A busy Christmas for Rotarians in Clitheroe....
Lots of activities, raising funds and having fun!
Clitheroe Rotarians, together with friends of Rotary, Ribblesdale Rotary and Clitheroe Round Table worked together to raise funds and have a little seasonal fun during December.
Activities included two weeks of touring the streets of Clitheroe and surrounding villages, along with RC Ribblesdale and Clitheroe Round Table, with Santa on his sleigh and supported by teams of elves.
This raised the magnificent sum of over £9,000 and for the first time, a QR code was used making donation easy for those without cash. Parents could also track Santas progress through the town and villages using our tracker app.
Also a first was a Santa dash around the pubs of Clitheroe, where he was well received. Santa Team Leader, John Spencer, reports that all the funds collected via Santa, will be distributed to local uniformed and other groups involving children and young people. Our thanks also go to Sainsburys, Tesco and Aldi Supermarkets, who hosted Santa and his sleigh on their carparks.
Another first was our Memory Tree, the idea of Rotarian Graham Borley. This was located in Dawsons Department Store in Clitheroe. Graham reports that this new initiative was a great success with many people adding cards to the tree in memory of loved ones and also making a donation. Our thanks to Dawsons and we hope to continue the memory tree in the years ahead.
We also held our annual three day collection at Booths store in Clitheroe raising over £1,700 our thanks to the shoppers and Management at Booths.
Finally, Children at Saint Michael and St. John's and Saint James's schools in Clitheroe, joined Rotarians in putting together over 130 shoe boxes containing gifts for children in Ukraine. These were delivered in time for Christmas to Ukraine by International Aid Trust, who have supplied photographs of children receiving their gifts in the Donetsk region, which can be seen as part of a selection of Christmas at Rotary pictures.
Thank you to all the children and families who donated over the festive season. We are also looking for more volunteer helpers to collect and drivers who can tow for next Christmas. If you would like to help and have some fun, please get in touch via the form below. There is no need to join, we would just appreciate some more help to raise funds for local charities.
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The joint RC's Clitheroe and Ribblesdale Young Musician Competition was held at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School December 16th. 2017
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Club Service
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President Frank presents Paul Harris Fellowships to Rotarians Howard Blackburn and David Openshaw
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On a dry Friday and a very wet Saturday, we helped out at The Royal Lancashire Show and Last Night of the Proms on Clitheroe Castle. LNOP pictures courtesy of Eleanor Chew.
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Over 260 riders took part on June 9th. A full report with details of the charity funds raised will follow in due course. Thank you to all who took part or volunteered to make the day such a success, despite the weather!
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Community Service
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We helped out at the Food Festival, supported our Immediate Past President and now Clitheroe Town Mayor Jenni at Last Night of the Proms and managed to fit in a little fun while gliding, with the help of Hon Sec Tony Perry!
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