Rotary Club of Wroxham Bure Valley PRESS RELEASE
This month the club was pleased to be able to give donation to two charties. Firstly, the club gave £1000 to E.A.C.H. ( Quiddenham Children's Hospice). Jessica Hiscocks was pleased to accept the grant from our President Anne Kittle and then gave us a brief up date on the work at the hospice. The club, also, gave a grant of £500 to DEBRA which Anne presented to Michael Portillo at the Rotary District Conference which was held in Norwich for the first time.
This month members of the club visited various other local Rotary clubs as part of the fellowship programme. We have also had an extremely interesting informative talk by Julian Barnwell on his Alantic row, and the preparation and training needed to break the record for the fasted crossing in a rowing boat. The crew of 14, rowing for two hour on and two hours off, completed the crossing in just over 33 days which was certified by the Guiness Book of Records. This talk was enjoyed by wifes, husbands, partners, other local rotarians and club members making a very worthwhile evening event.
The club meets at the Hotel Wroxham each Monday evening at 7.30 pm. further details from stewart@kemp.org.uk
The Rotary Foundation's PolioPlus Partners' Program allows individuals, Rotary clubs and RI districts to support urgent social mobilization and surveillance projects submitted by Rotarians in polio-endemic, importation and high-risk countries.
Through this Rotary Foundation program, Rotary clubs, districts, and individual Rotarians support the global eradication effort by providing the tools of immunization and eradication where they are most needed - in countries actively fighting the disease.
Polio Plus Partners has a task force of dedicated Rotarians who are available to make presentations or answer questions related to Rotary's involvement in polio eradication. Learn more about PolioPlus Partners by visiting Rotary International website and reading the Polio Plus pages.
Rotary own International Charity spent over $23 million during 2007 on the project and is currently raising more worldwide through it's Foundation Chartiy to give the project the final push to ensure eradication. Rotary being a voluntry organisation ensures that all money raised from the public is spent on local schemes organised by Rotary partners in the effected countries, and no money is used for administration.
The club meets at Hotel Wroxham each Monday evening at 7.30 pm. Further details from stewart@kemp.org.uk