Thurs 18th June: Speaker - Jane Walker MBE: Purple Community Fund
Thu, Jun 18th 2020 at 8:15 pm - 9:15 pm
Helping the children who "live on the dumps" on the outskirts of Manila in The Philippines. This will be a Zoom meeting.
A Gloucestershire born lady, Jane Walker, caught our attention a few years ago. She had encountered ‘the children who lived on the dumps’ on the outskirts of Manila, and was inspired to help them. She then proved inspirational in her fundraising efforts as well as her influence with BIG donors and the Philippines government.
Jane has spoken at our club as well as at other venues that we have arranged for her. We have assisted by promoting the products made by her charity, and a considerable degree of the popularity of the cause was because they collected physical objects [our rubbish e.g. ring pulls and empty plastic or metal tubes such as toothpaste] which had great appeal to children and young people. The idea of recycling such detritus into appealing consumer products had enormous power.
'What We Do' Main Pages:
Club collects £1200 at Morrisons Nailsworth
moreRotary Clubs support young people in many ways, which can be by providing funding but also through involvement in various school activities.
moreClub collects £1200 at Morrisons Nailsworth
more
The Direct Membership Network is just one example of how Rotary is adapting to the future whilst complementing existing Rotary clubs
more
Nailsworth Rotary Club arranges many fundraising events each year and the funds raised in recent years have helped a wide range of organisations.
more
Fundraising for charities and helping members of our local community are just two of the reasons why people join Rotary. Friendship, fellowship and having fun are almost as important.
more
We help out with many local community projects: The Older Driver Forum, Forest Green Community Garden, Stroud Court, Box Wood, Nailsworth Spring Clean, Arkell Centre lunches, Alzheimer's Cafe, Nailsworth Noel and Festival, and Stroud Ambitions.
more