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 for dinner on Thursday Evenings at 6.45pm for 7pm at the Hilton
Hotel in Bath and 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 charities we are supporting this year
are Dorothy House (the
local hospice) and Bath Cancer Unit Support Group. Other Charities
include 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. We also support the
Sundri Devi School in India.
For
information on Dorothy
House click
here
For
information on Bath Cancer Unit Support Group charity click
here
For
information on Sundri Devi school click
here
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.
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.
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