A Rotary club is investigating modern methods of collecting money to boost their major fundraising events, the Santa sleigh and Tree of Light. Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club has agreed it needs to modernise its cash collection ability to collect money from cards. As a result the club has decided to invest in a card swiping
NEW RECORD NUMBERS AT SHREWSBURY FOOD BANK, ROTARIANS TOLD
New record numbers of people are being seen at Shrewsbury food bank, our Rotary club has been told. “We are seeing 500 people more than this time last year,” said Karen Williams, foodbank PLUS Project Lead at the Barnabas Centre, speaking at a meeting of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club. “From April 2021 to today we
ROTARY SUPPORT FOR A 24-HOUR KNITATHON
Our Rotary club is supporting a 24-hour knitathon to raise funds for the Hope House ‘Final Moments Matter’ campaign. The knitathon, at Belle Vue Methodist Church Hall, Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury, on October 8, is being co-organised by two members of the Belle Vue Knit and Natter Group. One of those is Mrs Mavis Sharp,
SUPERVET TICKETS ARE BEING SNAPPED UP
Remaining tickets for the visit of Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick to Shrewsbury are being snapped up. Tickets which had been held back for members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club who are organising the Supervet visit were released and sold immediately. Members were given a deadline to take up their ticket allocation and those who have found
ROTARY HELPING PEOPLE OVERSEAS BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT
A Rotary club’s Lendwithcare has been the main international activity during the pandemic, members have been told. Rotarian Chris Allsop, who is continue to lead on international projects during the new Rotary year, told Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club that since the Lendwithcare scheme started 150 loans had been made helping 1,070 people to become self-sufficient
SUPERVET VISIT NEARING SELL-OUT
The visit of Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick to Shrewsbury later in the year is well on its way to being a sell-out. Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club has announced that 530 tickets have already been snapped up for his long-awaited presentation at Theatre Severn on September 13 at 7.30 pm. The event was originally called off due