CLEBRAN

CLEBRAN
Welcome to the first of my monthly “ramblings” to the members of Kingsbridge Rotary. First of all I must thank, John, on behalf of us all, for his leadership during the past year. Also by this time he will have held his final event, The President’s BBQ, at the Thurlestone Hotel pool. Hope the weather is fine. – It was!
The newsletter’s name has changed and a special mention in club to the first Rotarian who works it out. 
July is usually a quiet month, however we start the year off with our annual swimathon, organised by David Grose, for the benefit of the RNLI. Please support it if you are able.
July is also the time that the Rotary International theme and logo change and this year it moves from “CREATE HOPE in the WORLD” to “THE MAGIC of ROTARY”. Yes, Rotary is magic and we manage to keep it secret from others that could join us in helping our community and also internationally. July is also “Maternal and Child Health” month in the Rotary year and perhaps the teddy bears can help young children in this area recovering from illness or similar. 
By the time your read this Chris & I will have attended the District or rather the Cluster Conference in Exeter. A brave change this year with 4 Districts coming together to hold a combined conference with the handover to the new District Governors also taking place at this time. More about this weekend later. 
Finally. Thank you for allowing me to become you President for 2024-2025.
 

Diolch yn fawr. 

Alan