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Rotary prepares for Christmas

December is always a busy time for Rotary Clubs throughout the country as their members prepare for the festive activities. You will usually see them around their communities spreading good cheer and goodwill.

The favourite activity is clubs that take their Santa Sleigh, reindeer and of course Santa  around the streets enabling the young and young at heart to see Santa, often collecting for good causes at the same time.  There is nothing so heart warming as seeing the Sleigh and hearing the jingles on a cold winter evening in the run up to Christmas, and for members of Rotary to see the delight on children’s faces.  Clubs undertaking this exciting activity usually list their routes on their Facebook pages.  Other Rotary Clubs visit static sites enabling youngsters to have their photos taken with Santa and an opportunity to offer some hints about what they would like for Christmas!   Lots of clubs including Church & Oswaldtwistle, Fleetwood and Ulverston are visiting streets in their area and Workington Derwent will be visiting a list of sites and also collecting for good causes.

In the run up to Christmas Day other activities include sponsoring or helping out with Christmas Lunches for older adults.  Clubs involved in such activities are Kirkham & Rural Fylde and Poulton Le Fylde.  Silloth Rotary are involved in their Christmas Lights Switch On and arranging a lunch on Christmas Day.

If you are in Garstang or Darwen then visit Rotary in Garstang & Over Wyres Santa or Darwen’s Santa Grotto.  Appleby Rotary are arranging a Christmas Quiz.  Blackpool Palatine are providing a Christmas Tree.  Accrington are having a Toy appeal and a Community Carol Concert.  Longridge and North Preston are collecting used Christmas trees after the event.

The above list of what is happening will already be out of date.  To find out the latest  information about these events and others involving Rotary Clubs in Cumbria & Lancashire, we suggest that you visit their facebook pages.  A list of Clubs can be found here. 

Images : Thanks to Rotary in Church & Oswaldtwistle, Garstang & Over Wyre and Workington Derwent.

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