WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
Some of the club’s previous activities.
The photo shows the recent presentation to Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service - see below.
Note the Rotary emblem on the fire truck.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
Hands On Help.
- Creating a sensory garden for a severely handicapped child.
- Planting drifts of bulbs in villages to beautify the landscape.
- Decorating offices for local community groups.
- Assisting with building and landscape projects.
- Organising a county-wide campaign which has so far provided £70,000 of smoke alarms for installation by Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service in the homes of the county's most vulnerable.
- Running charity concerts, including a major event with leading musical theatre star Kerry Ellis in aid of the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket.
- Promoting and jointly organising the Mid Suffolk Community Achievement Awards.
- Organising the provision and distribution of 1,500 children's dictionaries to primary schools in the Stowmarket area.
- Contributing more than £10,000 to the Rotary Initiative to eliminate polio from the world, partnering with the Gates Foundation, The World Health Authority and UNICEF.
- Organising emergency street collections to support relief funds following natural disasters and more recently the Ukraine Emergency Fund.
- Assisting more than 2000 entrepreneurs in the devloping world with small business start-up loans through the "Lend With Care" scheme.
- Providing pamdemic emergency funding to East Anglia's Childrens Hospices (EACH).
There are many more examples. Please contact us if you want more infomation or would like to help us.
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The Project provides a Moses basket full of all the items both mother and baby need for the first few weeks of the baby's life.
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A litter pick was organised by the Stowmarket Town Council in which Rotary gave a helping hand. The photo shows the Rotary volunteers waiting for the ‘off’.
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At the Mendlesham Street Fayre barrow of booze a hamper was raffled and the winning ticket was drawn by the May Day Queen. This raised £460. Thanks are due to resident Val Remington-Hobbs for loan of the gazebo and other support.
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Unique features of a Rotarian . . . .
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This area is under development but will be used to highlight friends and corporate organisations that support our Rotary Club.
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We had an interesting talk from Mike Smith of the Stowmarket Food Bank. A cheque for £500 was presented on behalf of the club by Kevin Widdick, President Elect
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The Rotary Club of Stowmarket Gipping Valley continues to support Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service.
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The Club held a street collection in Stowmarket to support shelterbox in supporting those effected by the earthquake in Morocco.
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We organised a stand at the recent (March 2024) Business Exhibition run by the Stowmarket Chamber of Commerce. Many useful contacts were made, and possible businesses being made ‘Friends of Rotary’. The photo shows club president Guy Wiltshear in front
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Member Rod Curtis organised on behalf of the club some warm clothing and a bench for the Stowmarket Town Youth under 11 team who come under the auspices of the Stowmarket Town Football Club.
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Stowmarket Gipping Valley Rotary Club makes an annual donation of dictionaries to local schools. The photograph shows this years President delivering books to Gt Finborough school.
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Some of the club’s previous activities. The photo shows the recent presentation to Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service - see below. Note the Rotary emblem on the fire truck.
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