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Mayanmar Earthquake Appeal

The total collected was £450.65. Knaresborough Rotary has donated a total of £590 to ShelterBox


Thank you to everyone who donated to our collection for the Myanmar Earthquake relief. The total collected was £450.65. Knaresborough Rotary has donated a total of £590 to ShelterBox who are active in the area.

Knaresborough Rotary Club is a Bronze Partner Club with ShelterBox which is an international disaster relief charity that provides emergency shelter and other aid items to families around the world who have lost their homes to disaster or conflict.
Invented by Rotarian and former Royal Navy Search and Rescue Diver Tom Henderson, OBE, who, in 2000, after watching a television disaster relief broadcast that highlighted the difficulties that disaster relief efforts frequently encounter, conceived the idea of a disaster relief kit for a family, contained in a box for fast and easy global deployment. That same year the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard adopted it as its Millennium Project.
ShelterBox responds to natural disasters such as earthquakes, tropical cyclones, tsunamis, floods and volcanic eruptions. The charity also provides emergency aid to families displaced by war or conflict, in places such as Syria.
ShelterBox aid items include tents mosquito nets, water filters, water carriers, solar lights, cooking sets, blankets and mats.
The aid provided by ShelterBox is tailored to the nature of each individual disaster and location and therefore it is not always the same. ShelterBox Response Teams distribute aid on the ground, working closely with local organisations, local and international aid agencies and Rotary worldwide. For more information go to https://www.shelterbox.org.
When disasters happen Knaresborough Rotarians respond quickly with street collections to fund ShelterBoxes.

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The total collected was £450.65. Knaresborough Rotary has donated a total of £590 to ShelterBox

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Peter THompson

Congratulations to our member Peter Thompson on his MBE

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Photo shows, left to right, Rotarian Mike Dixon, Knaresborough Rotary President Helen Westmancoat, Martin House Regional Fundraiser Rebecca Taylor, Marty Bear, Knaresborough Rotary President Elect Deborah Wilson, Vice President Stephanie Blevins and

Knaresborough Rotarians met up with Regional Fundraiser Rebecca Taylor and Marty Bear from Martin House Children’s Hospice recently to present a cheque for £2,152.52 raised at Rotary’s Fashion Show in March.

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https://vimeo.com/492439562

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Photo shows Gayle Dowling from Open Arms Malawi receiving a donation from Knaresborough Rotary President Helen Westmancoat.

Our speaker this week was Gayle Dowling from Harrogate based Charity Open Arms Malawi which is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of vulnerable children in Malawi.

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President Helen Westmancoat (right) with Ella Grooby (left)

Knaresborough Rotary sponsors the Training Band

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Thorsten Bruce (right) with Knaresborough President Helen Westmancoat.

Harrogate Rotarian Thorsten Bruce is cycling 8,000 miles to Nepal to raise funds for the Young Minds Trust and the Rainbow Children's Home in Nepal.

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