Honouring Bryan Hunter

Rotary Club of Senlac St Leonards
Rotary Club volunteers for Poppy Appeal in memory of late volunteer

The late Bryan Hunter, a Rotarian and Past President of Senlac St Leonards Rotary
Club, volunteered for the Hastings and St Leonards Poppy Appeal for 35 years, the
last 17 years of which were spent daily during the collection period at Tesco Extra,
Hastings. Bryan believed that over those 17 years he had collected around
£500,000. He was due to be presented with his 35-year Poppy Appeal Volunteer
award at the launch of this year’s Poppy Appeal held at Tesco, Hastings but sadly he
died shortly before the launch; his two sons accepted the award on his behalf.
Helena Dolimore, the MP for Hastings who joined the launch paid tribute to Bryan,
”We also remember Bryan, a stalwart of our community who dedicated himself to the
poppy appeal every year and will be so missed."
In memory of Bryan both as a Rotarian and Poppy volunteer, members and families
of Senlac St Leonards Rotary Club volunteered to man the stall during the collection
period. Vicki Murphy, a joint organiser of the appeal said,” In memory of our late
volunteer Bryan Hunter, we have been greatly blessed by many members of the
Rotary Club signing up to volunteer”. Colin Goldsack, President of Senlac St
Leonards, who helped man the stall with his wife, Di, said,” It was a privilege to stand
in the late Bryan Hunter's footsteps, a Rotarian who had manned this post for many
years and raised over £500,000. an example of Rotary in action”
As well as manning the stall, the club was also represented at Acts of
Remembrance, President Colin Goldsack, laid a wreath at Hastings war memorial
and Rotarian Jimmy Caroll, a former Mayor of Bexhill, laid another at Bexhill war
memorial.