From creating a sky garden at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to hiring out their enviable new Santa sleigh, our Club’s president-elect has been outlining his mission for the next two years. The sky garden project would be a legacy in memory of his father Godfrey, Rotarian Johnathan Callwood told members on the occasion of the
SPONSOR THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET TO STUDENT AWARD WINNERS
One of the sponsors of a Shropshire colleges group’s student awards has thrown down the gauntlet with a challenge to young people – to support its own major fundraising project. The support appeal has been made by Rotarian Jonathan Callwood, president-elect of our club, which this year has increased its donation to Shrewsbury Colleges Group’s
EDITOR PRAISES ROTARY’S FUNDRAISING AND WORK FOR CHARITY
Shropshire Star editor Mark Drew has praised a Rotary club’s fundraising and work for charity. He was speaking to members – and guests – of our Rotary Club on his first visit to a Rotary hub in the county since his appointment as editor two years ago. “It’s a pleasure to come along and you
ROTARY SECRET UNVEILED – £1,000 GIFT TO HOSPICE
For more than a month our members kept their lips sealed on plans to deliver one of their most inspired and significant charitable gifts. Rotarians in the Shrewsbury Severn club had devoted an entire meeting to discussing and deciding who should be the beneficiaries of their latest fundraising campaign. Members were unanimous that they wanted
ABBEY FOREGATE CENTRE STAGE FOR VE DAY CELEBRATION
Our club is set to centre the 80th anniversary of VE Day in the Abbey Foregate area of Shrewsbury for during the war, Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club’s president David Morris has highlighted the important fact that Shrewsbury’s sky was protected by the Air Raid Precaution HQ (ARP) located in the Abbey Station building. “We are therefore
HIGH OFFICE FOR NEW ROTARIANS
Two of a Shropshire Rotary Club’s newest members are to take up high office in the forthcoming Rotary year. Rotarian Johnathan Callwood becomes president and Rotarian Marcus Watkin vice president of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club which they have both joined within the last three years and both have put membership and fundraising high on the
A MILITARY-STYLE EXERCISE FOR VE DAY 80th ANNIVERSARY
Shropshire members of a national military organisation have been out and about in the county town distributing leaflets for two VE Day 80th anniversary special events. The Shropshire Military Vehicle Trust have linked up with Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club to organise a celebratory concert in Shrewsbury Abbey on the evening of May 31. The concert will
ROAD CLOSURE CONFIRMED FOR ROTARY VE DAY CELEBRATION EVENT
Confirmation of a road closure for a VE Day celebration event in Shrewsbury on June 1 has been revealed today. Abbey Foregate will be the centre for the day which is being organised by our Club to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied Forces accepting the Nazi’s unconditional surrender from World War 2. During the
OUR CLUB’S CHARITY PLANNING TAKES WHOLE MEETING
Members, who have faced the rarity of having to devote an entire meeting to discussing a record number of charitable funding requests for the next 12 months, have agreed to support three local charities for the first time. Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club will be giving the biggest individual sum, £1,000, to a Shropshire charity to
DIVERSIFYING INCOME VITAL FOR SURVIVAL – SAY CHARITY
A Shropshire based charity has disclosed that diversifying their income is vital for survival. Leanne Simcoe, who founded the Little Stars charity during Covid, has also spoken of how the cost of living crises – and rise in mortgages – has hit families they support. She was speaking to members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club