LUNCH MEETING
Tue, Feb 18th 2025 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
VENUE: HPGC.
SPEAKER: Harry Smedley, Royal British Legion, Ashton Branch.
FELLOWSHIP STEWARDS: John Morse + John Murray.
The speaker at lunch today was Harry Smedley from the Royal British Legion, Ashton Branch. He thanked us for the help with the poppy appeal at Tesco, Haydock where a total of £15,997 was raised to help with their work.
He gave us a very graphic report of his time in Afganistan and how the monies we helped to collect is used to help the injured recover.
He spoke in great detail of some individual cases where the funds have been used to improve their lives.
For more details of the Royal British Legion in our area go to:
counties.britishlegion.org.uk
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This is a new group formed during the last Rotary year.23/24 Its remit is to look at how we move the club forward and recruit a more diverse membership
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Providing Rotary Service to International Communities. The following programme has been agreed at club assembly.
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In the Rotary year 24/25 we have distributed £21,335 and supported 34 local and UK charities and 13 International projects.
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