A familiar Santa beard is about to be chopped off……for charity. Peter Love, who grows his beard every year for Santa duties, is to hold a sponsored whiskers shave off next month to raise funds for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. Peter, a member of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club, appears on the sleigh every Christmas
TREE OF LIGHT WINS MORE HEARTS
The ever-popular Rotary Tree of Light has won the hearts of even more people this Christmastide. So far the Tree of Light in the Bell Tower of St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury, has raised almost £7,000 – the best result in 10 years. With gift aid added, Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club believe the final figure should
ROTARY CHRISTMAS BOOK PRESENTS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLCHILDREN
More than 250 Christmas book presents were given to pupils at a Shrewsbury primary school on the occasion of Santa’s annual visit. Due to the need for safe distancing, Santa was unable this year to present the books himself to the various age groups at the Grange School. “It was a great pity, but the need
ROTARY SUPPORT OF FOODBANK TO CONTINUE UNTIL NEXT MARCH
Rotary support of the food hub and food bank in Shrewsbury will continue until next March, it has been confirmed. At that point Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club will review its £600 a month donation to the Shrewsbury Food Hub and Shrewsbury Foodbank, part of Barnabas Community Projects. Rotarians have been supporting these valued community organisations
SANTA SLEIGH SPRINGS SURPRISE
Shoppers in Shrewsbury on Saturday (December 19) are in for a pleasant surprise. Santa is to make tours of the town centre between 3.00 pm and 4.00 pm. Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club’s Santa sleigh will do two circuits of the town from the railway station up Castle Gates, round to the top of Wyle Cop,
SANTA SLEIGH IS FULLY ENGAGING WITH TOWN’S RESIDENTS
As the Rotary Santa sleigh reaches the halfway mark of its tours around the streets of Shrewsbury, its appearances have fully engaged with residents who have clearly appreciated the Rotary effort to combat the social and emotional affects of Covid. Already, Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club regard the decision to go ahead with non-stop tours of
MAYOR VISITS THE TREE OF LIGHT – AND SAYS SHE’S ‘DELIGHTED’
The Mayor of Shrewsbury was the first person to see the newly installed Rotary Tree of Light at St. Mary’s Church. Councillor Gwen Burgess was visiting the church at the same time as members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club were installing the 2020 Tree of Light in the Bell Tower. The Mayor told Rotarians she
Santa Sleigh ready for action
11 December: Sundorne 12 December: Mount Pleasant and Harlescott 14 December: Sutton Farm and Meole village 15 December: Meole Brace 17 December: Shawbury village 19 December: Monkmoor 21 December: Gains park, Copthorne and Radbrook The Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club Santa sleigh will shortly tour the town’s streets to bring some festive cheer in these unusual
ROTARY CHRISTMAS HAMPERS FOR ELDERLY
As soon as a Rotary club became aware they would have to disappoint more than 100 elderly people and cancel their Christmas carol service and afternoon tea due to coronavirus, members started putting their thinking caps on as to how they could respond in extremely difficult circumstances. The Christmas event, organised by Shrewsbury Severn Rotary