December 2021 - Rotary Shoebox Appeal

Christmas is a time for thinking of those less fortunate than ourselves. In this spirit, for several years Peterborough Rotary club has donated gifts at Christmas to the children in the mother and baby unit at Peterborough prison.

After a Zoom event last year: some 60 rotarians and guests enjoyed dinner and a catch-up, concluding with the moving and joyous music from the Salvation Army. £800 donated for their work with those on the margins in our city.

December 2021: A wonderful 1,088 boxes donated, filled with clothes, toys, stationery, toiletries and household items, for distribution to people in far eastern Europe. THANK YOU!

The Club celebrated its 90th "Birthday" in style, with 90 guests enjoying entertainment, dinner, drinks and speeches at the Orton Hall Hotel.

We've been recycling for years. Various items are collected by the Club, and then passed on to organizations, including the Leprosy Mission here in Peterborough, for them to re-use or turn into cash..

A bar of soap for each child to take home. We donated three boxes of soap, masks, sanitary items and other toiletries - all on their way by sea container at the beginning of September.

July 2021 - The Club purchased and delivered 800 dictionaries to the primary schools in the city of Peterborough. One dictionary, for every class, at every primary school - ensuring all children have access to an important reference source.

28 teams, 112 men and women having a crack at the 18 holes of the Milton Golf Course. Competition, conversation, good food. And over £4,000 raised for Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall and the other charities supported by the Club.

We normally enjoy meeting up for lunch or dinner. This isn't possible at present, so members have been putting aside some of what we would have spent on our meals into a "Silver Lining Fund". This will go towards helping some local small charities.