Some of our rotarians took a special trip into town to support Peter Love on the occasion of his charity beard shave. Peter, a long time member of our Club, came under the clippers of hairdresser Matt Glover at Risdon’s Barbers, Market Hall, Shrewsbury, to raise money for a charity which he is inviting to
HOSPITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME (HTP) ‘QUITE A LOGISTICAL EXERCISE’
Specialists undertaking The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Transformation Programme have spoken of how it is ‘quite a logistical exercise’. They have told Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club of trying to get wagons on the site without disturbing blue lights. “We are trying our best with a massive construction site at the front to make
ROTARY TREE OF LIGHT ‘STILL POPULAR’
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