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,
ROTARIAN HONOURED BY HIGH SHERIFF
One of our Rotarians, who sustained a spinal injury in a motor cycle accident 22 years ago today, expressed his ‘complete surprise’ at receiving an honour. For Marcus Watkin, a member of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club, who was badly injured in the crash in 2002, has been rewarded for his services to Midlands Air Ambulance
GOOD NEWS FOR RESIDENTS – CANCELLED SANTA VISIT RE-SCHEDULED
Residents in the Shrewsbury suburb of Mount Pleasant, disappointed when the eagerly-awaited traditional Santa sleigh run had to be cancelled due to the stormy weather, will be delighted to hear that Santa will make an appearance on his new sleigh after all. When the anti-gravity ski sleigh completes a six-hour visit to Morrisons on December
SANTA SLEIGH CANCELLATIONS DUE TO WEATHER
Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club has regrettably had to defer the planned Santa sleigh runs around Gains Park and Radbrook areas of Shrewsbury this Friday evening and at Mount Pleasant and Radio Shropshire on Saturday evening due entirely to scheduled weather forecasts. Club chairman David Morris explains that the postponements are entirely due to the forecast
WOW! SANTA’S NEW SLEIGH WINS ALL THE PLAUDITS
The introduction of a Rotary club’s brand-new Santa sleigh has gone down a bomb – achieving more plaudits than its owners could have imagined. As soon as the sleigh was driven onto Sainsbury’s car park at Shrewsbury’s Meole Brace retail park it immediately attracted admiring glances and no small number of ‘wows’. “Despite the sudden
SLEIGH SUPPLIERS INVITED TO A CHRISTMAS PARTY
As a gesture for the invaluable and generous contributions suppliers have made to the build of a brand new sleigh, a Rotary club is inviting them to join their forthcoming Christmas party. The invitations from a most grateful Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club have been warmly received by a number of local businesses, including Price Fallows