A food hub celebrating its fifth birthday has sent a special ‘thank you’ to a local Rotary club for their ongoing financial support. The praise for Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club has come from Shrewsbury Food Hub which was established in April 2016 when a small group of environmentally minded volunteers began working out of the
ROTARY’S £1,000 TOWARDS REBUILD OF CHILDREN’S HOSPICE THERAPY POOL
A Rotary club is to make a donation of £1,000 towards the rebuilding of the therapy pool at Hope House Children’s Hospice. Following a plea for funding to rebuild what the hospice describes as a ‘key facility,’ members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club had no hesitation in approving the donation. Said Rotarian John Yeomans, chair
ADVICE TO ROTARIANS ON PRESENTATION
Rotarians have been given some expert advice on how to present themselves – particularly in the need to fundraise. Sam Warner, a professional speaker and autistic interpreter, gave a Zoom meeting talk to Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club on the content for presentations, including framework and structure. In how to nail the three p’s, preparation, practice
Return of face to face meetings
The recent spell of good weather has encouraged Rotarians to meet face to face while respecting government guidelines. Rotarian Bob Scaiff circulated a list of club members divided into groups of six that he proposed would meet outdoors for a drink and informal chat. Although Zoom meetings have allowed the club to function during the
£1,500 SANTA BEARD SHAVE FOR CHARITY
A Rotary Santa’s beard which grew to nearly nine inches in length has raised more than £1,500 for charity. With hairdressers closed during the lockdown, Rotarian Peter Love, a member of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club, couldn’t get his Santa beard shaved until restrictions were lifted this month. So whilst the beard grew a lot longer
ROTARIANS TOUCHED BY GARETH’S COURAGE
Members were so touched by the courage of a 28 year old man with incurable cancer that they had no hesitation in approving a proposal to donate £250 to his underfunded charity. For Gareth Emmerson, 28, of Ford, near Shrewsbury, who has Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone and tissue cancer which primarily affects
ROTARY SUPPORT FOR FOOD BANK AND FOOD HUB TO CONTINUE TO END OF JUNE
To assist with the growth in use of the Food Bank and Food Hub, our club is continuing to make a monthly donation of £1,000. Our support of both will continue to the end of June, members have decided. The monthly donation continues to include members’ subscriptions which would have paid for meals if the
LOANS TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES FARMING ENTREPRENEURS
Our Rotary club’s latest loans to entrepreneurs in Third World Countries are all farming related. An update to a Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club Zoom meeting by international chair Chris Allsop has revealed the distribution of seven loans, each of £60, to Cambodia (three), Rwanda (two), Ecuador (one) and Peru (one). All the loans were for
IS PETER’S BEARD A RECORD-BREAKER?
It’s an eight and a half inch long bushy beard…….and it might break a record! For the long white whiskers grown by Rotarian Peter Love for his Rotary Santa sleigh duties was already worth well into four figures when it eventually came under the chop today (Wednesday). Peter, a member of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club
ROTARY CHOCOLATE SURPRISE FOR COVID FRONTLINE TEAM
Rotary has recognised the dedication and hard work of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s frontline Covid team – with a surprise gift of 1,000 packets of Mars M&Ms. The ‘chocolate feast’ will be distributed by Nicola Brockley, Charity and Engagement Facilitator, following its delivery to the hospital today (Friday) by Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club. The handover