Our Rotary club is to donate £250 to the Alzheimer’s Society in memory of one of its popular and active former members. Alex Reid was a prominent member of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club for many years after a previously long membership of another Rotary club in the West Midlands. He was forced to relinquish his
NEW ROTARY LOANS FOR THIRD WORLD ENTREPRENEURS
Our Rotary club has announced that it will be shortly making further new loans to entrepreneurs in Third World Countries. We have now donated a total of £1,750 to invest with Lendwithcare who make the loans to entrepreneurs. Members heard at their last Zoom meeting that 22 Lendwithcare repayments totalling £84.68 were recently made. “This
SHREWSBURY HOTELIER TELLS ROTARIANS OF A ‘UNIQUE EXPERIENCE’
A Shrewsbury hotelier has spoken of a ‘unique experience’ which would be great for the town in years to come. The hotel’s response to coronavirus and its effect on homeless people would in time become ‘world famous’ – and mark a happy ending for everyone, said Mike Matthews. The proprietor of the 15th century Prince
ROTARY TREE OF LIGHT PROCEEDS SENT TO THREE CHARITIES
Three local charities have each received £2,500 from the Rotary Tree of Light. The monies have been sent by Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club to Age UK Shropshire, Lingen Davies Cancer Fund and Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. The 2020 Rotary Tree of Light at St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury, was the most successful in the history of
Rotary President’s tribute to Captain Sir Tom
On behalf of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club, I would like to add our tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore and hope that the nation will mark his memory in a permanent form. I think he did a magnificent job which has been widely acknowledged both now and in the past.
ROTARY RESPONSE TO CRUCIAL CREW APPEAL
Our Rotary club is again supporting a funding appeal from the organisers of a major event that helps 1,500 children from 40 to 60 primary schools in the Shrewsbury and Oswestry areas. Members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club have agreed to donate £200 to this year’s Crucial Crew event on top of the £250 the
MESSAGES OF THANKS TO ROTARY FOR HAMPER GIFTS Of ‘GOODIES’
Messages of thanks from family and friends of more than 100 elderly people in the Shrewsbury area who were given Christmas hampers are continuing to pour in. The hampers were Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club’s response to the cancellation of a traditional Christmas carol service and afternoon tea due to coronavirus. A total of 105 hampers
ROTARY CLUB SWITCHES SUPPORT TO A VILLAGE’S SECOND CHARITABLE GROUP
A Rotary club has switched its support to a second key charitable group in a Shropshire village. Having started by supporting the Pontesbury and Minsterley Food Hub, the Rotary Club of Shrewsbury Severn is now donating to the Needy Good Neighbours group. At their last Zoom meeting members of the Rotary club heard that the
BRIAN WAS MADE REDUNDANT – THREE DAYS BEFORE WEDDING
Brian Caldwell had spent 10 years at Ayr United Football Club ‘literally doing everything.’ They were ‘exciting times’ until one day he had a ‘bad experience.’ Three days before his wedding day he was made redundant and spent his honeymoon unemployed. Fortunately for Brian, he was approached by St Mirren who play in Paisley and
TOWN CHIEF TALKS OF ‘TORTUOUS YEAR’
Shrewsbury Town Football Club’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Caldwell has told Rotarians how they have sustained themselves through what has been ‘a tortuous year.’ Speaking to a zoom meeting of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club, Brian outlined how coronavirus has badly hit the football club resulting in twice weekly testing of players and staff. “It has