cambridge, Cambridge Rutherford and South Cambridge Clubs at Magdalene Bridge at 10am. Collectors will be out in force to raise as much money as possible for the excellent Wheelpower charity which buys individually adapted sports wheelchairs for the disabled who want to remain as active as possible. The four presidents John Barrett (Cambridge), Mike Smith (South Cambridge), Paul Breen (Cambridge Rutherford) and Simon Lake (Sawston) will then punt up through Jesus Lock and then paddle all the way to Baits Bite Lock. Meanwhile President Gary Hartwig (Littleport Club) will have had a delightful river cruise down via Ely with several motorboats full of rotarians and friends who will be raising funds along their journey.Everyone is welcome to join them for photos and a picnic at lunch time and to really enjoy this meeting of clubs ! A WHEELIE GOOD IDEA NOVEMBER 2012 HOT OFF THE PRESS: Five months in to the project and over half the clubs have completed their events and visits and it sounds as though great fun has been had by all! Thank you to everyone who has been in touch and especially to those intrepid Rotarians who have completed their interclub expeditions. Over £4000 has been banked with more funds promised as sponsorship monies are collected. What are the objectives?
How does it work? Each club makes a journey to a nearby Club to share a meal and fellowship. They can carry a small notebook in which each president can write a short message. Members from this Club travel to the next Club continuing the fellowship relay. Our objective is to involve as many Clubs as possible in the District, which has 77 Clubs in total. We have the whole Rotary year to complete this project, up to June 2013.
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