Club President, Angela, planted a Beech Tree in the Minehead Millennium Rose Garden, seaward Way, Minehead on 16th November together with a plaque from the club commemorating the Late HM Queen Elizabeth II.
DetailsMinehead - v- Wellington first round of the District Skittles competition
Minehead won by 194 to 184. Minehead go on to next round
An Orphanage in Sri Lanka was an original Rotary Club project started in 2008. Since then the club have continued their support. In 2015 the club funded a new toilet block and in 2022 funded a computer Lecturer and technician.
DetailsRotary Club of Minehead held a street collection in Minehead Town Centre to aid of the Turkey/Syria Earthquake Appeal and raised £1,200. Great Result
DetailsRotarians will be in The Avenue, Minehead with collection buckets to ask the public to donate to the Morocco Earthquake Disaster.
DetailsThe Rotary Club are Stewarding this town event as part of their help the community project
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February 23rd was Rotary's 119th birthday. It was in February 1905 that Paul Harris and three friends met in Chicargo and discussed how they could help their communities. From this meeting Rotary International was born.
Clubs all over the world recognise this date as World Rotary Day and try to publicise the work of Rotary. Our most well know programme is End Polio Now and it is at this time of year you will see purple crocus springing up around Minehead. The most noticeable is the outline of the Rotary Wheel on the bank of the A39 just past the roundabout with Seaward Way and alongside the Rugby Club. These purple crocus were planted by Rotarians many years ago to recognise the work done by Polio Vaccinators around the world. Each child that received the vaccination had their fingernail painted purple to show they had been vaccinated. The crocus can also be seen in Blenheim Gardens.
This Rotary programme has almost eradicated polio from the world. We have reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988 and are detirmined to make this 100% within the next few years.
This years Youth competitions are reaching the final stages and it will soon be time to start planning for next year. These competitions and other Rotary Youth events are a great way to encourage and develop our young people but we need help to stage them.
Rotary is always in need of more volunteers to help us provide and support the many projects we run. Our club is open to all and we have an active social side and will welcome any new individuals that come along to our fortnightly meetings on a Monday evening at the Northfield Hotel, Minehead.
By joining the 1.4 million Rotarians around the world you really can make a difference to so many lives. Why not give it a try.
John Baker
President.
Sun, Apr 7th 2024 2:00 pm
Members of the Rotary Club and friends will be walking 4 or 7 miles from Oakford Village Hall to compete and raise funds for the Childrens Hospice South West.
Sat, Apr 13th 2024 8:20 am
Members of the Rotary Club of Minehead will be collecting funds at Tesco Supermarket in Minhead.
We meet on Mondays at 18.00
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