2005: The first lady of Sale Rotary Club
2005
MARI IS A 'FIRST' FOR SALE ROTARY
Mari Griffin has stepped into the local history records book.
She has become the first woman to be elected a full member of Sale Rotary Club since it was founded over 70 years ago.
Mari, from Dunollie Road in Sale Moor, was encouraged by her brother David Ward, a long time Rotarian and currently President of the Osgoldscross and Elmet Rotary Club in Yorkshire.
A pioneer? "I'm not conscious of it," she says. "Everyone has made me welcome and I've been totally and wholeheartedly accepted. The meetings provide me with good company, a sense of charitable purpose and I'm proud to be part of it."
The international network of Rotary Clubs was founded 100 years ago, in Chicago, for the fellowship of business and professional men. The Inner Wheel, for women members of Rotarian families, was added in 1967 but women have been able to join Rotary in their own right for the last 16 years.
"Times have changed," says the new Sale President Peter Munday, "but many people still regard Rotary as some sort of a secret society for men only. Nothing could be further from the truth.
"We exist for a combination of friendship and the support of charitable causes."
Mari, a foster carer and founder member of Sale Women's Institute, is now Sale Rotary Club's Speaker Secretary.Related pages...
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more Sale Rotary Club's weekly column in the Sale & Altrincham Advertiser
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more Jade and David Williams
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more Armaan Chohan (left)and Nigel Turner
2009: First husband and wife recruits
more James and Samantha Eisen with District Governor Chris Welton (left) and Sale Rotary President John Pilling.
2009: New president
more Graham King
2009: A carer for Isaac
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2009: School's "inspirational work"
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2009: Deusa Project
2008: Changing lives
2005: Asian earthquake
2007: An evening club
2006: Gina does it again
more Gina and Alasdair Brown
2006: Hooray for Hollywood
2005: Fellowship for John Robinson
2006: New Yorker researches Sale
more Malcolm Bugler and his wife, Liz
2008: Paul Harris Fellowships
more Peter Munday (left) and Bob Richardson (right) with Sale Rotary Club President John Pilling.
2008: Rotary on the map?
more Sale Rotary Club President John Pilling (second left) joins the Rotarian meeting with the Mayor and Lady Mayoress.
2007: Soul survivor
2005: Strength and determination
2006: Rachel's courage
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2009: President's Night
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2009: Jolly good 'fellow'..?
more Graham (left) receives the Paul Harris Fellowship from President Elect, Malcolm Brown.
2010: Baby Charlotte
2010: Rebekah's merit award
2010: Two for the price of one
more Doreen and Malcolm Brown
2010: Carl runs the Sahara
more Carl Cleghorn with club president Malcolm Brown
2011: Daniel's love of cooking
more Daniel Sharman and Sale Rotary Club president, Malcolm Brown.
2011: Carl's run raises more than £6,000
more Carl Cleghorn wears a Sale Rotary tabard at the Marathon des Sables camp.
2011: Jenny makes a difference
more Jenny with villagers in Uganda
2011: Carl Cleghorn ... PHF
2011: Carl Cleghorn - now a Rotarian
more Carl Cleghorn (left) is inducted by Sale president John Taylor.
2012: Trafford College merit award
more Richard Rowe balances his catering studies alongside being a carer for family members and wins a Rotary award.
2012: Rotary helps Hanna to help Uganda
more Seventy Ugandan families now have their own water tanks to help grow their own produce through dry seasons – thanks to a partnership between charity worker Hanna Lambert and Sale Rotary Club.
