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"One of the most wonderful things about Rotary is that it allows you to be part of something so much larger than yourself."
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CLUB PRESENTS ROTARY SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS TO TWO LOCAL PEOPLE
At a special meeting of the club on Monday 14th June President Ian Harris presented Rotary Family & Service Recognition Certificates to Wendy Cope the manager of Bletchingley Skills Centre and Mike Weighill who has been involved in a number of organisations within Warlingham for the last 30 years including the Parish Council, Village Hall, Traders Association, Warlingham Fair and Warlingham May Queens. The certificate is issued by Rotary Clubs to individuals or organisations for outstanding service to families and communities
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ROTARY CLUBS IN CATERHAM COLLECT FOR HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE APPEAL
On Saturday 23rd January the two Rotary Clubs in Caterham Caterham and Caterham Harestone clubs held a joint collection for Shelterbox s Haitian Earthquake Appeal. Over £2500 was collected on the day, with some of the donations being gift aided this will mean Shelterbox will get over £2700 from the collection. Teams of collectors were stationed outside Morrisons in Church Walk, Waitrose, the NatWest Bank and the entrance to Church Walk from nine in the morning until four in the afternoon. Many of the collectors have been involved in collections around Caterham before but had never seen such a willingness to give as on this occasion. As one Rotarian said I ve been around Round Table and then Rotary for over 30 years and I have never seen a response like this. He went on to congratulate the team who had organised the collection in such a short space of time, including obtaining a display Shelterbox, street collecting licences, permission to collect in Church Walk, preparing display material and organising collectors for the day. The Rotary Clubs would like to thank the people of Caterham for their generosity and also thank the Church Walk centre management team for their support on the day and the staff at Tandridge Council for granting a licence to collect so quickly.
The money contributed should buy six Shelterboxes that provide a tent with room for ten people, along with blankets, ground sheets, water purification equipment, stove, tools and cookware as well as things to keep the children entertained. Shelterbox, a charity started by the Rotary Club of Helston and the Lizard ten years ago have already despatched 3000 boxes to Haiti (that is sufficient to house 30,000 people). Most of the boxes have already arrived on the island and are being deployed to a number of camps that are being set up. Some of the boxes have been used to create recovery wards at a couple of hospitals. Shelterbox say this is the most complex deployment that they have been involved in because so much infrastructure has been destroyed, however, they have been getting aid through to the island. More boxes are desperately needed.
In late February the club ran an Indian Meal at Amani Restaurant in aid of Shelterbox - this raised a further £540. Thanks to Amani and their customers for their contribution to this event.



Four year-old Carlos had his leg amputated on Wednesday. He is now recovering in a ShelterBox tent and is pictured using one of the children’s packs sent in the boxes. Photograph: Mark Pearson
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SHELTERBOX PHOTOGRAPHS FROM HAITI
SEE ALL SHELTERBOX HAITI VIDEOS
NEW VENUE FOR HARESTONE MEETINGS
See details of our new home at the Surrey National Golf Club
Thanks for LifeWelcome to 'Thanks for Life', a project involving the clubs and members of Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland, aimed at helping to eradicate polio throughout the world. For details about this project - and for resources for schools, parents, businesses and Rotarians - click on the project logo above. The website will change regularly in the lead up to Rotary Day on 23rd February 2010. We
need your help to
wipe out polio, and
there are many ways
in which you can
help. Thank you in
advance. Meanwhile - why not watch the The Final Inch documentary |
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