Rotary Club Lunch Meeting

Fri, Jul 7th 2017 at 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm

We met for lunch as usual. After lunch, outgoing President Jo delivered her final message to the Club and handed over her Chain of office to incoming President Stephen.


As outgoing President, Jo presented the "President of the Year Award" to Harold Robson and Bob Holford as joint holders in acknowledgement of their outstanding contribution over the past year. Bob has been the record-breaking fundraiser, collecting more for Macmillan Cancer Support than any otehr Club member, and Harold, who Jo describes as "Her 007", completed his second zip-wire ride over the Tyne agin to mraise funds for the President's chosen charity.

'What We Do' Main Pages:

The Object of Rotary was first formulated in 1910 and adapted through the years as Rotary's mission expanded. It provides a succinct definition of the organization's purpose as well as the club member's responsibilities.

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Rotary Areas of Focus

Rotary is dedicated to seven areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever. Read this page and the connected pages to see how we go about this.

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One of our objectives is to make a difference in our local community. Here are some of the things we are doing and have done in the past to fulfil this objective.

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A simple dental surgery with Brazilian Rotarians

Rotarians believe in the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. See this page for how we have put this into practice.

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Read about our History.

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE TRUST FUND is a Registered Charity (Registered with the Charity commission of England & Wales, No. 702557)

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CLUB PROJECTS COMMITTEE. The Projects Committee of the Rotary Club of Newcastle upon Tyne is the main organising group of the Club and combines the functions of the previous Vocational Service; Community Service and International Service Committees.

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Explanation of the Paul Harris Fellowship Award. Paul Harris is the founder of Rotary. For a brief history, follow the link on the CLUB HISTORY page

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