Each school was given £40 and the total raised by the seven small schools was £870. The winning school was Leyburn Primary School, which raised £346, and runner-up was
Reeth/Gunnerside Primary School.
The Leyburn children made excellent quality candles and night lights for sale.
The children in all the schools had been asked which charity they would like to receive the money, and they voted for Guide Dogs for the Blind. The charity sent a representative, Jan Ball, to receive the cheque from Club Community Chairman George Chadwick.
The photo was taken in Reeth/Gunnerside school and also includes Rtn Michael Hepper, one of the judges, with Eileen Brereton, local contact for Guide Dogs fundraiser, and some of the children.
more Wensleydale Rotary Club's President Ray Wilkinson brandishes crutches which were part of the vanload of mobility aids collected in the dale by the club.
more Rotarian David Spashett planted a tree at Leyburn Arts Centre
more A huge cheque symbolises our long term commitment to supporting Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
more They attended the lighting of a Jubilee beacon on The Shawl in Leyburn. Pictured are ; Jeremy Burchill, David Milner, Howard Binks, Ray Wilkinson, John Morton, David Spashett and David Blakeley. The beacon was lit by Councillor Mandy Spenceley
more St.Matthews Church Leyburn witnesses its community spirit in action as Wensleydale Rotarians donate bulk packs of soup mix at last Mondays Soup and sweet lunch.
more Wensleydale Rotary volunteers served tea/coffee to Show organisers before the Show started then manned a tent raising funds for charities.
more The superb early summer weather continued as Wensleydale Rotarians volunteered on Tuesday to pick up litter after the busy bank holiday weekend.
more Wensleydale Rotarians helped to marshal arrivals as the covid vaccination programme began at Tennants auction room in Leyburn.
more Rotarians from several clubs in North Yorkshire helped at the charity Chopsticks to pack bags of kindling
more Wensleydale Rotary held a Charity Auction to help compensate for having to cancel major fundraising events due to Covid-19
more The Rotary Club held a tombola stall at Wensleydale Show to raise funds for its community projects. All prizes were won despite the rain!
more President Susan Rogers has chosen Herriot Hospice Homecare as her principal charity for her year in office.
more Wensleydale Rotary Club gives a small sum of money to each Primary School in the Dale and challenges them to increase it by whatever means for charity.
more Wensleydale Rotarians were out in force taking blood pressures at the Wensleydale Show,as part of STROKE awareness
more Wensleydale Rotarians ran a Know Your Blood Pressure session as well as a fundraising tent at this year's Show, helped by District Governor Robert Morphet
more Seven Wensleydale Rotarians, and a Rotarians wife, accepted the Ice Bucket challenge thrown down to them by Northallerton Mowbray Rotarians.
more Wensleydale Rotary members fundraised for local and international charities, and raised awareness of Rotary International's drive to eradicate Polio.
more THE CHIILDREN'S waiting areas at the Friarage Hospital's accident and emergency department have been transformed into a magical wonderland thanks to the Rotary Club of Wensleydale.
more The Rotary tent at the Show was well manned and attended, with around £300 being raised from a bric-a-brac sale for the club Charity fund, and £165 from rafle tickets in aid of a MRI Scanner for the Friarage Hospital.
more Around 50 Rotarians, partners and friends attended a wine tasting to raise funds fro Motor Neurone Disease
more Following the recent Tour de France Grand Depart, there remained a large number of yellow bikes scattered about Wensleydale. The Rotary Club has been collecting some of them to be recycled and sent to third world countries.
more Primary Schools in Wensleydale were given a small amount of money and challenged to make as much money as possible, by whatever means.
more Wensleydale Rotary Club gives a small sum of money to each Primary School in the Dale and challenges them to increase it by whatever means for charity.
more While President David Pointon was attending the Low Mill outdoor centres annual meeting,the Club was thanked for donating funds towards the cost of the new minibus.
more A review of projects supported in the year to 30th June 2011 and of events and fund raising activities. David Pointon was Club President for the year, Peter Nattress (pictured here) is Club Treasurer.
more Mr Phillip Benages, Headmaster of Wensleydale School spoke to members on progress with improving standards and achievements at the school.
back The Club supports a number of projects within our local community.