YVR Clothing Bank
Our Clothing Bank is Two Years Old
Ythan Valley Rotary and The Bank with no Money!
On Sunday the 13th February, Ythan Valley Rotary celebrated the 2nd Anniversary of the Ythan Valley Clothing Bank.
Two years down the road and Ythan Valley’s Clothing Bank has plenty of clothes in the Bank, willing hands for distribution along with financial donations which have been received from:
TESCO PLC (twice), Central Buchan Rotary, St Machar Rotary in Aberdeen and also the Methlick Cycle Challenge Fund – Thanks to you all!
The donations have been gratefully received and have been used to outfit our distribution centre with high quality Racking and Shelving units.
All of these groups and organisations recognised the importance of what we were doing and wanted to support our Clothing Bank service project with their financial support.
This service project is bringing some dignity, comfort and support into the lives of women, men and children who are struggling throughout some difficult and often harrowing times in their lives.
We now have a large network of over 20 professional referrers with whom we have a really good relationship. With their support, our Clothing Bank has brought some dignity and support to almost 200 “beating hearts”. This has included boys, girls, women and men as well as pyjamas and slippers to ARI’s Covid Ward at the height of the pandemic. An amazing donation of a suitcase full of brand-new school clothes plus 4 large bags of PE equipment was distributed to primary schools and a nursery.
Despite the fact that none of us knows our recipients, there are some lovely stories we hear about, one being that of a gentleman who was being discharged from hospital with only his pj’s, socks and slippers to wear. A number of our packs were made up for him and when we discovered that he was about to celebrate his 90th birthday, one of our team, who is very arty crafty, created a birthday card. To quote his carer, “He was chuffed to bits”.
We firmly believe that Rotary clubs/groups can serve the world through working together and so we were thrilled when Central Buchan, Peterhead and Fraserburgh came on board with our service project. With their own particular local knowledge and contacts, the Clothing Bank’s service has expanded and there is now a large network of distributors and contacts. There were plans for us all to get together which were scuppered, but fingers crossed with Covid looking more positive, this will happen in the not-too-distant future.
Thank you to everyone who continues to support this service project, especially Methlick Parish Church, without whose assistance the Clothing Bank would not exist.
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Ythan Valley Rotary along with Inverurie Rotary participated in a Ukraine & Scotland Event held in Inverurie High School
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Rotarians Carol Wallace and Jacqueline Hill today received a cheque for £300 for the clothing bank from the members of the Methlick Cycle Challenge committee. Many thanks to all for this substantial donation towards the running of the clothing bank.
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Rotarians from throughout the North East and Kharkiv in Ukraine celebrate in the Beaton Hall, Methlick
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A sunny and successful fundraising day in Ythanbank was enjoyed by Rotarians and visitors prior to our scheduled meeting in the Ythanbank Community Hall. Thanks to all for the donations and purchases.
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Ythan Valley Rotary hosted SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) for a presentation by Beth and Louise on "An Introduction to Suicide Prevention".
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Ythan Valley Rotary along with Inverurie Rotary participated in a Ukraine & Scotland Event held in Inverurie High School
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A view and a flavour of the Philippines was presented by our member Maria Lim-Pittendreich. The presentation about the Philippines was followed by a meal of typical snacks and flavours of the Philippines.
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On the 14th August our President Jacquiline Hill and the President of Kharkiv International Rotary Erik Avetisov signed a declaration twinning both of our clubs. Erik and other families from Ukraine have recently settled in the Ythan Valley area.
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Members of the Ythan Valley Rotary have been busy during April stripping, preparing and painting a local property in preparation of the arrival of a Ukrainian Family as a result of the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine.
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The bicycles will be distributed by YVR members to needy recipients through-out the North east with a Geographic spread from MacDuff to St Cyrus. This has been a co-ordinated effort between YVR, Ellon Cycles and Cycling UK.
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Cyclists participating in BP’s Coast 2 Coast adventure will be helping provide 12,000 laptops for Ukrainian children. The challenge involves cycling more than 250 miles across Scotland from Gairloch to Aberdeen from May 25 to 28.
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Sunday the 12th June saw the Presidential handover take place at the Ythanbank Village hall. After a great year Hilary Gordon handed over the Presidential Role to our 2022-23 President Jacqueline Hill.
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A view and a flavour of the Philippines
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Ythan Valley Rotary present past President Eleanor Macalister with the Paul Harris Fellowship Award in recognition of her continuous commitment to the community and Rotary, the award was made by fellow Rotarian Hilary Gordon
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At the Ythan Valley Rotary meeting of the 9th October the members met with Keith from the New Arc Charity. The charity rescues , rehabilitates and releases wildlife. After his tallk Keith was presented with Blankets and £423 raised by members.
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On the 22nd February 2020 a sleepover was held in Neil Ross Square, Ellon to raise funds for the ShelterBox Charity. See the article on the website indicating ShelterBox success !
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Aberdeens Archie Foundation receive 50 beautifully crafted dolls. A huge thank you to the dedicated knitting team of Doreen, Lil, Liz, Jacqueline and Margaret from the Cruden Craft Group for taking the time to make the dolls and then distribute them.
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Saturday 24th September 2022, 10:00 to 12:00 - Come and collect shoeboxes to fill and spread a little happiness. Raffle tickets are available to support Charlie House.
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The members of Ythan Valley succesfully held a Christmas Wreath making session in the Beaton Hall raising funds for charities supported by Rotary
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