Christmas Sleigh
Fri, Dec 11th 2015 at 6:00 pm- Wed, Dec 23rd 2015 - 6:00 pm
Roborough Rotary Club's Christmas Sleigh (looking even smarter than ever thanks to the mechanics at Scoot- A- Long) took to the road again on 11th December 2015.
Christmas Sleigh
Roborough Rotary Club's Christmas Sleigh (looking even smarter than ever thanks to the mechanics at Scoot- A- Long) took to the road again on 11th December 2015.
Santa and his team of helpers from the Rotary Club and Inner Wheel started by touring the local area between 6 and 8 in the evening. They were in Widewell and Little Fancy Close on Friday 11thDecember; in Fort Austin Avenue on Monday 14th December, in the Looseleigh Lane area on Thursday 17th December, and finally, in Derriford, in the Upland Drive area on Saturday 19th December.
Santa was also at Asda in Estover from 16th to 18th December and at Morrisons, Outland Road from 20th to 23rd December.
Almost £4,000 was collected for local charities. Beneficiaries included YMCA Plymouth, Children's A&E Derriford, Women's Refuge Shoe Box Project, Jeremiah's Journey, Dame Hannah Rogers Trust, Plymouth Musical Activities Club, Ark Community Project (Widewell School), Derriford Children's Cancer Services, Horizons Sailing Trust and Reach Community Drama Group (Tavistock). See below for information about who benefitted from the 2014 sleigh collection.
Rotary's Santa just keeps on giving
(From the Plymouth Herald February 25th 2015)
In the run-up to Christmas the team from Roborough Rotary Club and Roborough Inner Wheel Clubs spent their days collecting at Morrisons on Outland Road and ASDA at Estover, plus five evenings touring the north Plymouth area including Widewell, Fort Austin, Derriford and Manadon. Over 5,500 was raised for local charities.
On 25th February cheques were presenting to various causes at the Lord Mayor's Parlour
and representing Roborough Rotary Club Phil Chesters, President; Helen West, President Elect; Hugh Baker, President Nominee and Peter Norton, Treasurer
Phil Chesters, president of Roborough Rotary Club, said: "The cheques presented at the Lord Mayor's Parlour were just some of the donations we were able to make following our collection which, thanks to the generosity of the people of Plymouth raised over 5,500.
"All proceeds from the collection go towards local charities with particular emphasis on those providing help and support to children and young people."
Michael Wallis from Derriford Children's Cancer Service said: "I have to say Roborough Rotary Club picked an impressive lineup of charities all of which I know are working so hard making a difference to people's lives in our local community.
"It is all too often that local projects miss out to the larger high profile charities so it is wonderful to see an organisation like this supporting on a local level; we are sincerely thankful for their donation."
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President Hug and Inner member Wheel Bridget attended at day at Skipton Building Society to engage with and discuss how we support via our Memory Cafe and work with 'Walk Talk n Tea' group.
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Lisa gave a great breakdown of what they do for their local community and we hope to do more with them in the future.https://www.honicknowle-commnet-ltd.co.uk/our-projects
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After years of service to his community locally and internationally Ian was recognised by Rotary International Britain and Ireland with the 'Champion of Change' award for his work supporting education overseas.
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Members of Widewell Primary School"™s Student Council Roborough Rotary Club how they are going to develop their own garden by the school"™s main door.
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