Community Service
Every year Woolsack members engage in a wide variety of Community Service projects
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In 2019 (the last "normal" year before the Covid pandemic) these service activities included:
- Working jointly with the Godalming club to provide assistance to the Leonard Cheshire Disability home at Hydon Hill. The work includes volunteering to man the shops, maintain the gardens and help on their various fundraising activities.
- Enabling a large number of young and disadvantaged students to attend the annual KIDS OUT activity at Aldershot in June ....more
- Supporting the league of Friends at Milford Hospital by doing spring and autumn garden maintenance
- Arranging an annual musical concert, with tea and cakes, in the Godalming United Church which is free for the older citizens of Godalming and surrounding villages ...more
- At Christmas time we support the Town Council's Christmas Fair, we sing carols to residents of local care homes ...more
- Supporting other local charities which are raising money by providing car parking or marshalling services for their big events
Community Service sub-pages:
Rotary Cut Out Cancer Campaign
more Rotary and the Royal Surrey Charity are joining together to transform surgical and cancer care in Surrey, Sussex and beyond.
Ukraine Independence Day Celebration 24 August 2022
more Rotary Clubs from Godalming, Guildford, Cranleigh and Haslemere came together to host a "Picnic in the Park" to help guests from Ukraine celebrate their independence day
Litter Picking in Willow Wood
more In June 2021, a group of Rotarians launched an initiative to rejuvenate Willow Wood in the Farncombe area of Godalming
Godalming Fireworks 2018
more Again in 2018, Woolsack and Godalming Rotary Clubs helped with marshalling at the hugely popular Godalming Town Fireworks
Rotary Concert in Godalming Bandstand
more On sunny 27th May 2018, both Godalming Rotary Clubs sponsored the concert in Godalming Bandstand
Supporting Cranleigh Riding for the Disabled Association
more From the funds raised by our various events during the 2016-17 Rotary year, the club made a donation of £4,750 to the CRDA
Container Loading
more Loading a container at the Emmanuel Church, Stoughton bound for The Gambia
Supporting Hydon Hill Cheshire Home
more Godalming and Woolsack Clubs regularly help the Hydon Hill Cheshire home with fundraising, gardening and special events
Help with Godalming Music Festival
more Godalming Rotarians looked after the ticket and programme sales again this year
Stroke Awareness Day
more Keeping members of the public aware of the importance of knowing their blood pressure
Furniture for Africa
more Heights School Furniture gets relocated
KIDS OUT 2018
more The Godalming Woolsack club joins with other Rotary clubs every year to provide hundreds of disadvantaged young people with a great day out. In 2018, there were over 900 children in total and some great feedback from the event.
St George's Day Scouts Celebration
more Godalming District Scouts held their St George's Day Celebration this year on the Burys and then paraded through the town.