ROTARY - YEAR END.

Friday 14th June 2024 was our clubs 87th Birthday.  Rotarians in Minehead have been serving our local community all these years and yet many people will not have heard of us. Rotary is a worldwide service organisation that was started over 119 years ago in America and now encompasses the world with over 1.4 million men and woman doing their best to help their communities.  Each year on the 1st July our clubs change their President and his/her supporting teams.  I will be handing over to Rotarian Andrew De Mora and he will be putting forward a programme of events to support our local community and those in need internationally.

Our most well know programme, End Polio, has just reached another milestone with a record $1 billion being donated to UNICEF to help fund the vaccinations.  At this point in time there are just a few cases left in the world. In remote areas of Pakistan and Afganistan.  So we are so very nearly there with eradicating the world of this terrible disease and our club will continue to support this programme. This year we donated over $600 to the Rotary total.

The club were so pleased to see that the winner of our Exmoor Young Chef competition, Katrina Knightingale, went on to become the runner up in the National Finals of the Rotary Young Chef Competition. Well done Katrina.  Vacancies are now open to youngsters wishing to enter this coming years competitions.

Rotary is always in need of more volunteers to help us provide and support the many projects we run. Our club is open to all and we have an active social side and will welcome any new individuals that come along to our fortnightly meetings on a Monday evening at the Northfield Hotel, Minehead.

By joining Rotary and our club in Minehead, you really can make a difference to so many lives. Why not give it a try.

John Baker

President.

2023/2024.