The Rotary Tree of Light in Shrewsbury continues to be popular, it is announced today but new methods of increasing donations need to be explored, members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club have been informed. The 2024 Tree of Light raised £4,445 which will increase to £5,025 when gift aid is added but the total sum
ROTARY’S NEW SANTA SLEIGH RAISES £5,000
Donations to a Rotary club’s brand-new Santa sleigh have raised £5,000, members were told at their first meeting after the seasonal break. Thanks were expressed to Rotarian Johnathan Callwood for getting Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club’s new sleigh ready for the key fundraising season. He has also been presented with a list of potential further improvements
COLLEGE STUDENTS HELP ROTARIANS AT SPECIAL OLD FOLKS PARTY
College students assisted Rotarians and partners at a special old folks New Year party. The students from Shrewsbury Colleges Group served alongside members and partners of our Club when we hosted the party for 60 elderly residents in the area. The party, originally scheduled as a pre-Christmas event, had to be cancelled due to a
CLUB’S APPEAL FOR MORE MEMBERS TO HELP FUNDRAISE
On the back of one of their most successful seasonal fundraising campaigns, a local Rotary club has launched an ambitious recruitment drive for new members to continue the stimulus throughout the current year. Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club president David Morris said today the club needed extra hands if they were to maintain their current high
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TREE OF LIGHT CAMPAIGN
A highly successful Christmas Tree of Light campaign is announced by our Rotary Club. Club secretary Gareth Watkins said today: “Unbelievably, we are still receiving donations and will finish just short of £5,000 collected. We will put this money to good use throughout the coming year, supporting many local good causes, charities and communities.” Anyone
ROTARY THANK THE PEOPLE OF SHREWSBURY
Our Rotary club has thanked the people of Shrewsbury for their ‘incredible expressions of kindness’ during the latest Santa sleigh campaign. David Morris, president of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club, said today: “We just can’t believe how kind people are during our tours around the town and also taking the sleigh to local supermarkets. It was quite
BANK SUPPORT FOR ROTARY WINTER FUNDRAISING
Our Rotary club’s winter fundraising campaign has attracted support from a bank. David Morris, president of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club, said today their Santa visits in his brand-new sleigh to Shrewsbury’s supermarkets was continuing to attract an ‘incredible’ amount of local interest. He said: “During the course of this winter’s campaign we have been amazingly
PAUL WEAVES HIS MAGIC TO DELIGHT OF ROTARIANS
Magician Paul Rushworth entertained Rotarians, partners and guests at Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club’s annual Christmas party at The Beaconsfield Club, Meadow Place, Shrewsbury. On his first appearance at the event, he not only entertained with his magic, but his humour and singing gained full audience participation. “It was a wonderful evening which I am sure
SHREWSBURY’S POPULAR TREE OF LIGHT HITS £4,300 MARK
Shrewsbury’s traditional Tree of Light, now in its third decade, has so far raised £4,300 in memorial donations and its organisers, our Rotary Club, are confident the final figure will be around the £5,000 mark. “If this proves correct, it is about the same amount as donated last year which is an excellent result,” said
ROTARIAN TELLS OF SLEIGH’S DESIGN AND BUILD CHALLENGE
Rotarian Jonathan has been telling of the challenge of designing and building a brand new sleigh suitable for meeting the needs of the next decade. Starting with a blank sheet of paper, the Club’s vice president Jonathan Callwood began the process of designing an inexpensive and lightweight sleigh which would not only meet current requirements,