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Rotary
Club Of Bathavon
The
Rotary Club of Bathavon was founded in 1980 and is part of Rotary
International (RI). RI is a worldwide association of business and
professional men and women dedicated to high ethical standards in
business; the ideal of service in personal, business and community life
and the advancement of international understanding and world peace.
The
Club meets weekly on Thursday Evenings at 6.45pm for 7pm at the Hilton
Hotel in Bath. A
typical evening will consist of dinner including Club business
, followed by a speaker. Once a month a business meeting is held.
Outside visits are a part of the club activities.
Rotary
is a voluntary organisation. The
Club undertakes service in the community as well as
fundraising to enable it to support worthwhile projects both locally and
in the wider community. The Club has 38 members
FUNDRAISING
The main
UK charities we are supporting this year
are B&NES Young
Carers and Dorothy
House Hospice
Other Charities
we support include :-
The
Sundri Devi School in India, assisting one girl through her
education.
Neem Tree Trust UK
(supportring
Polio victims in India)
Precious
Sisters School, Keynya, educating five
students through Senior school.
We
support the Rotary International
initiative
Polio
Plus .
Rotary
International is the spearheading member of the Global Polio eradication
Initiative and is the largest private sector donor.
World
wide Polio is now endemic in only four countries,
subsequently a major project is underway to eradicate polio
totally.
Rotary
is a voluntary organisation and because of this the cost of distributing
funds that are raised to needy causes are some of the lowest available.
This is due to the huge network of clubs it has worldwide.
EMERGENCIES
The
Rotary Club is available to quickly raise funds for national or
international emergencies.
The
latest example being the Haitian emergency, when a quantity of Shelter
Boxes and Water Boxes were funded and dispatched.
Rotary
is in the unique position having 1.2 million members world wide.
This means that in an emergency there is a good chance that we already
have people on the ground, which proves invaluable in organizing a swift
response.. This helps also to ensure that money and materials are
securely and expediently targeted where required.
If
you would like to donate money to any of the above charities or other
Rotary charities please contact our Secretary, John
Gowland
on Bath (01225)
837450
LOCAL
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Members
of the Club provided "hands on" assistance throughout the year taking
children with special needs for a day out at Longleat, assisting with
blood pressure testing on stroke awareness day and have even taken
on the role of painters and decorators to paint part of the Peggy Dodds
day centre in
Bath for for respite care for the carers of the elderly suffering from dementia.
At
Christmas time our members take a group of disabled people to ther
pantomime at Timsbury.
MEMBERSHIP
Should you
be interested in joining Bathavon Rotary Club click
for more information.
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