Ups and Downs of Fundraising

Paul Lees, the 73 year old president of The Rotary Club of Humberside took on the 500 Press Up Challenge and raised nearly £2,300. These funds are for the Hull Samaritans and Beverley and District Talking Newspaper.


The challenge was 20 press-ups each day for 25 days, a mission you may realise was sheer madness for an old bloke like Paul.

The Hull Samaritans are the emergency team freely available to any of us who may be unfortunate enough to suffer a personal crisis.  They are all volunteers and the group does not receive any funding from central government so is entirely dependent upon our generosity.

The Beverley & District Talking Newspaper is also an entirely voluntary group providing a service to blind and partially sighted people.  Each week they record a CD of articles from local papers mixed with items of general interest.  Theses are then distributed freely to clients all over East Yorkshire.

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October 2020 News

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