November 2020 News

November 2020 News pages:

Golf Challenge Success

more Denby Dale & District Rotary Club has developed an international way of raising funds after the cancellation of its annual golf day – launching the Rotary Charity Golf Challenge, where golfers could play at any course!

Two Hands On Projects

more Annual Daffodil Planting and pruning at the Cleethorpes Golf Club and at the Queen Mary Infant and Nursery School

Eco Angels: waste transforms girls’ lives

more Eco Angels is a Rotary York Ainsty (RYA) initiative to transform waste plastic into attractive Angel decorations.

Normanton Rotarians Assist At Mass Flu Vaccination

more The Rotary Club of Normanton has been directing 700 patients of the King’s Medical Practice, in order to receive their annual influenza vaccinations.

Mayoral THANK YOU ‘For The Love of Scrubs’

more Scarborough Cavaliers Rotary Club learned that they are part of a group of seventy thousand scrubs makers across the country, with 400 in the Scarborough area group alone.

Skipton Rotary Way

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Purple ’N’ Shave for Polio

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The Gift of Imagination

more Rolf Sperr at Cleethorpes writes:

Holderness Holding on.

more Rotary Club of Holderness members are pleased to donate £500 to the Salvation Army in Hull fund to help pay for food vouchers instead of the accustomed help to pack hundreds of Christmas food parcels, for local families in need.

Cnaresborough (only joking!) Rotary provides Companion Cats for Dementia Care

more Dementia sufferers and carers have been hit badly by the pandemic with support groups unable to meet. Now Rotary in Knaresborough are sponsoring robotic ‘Companion Cats’ for Dementia Forward’s “Cafe in a box” social Dementia therapy project.

50 Shades of Purple Hats for Polio

more Northallerton Mowbray’s Purple4Polio market stall made £356 which will treble up to over £1000 with the Bill Gates Foundation promise.

20 Miles for 20 Years

more To mark the 20th Anniversary of Shelterbox, ten members of Rotary Club of Hull Paragon pledged to each walk 20 miles, in stages, during September.

Cy-Beer Fest – A Rotary Club of Roundhay First!

more How many thousands of people did the new Roundhay Rotary Cy Beer Fest reach?! Jean Clennell writes:

Todmorden Rotary Club

more On the first day of the UK lockdown, Todmorden Rotary club set up a stall to provide masks for those entering stores in the town.

A “Ton” of Toys and more….!

more With Christmas approaching, Huddersfield Rotarians decided to collect a “ton” of toys , new and good condition. They are taking the toys to a centre for sorting and distributing to families struggling at Christmas.

Give the gift of clean water

more Would you like to make a real difference this year during the Festive Season?

Purple Planting

more Local school children have been helping Cleckheaton Rotary Club to plant 5000 purple crocus bulbs in parks and school grounds across the area. Pictured are pupils from Howard Park School planting crocus bulbs in their school grounds

Beirut – After the Devastation.

more Beirut has fallen off the news agenda, but the life of the city is undergoing repair after the August explosion which killed causing at least 204 deaths, 6,500 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.

Rotary Oreo

more Moira from Riding for the Disabled updated Bradford Bronte on what happened after her pitch to the Soup.

Bradford Backing Kenya’s Babies.

more The founder of Kenya Charity, Mama Na Mtoto (MNM) UK, Anita Jones, has thanked Bradford Bronte for all the support she has received in a Christmas Fair collection for her Charity Shop.

Aireborough writes….

more Aireborough Club usually presents Dictionaries4Life to year 3 pupils in June but the pandemic put a stop to the plan.

73 YEARS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

more Guests from across Yorkshire, Northumberland, France, Spain, Canada and Lebanon joined members of the Rotary Club of Northallerton in celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the formation of the Club.

Do NOT Duck this!!

more Skipton Rotary Club is calling out to YOU regarding their special Christmas fund raising event.

A Long Walk for a Toilet!

more Hull Paragon Rotary Club are supporting Toilet Twinning during this Presidential Year.

Saving Christmas!

more Following last year’s highly successful inaugural Hull Santa Run in Pickering Park the Holderness and Humberside Clubs are saving Christmas with a competition to bring cheer to Rotarians – and others!

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more Jasmine has been working with a local Rotary Club Cristo Balcon

Pickering and District Rotary Sponsoring Dental Nurses to Work with Dentaid in Africa

more Pickering dental nurses Courtney and Lauren will be leaving for Malawi

Adventurers Rotary fund raiser for Manorlands Hospice and Ukraine

more organised by the Rotary Club of Adventurers specifically to raise money for Manorlands Hospice and Huddersfield to Ukraine Humanitarian Aid.

February Sharing Stories

more News from our clubs

Howden Rotary Supports SHAKE (RCC)

more SHAKE Howden have purchased a series of British Sign Language each carefully designed to encourage sign language comprehension amongst deaf and hearing children alike

Wensleydale Young Musician Competition

more Wensleydale Rotary together with BlueBoxt in Leyburn ran a successful heat for the Rotary Young Musician Competition

Grimsby Rotary Supporting Grimsby in Bloom

more Grimsby in Bloom supported by Grimsby Rotary is planning to establish a community Garden

Lord Prescott

more Tribute to Lord Prescott on his passing from the Rotary Disability Games organising committee in Hull

November Sharing Stories

more News From Our Clubs

Richmond Rotary's Best Kept Village Champions

more For 16 years Richmond Rotary Club has organised a Best Kept Village award - Aldbrough St John was this years winner

Ripon Rotary Sanctuary Walk

more This annual walk was held on Saturday September 12th and the route took in the 10 mile walk around the sanctuary markers, established in the past by the two Rotary clubs and surrounding the city.

Healthy Holidays

more Aireborough Rotary have been working with Guiseley Community Foundation, part of the football Club, every main school holiday for the past 8 years to provide a healthy hot lunch for the vulnerable children in our area.

Wensleydale Rotary's September Saunter Raises £1500 for Local Charities

more Beautiful Walk Around Wensleydale

Haworth and Worth Valley Rotary team packing the last of their humanitarian aid donations for onward shipment to Ukraine

more The Rotary Club of Haworth & Worth Valley have despatched half a ton’s worth of aid to the embattled citizens of Ukraine following their successful collection day in Haworth on Saturday, September 7th.

Knaresborough Rotary Raised over £4,000 for Martin House Hospice.

more Then backed a Dr. Dolittle show in the park.

Howden Rotary’s Press Up Man ,who battles
age and Parkinson’s Disease to raise funds for
charity, has been nominated for a Yorkshire
Post Rural Event award