Donation to the RLNI
The Club has recently made a donation of £250 to the Hunstanton Lifeboat fund.
Donation to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
On 7 March 2022 the Rotary Club of King’s Lynn had a most interesting talk from Kate Craven on behalf of the RNLI to which the Club has made a donation of £250 recently. Kate is one of the nearly 40 volunteers at the Hunstanton RNLI station which deals with some 40 calls for assistance each year, the majority of which are from kite surfers. The station has both a lifeboat and a hovercraft, one of only seven used by the RNLI. It is important because of the shallow-water rescues the crews sometimes have to deal with. The RNLI will have been in existence for 200 years in 2024. It currently has some 458 lifeboats in the fleet, 163 of which can be used in all weathers.
Photograph: Kate Craven at the start of her talk on the RNLI to the Rotary Club of King’s Lynn.
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Geoff Cheney is the new President. He will take office until 31 December 2022 when Derek Harvey will take over.
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On Saturday 26 March a collection was held in the centre of King's Lynn to help Ukrainian refugees.
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At a recent meeting members heard about the needs of dementia patients at the QEH in King's Lynn
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At a meeting on 20 Dec 2021 Bob Pannell's 40 years in Rotary was recognised and Michael Walker was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship.
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A party for West Norfolk Young Carers was held on 8 December 2021 at the West Norfolk Rugby Club.
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A local round of the Youth Speaks competition was held on 10 November on Zoom. The winners were a team from St Clement's High School in Terrington.
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For each of the past 8 years the Club has planted 4000 purple crocus bulbs to draw attention to Rotary International's campaign to eradicate polio.
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Each year illustrated dictionaries are provided for Year 5 children in King's Lynn and district
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The Town Hall and Corn Exchange in King's Lynn were lit up in purple to celebrate World Polio Day on 24 October
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The Rotary Youth Speaks Competition is designed to support & encourage the development of effective communication skills.
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Following this planting session, The Rotary Club of King's Lynn will have (over a period of 6 years) planted 45,000 purple crocus corms on the verges and roundabouts of King's Lynn.
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A public speaking competition organised by Rotary. There are local, district, regional and national rounds,
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