Christmas Red Sacks

This year’s awards to local charities from Staines Rotary was held in mid-February at the Leacroft Youth Centre.

October 24th marked one of the most important days in Rotary’s calendar; World Polio Day.

During the summer holidays, 49 youths from across Surrey and West Sussex completed a challenging 6 day residential leadership development programme.

Staines Rotary has been playing its part in a global campaign to eradicate polio, raising funds over several years to help achieve it.

Despite Covid restrictions, Staines Rotary were able to take Santa on his usual Christmas rounds through to streets, assisted by groups of volunteer collectors raising funds for local charities.

For Christmas 2020, Staines Rotary donated to the Salvation Army a batch of red sacks made of an attractive thick red fabric.

2020 marked the 10th year that Staines Rotary had presented every child in Year 5 at all the Primary Schools in Staines and Laleham with an Usborne Illustrated Dictionary, which help them with their school work.

Staines Rotary were determined not to let Covid steal the community’s 2020 Christmas.

Members of Staines Rotary joined forces with clubs from across the Thames Valley at Heathrow Airport recently to raise money for BBC Children in Need.

At a recent dinner, Rotary members were given an overview of what a Rotary Youth Exchange Student is.

We were delighted to welcome Tim Stokes as our guest speaker to a recent dinner evening.