Wensleydale Rotary Club have received an award for the highest per member contributions to The Rotary International Foundation Fund in the last year of the 80 Clubs within Rotary District 1040, covering North Yorkshire and other parts of Yorkshire.. The Foundation supports many projects throughout the world in support of health, poverty, goodwill, economic development and peace and other initiatives, both overseas and within the UK. The projects funded include the Mwanza project in Tanzania for which the Club is currently receiving donations of unwanted tools, and paid for computers, equipment , and computer rooms for schools in Nepal which the Club President John Ogbourne took part in earlier this year.. The campaign to eradicate polio from the world is also a principal beneficiary of the Rotary Foundation Charity, and has also made grants in 2010 and 2011 to the Club's 'School Bursaries' funding to schools in Wensleydale."
more Rotary Club of Wensleydale was awarded a Foundation Banner for being 2nd highest contributor per capita in District 1040
more The Rotary Club of Wensleydale has been hosting a Group Study Exchange team from Venezuela
more The Team gave a superb presentation at Wensley Village Hall
more President Leslie Parfitt presented several Paul Harris Fellowships on behalf of the Club
more Richmond and Wensleydale clubs worked together to collect at Tescos for Polio Plus the Rotary International project to eradicate polio from the world.
more Members and Guests meeting at Penleys were very pleased to welcome the Group Study Exchange Team from District 4730 in Brazil.
back The Rotary Foundation is the charitable trust fund of Rotary International. In simple terms it is OUR charity and it belongs to every one of us who holds membership of any Rotary club world-wide.