Sponsored Silence Does Some Good
Club President Pam Sheemar completed a 24 hour sponsored silence recently and the money raised has done some good in our local community
Club President Pam Sheemar completed a 24 hour sponsored silence which has done some good in our local community.
The money raised has provided 2 trolleys of much needed supplies for the Ablewell Advice Centre and Food Bank in Central Walsall. Pictured here are club members Ashley Gray & Suky Hargun along with the centre manager. The centre not only provides food and personal essentials but a wide variety of advice to the people of Walsall. To learn more visit their website https://ablewelladvice.org.uk/
Rushall Care Home received funds to assist with their Annual Summer Fete which this year has a Glastonbury Theme. Pictured here are club members Shirley Bentley and Moya Baty along with the centre manager and one of the residents. To learn more visit their Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Rushallcarehome/?locale=en_GB
One of the clubs key environmental projects is supporting the Paddock Active Climate Change Group and the Canal and River Trust to upgrade the access to towpaths and the general environment along a 2 mile mile stretch of the Rushall Canal in Walsall. We have already planted a linear orchard with funds matched by The Rotary Foundation. Our to upgrade the access from Walsall Arboretum Extention to the canal tow path to give much needed accessibilty to disabled and residents with mobility issues. To learn more visit PACCG's Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/paddockactccg/
Rotary in Staffordshire, Shrophire and in parts of the West Midlands County has been running a flagship project called Books4Home which gives children in Primary Schools across those counties access to reading books which they can borrow, read and return. The photograph shows a typical Book Box which is located in the foyer of a school for all to access. Funds from the sponsored silence has provided much needs books for the project. To learn more visit https://www.rotaryalumni1210.co.uk/rotary-books4home
The Rotary Foundation in Rotary's only charity and provided clubs across the World with funding for a wide range of project both in their local community and overseas. Some of the money raised has gone to The Foundation for club projects. Walsall Saddlers has undertaken many local and overseas projects which have benfitted from grants from the Rotary Foundation. Without this assistance these projects would have never taken place. To learn more visit https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/rotary-foundation
Finally the reainder of funds riased have been deposited in Saddlers Charity account for use in projects throughout the coming year.
If you are interested in doing good in your local community or serving humanity across the World please contact us, we would be happy to welcome new members. Visit https://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/contact.php?ClubID=1829
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Club President Pam Sheemar completed a 24 hour sponsored silence recently and the money raised has done some good in our local community
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Saddlers in partnership with The Canal & River Trust and The Paddock Active Climate Change Group have created a linear orchard along stretches of the Rushall Canal from lock 7 to the Marina funded by The Rotary Foundation and Saddlers Rotary
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Walsall Saddlers put together a Christmas Hamper for the staff and residents of Rushall Care Home. Due the number of highly vunerable residents it was presented to a member of staff.
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Saddlers Rotary in partnership with Walsall based Paddock Active Climate Change Group and the Canal and River Trust are transforming the Rushall Canal with the construction of a linear orchard
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Rotarians Ashley Gray and Paul Daniels met with members of the Paddock Active Climate Change Group to look at partnering with them in their work with the Canal & River Trust
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The Green Rivers Youth Project in North Walsall is just about to harvest its first crop of vegetables.
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Caroline Crolley of the Green Rivers Youth Project awarded Rotary's highest honour for her service in the community
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The Green Rivers Project in Walsall has prepared a very large vegetable plot to enable to young people to grow their own vegetables and learn more about organic food production
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