Remembrance

We heartily would like to thank Una, Kayleigh and the staff at Hurst Hall Care Home for organising an amazing Remembrance Service which meant so much to the residents. 
The service was led brilliantly by Mr Paul Lomas and 4 pupils doing their Duke of Edinburgh course at the Great Ashton Academy. Mr Lomas was in the military and led the service by telling the story of the Danger Tree during the battle of the Somme, to tie in with the Rotary Rowan Remembrance Tree which we planted some months ago. We then had a 2 minutes silence. 
The pupils read out a short service and resident Jaroslaw Wenger who fought on the front line in WW11, who is now over 100 years old, read the final ‘When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we have our today’. 
The younger children then read a poem and laid a wreath outside at the remembrance tree. 
From President Steve Knowles, President Elect, Manhar Taylor, Past Presidents Angela Robbins and Mohammed Karim, Community Chair John Moon and Wing Commander Dave Archibald.

Thank you to Tameside Rotary, I really do appreciate the support that you give both to Hurst Hall and to myself personally. 

Another gesture of kindness from Tameside Rotary that will be central to maintaining our resident’s sense of community!
Plans for this year’s Remembrance Day are coming together, details are still being ironed out but a date for your diary - Friday 10th af 11am - we hope to host a service at the home with students from local schools, cadets and community groups.

More dates will be arranged in the weeks leading up too for craft activities to make an indoor poppy display and a wreath making workshop, we’ll let you know on those once details are available.

Tameside Rotary started to get involved with Care Homes in Tameside during COVID. providing each home with a robotic companion cat. We have provided a home with knitting machines, provided wool. Each Christmasb we send a card to every care home. Our latest project to support the wonderful work which often goes unseen, is to plant a Remembrance Tree at Hurst Hall Care Home.

If this is a project you would like to get involved - just let us know