The Rotary Christmas Tree was switched on during the Big Reveal event on Saturday evening 19^th November with Father Christmas breaking off from his preparations to make a surprise visit! 

The High Street was closed for the event which several hundred people attended.

Rotary Christmas Appeal

Please support our Annual Charity Appeal, At Christmas Meridian Rotary supports local people and local commun ity groupswho need our help. Your donations mean we can help those less fortunate than ourselves. Your generosity will really make a difference
Donations can be made through our JustGiving site detailed below:

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/meridianrotary2022

Thank you in anticipation of your generous donations and Season’s Greetings to everyone from all our Rotary members.

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The Rotary Sleigh will be calling in the areas detailed below from Friday 2nd December – Look out for us!

Rotary Youth Speaks Competition

St Swithun's Church in East Grinstead was the venue of the Meridian Rotary Youth Speaks debating competition held on 15 November. 

This public speaking competition for schools is designed to support and encourage the development of effective communication skills.  

Three schools provided teams with both intermediate and senior classes, and they provided their own topics for debate.

The Winners in the Senior Category were Sackville School Senior Team A, debating the topic “It is impossible for a robot to think like a human”. 

The Winners in the Intermediate Category were Lingfield College with the topic: “Is planetary defence worth the money?”
All young debaters came out winners from the experience gained. 

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2022 Rotary Sunflower Growing Competition
In association with the Orchard Nursery, near East Grinstead sunflower seeds were distributed to children at the East Grinstead May Fayre to see who would grow the tallest flowering plant.  Layla Chellingworth, aged 4, was the winner with her flower, a whopping 3m (9’11”) tall.

Layla was followed by Eiryn Hunt, aged 9, whose sunflower was 2.2m (7’ 2”) high.
Their prizes were presented by Clare Bradford at her Nursery in the Holtye Road and the Rotary Club President, Michael Haynes presented their Certificates.

_________________________________________________________________ Meridian Rotary President, Michael Haynes and community team member Des Baxter laid the Rotary Wreath at the East Grinstead war memorial on Remembrance Sunday