Rotary in the Thames Valley and BBC Children in Need
Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland is a partner with BBC Children in Need, working to help disadvantaged children across the UK.
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For almost 30 years, Rotarians from the Thames Valley have been collecting money to support BBC Children in Need. Last year, clubs from this District raised over £65,000 for the charity. Here is a list of the clubs that organised their own fundraising activities:
Bourne End & Cookham
Burnham Beeches
Crowthorne & Sandhurst
Easthampstead
Elthorne Hillingdon
Faringdon & District
High Wycombe
Maidenhead Bridge
Marlow Thames
Misbourne Matins
Rotary Clubs in Reading
Witney
On top of this, almost all clubs in the District took part in a collection at Heathrow Airport, raising in excess of £33,000 in one day! Here is a list of all the clubs and organisations that took part, some are outside our District:
Bourne End & Cookham Inner Wheel
Bourne End Academy Interact Club
BP Collins
ILHAAM SWIS
IRIS Software Group
Princes Risborough School Interact
Rotaract Club of Bourne End & Cookham
Rotary Club of Abingdon
Rotary Club of Abingdon Riverside
Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper
Rotary Club of Amersham, D1260
Rotary Club of Ascot
Rotary Club of Basingstoke Deane
Rotary Club of Bourne End & Cookham
Rotary Club of Burnham Beeches
Rotary Club of Cookham Bridge
Rotary Club of Easthampstead
Rotary Club of Edgware & Stanmore, D1130
Rotary Club of Elthorne Hillingdon
Rotary Club of Faringdon & District
Rotary Club of Gerrards Cross & Chalfont St Peter
Rotary Club of Great Missenden
Rotary Club of Henley Bridge
Rotary Club of Jordans & District
Rotary Club of Langley & Iver
Rotary Club of Loddon Vale
Rotary Club of Loddon Vale Satellite Woodley Stars
Rotary Club of Maidenhead
Rotary Club of Maidenhead Bridge
Rotary Club of Maidenhead Thames
Rotary Club of Marlow
Rotary Club of Marlow Bridge
Rotary Club of Marlow Thames
Rotary Club of Misbourne Matins
Rotary Club of Oxford Spires
Rotary Club of Pangbourne
Rotary Club of Princes Risborough
Rotary Club of Staines, D1145
Rotary Club of Thame
Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton
Rotary Club of Windsor St George
Rotary Club of Woking District, D1145
Volunteer Centre Slough
Wheatley Park School Interact
Thank you to everyone who took part last year - you made it a record-breaking year!
This year we are organising various collections across the District, more details to follow.
The main thing to remember is this year's collections will take place on 15th November 2019 - save the date!
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