The Essential Guide Magazine Culcheth July - August 2014

Essential Feature Newton & District Jubilee Rotary Club News Members of this Club are aware of the potential for members of the public to be concerned about donating to a “Newton” club collecting in Culcheth and the surrounding villages. This problem has recently been addressed within the Club in an attempt to ﬁnd an alternative name acceptable to the membership however, for historical reasons, it has been decided for the time being, to retain this name. In short, we were founded by Newton Rotary Club in their Jubilee year originally to work alongside that Club in the Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Leigh and Golborne area. Over the years, we have relocated and are now based at Birchwood Golf Club, serving the more clearly deﬁned Culcheth, Birchwood, Glazebury, Croft and Winwick area whilst a new Club has been formed at Golborne. We are grateful to the Birchwood Golf Club for accommodating our Club and to the general public in this area for their invaluable support over the years. We can assure everyone donating, that funds raised through Christmas collections, the Culcheth Beer Festivals, the Halle Concerts, the Houghton Weavers evenings, and in other ways, will be applied the Rotary Charities and more speciﬁcally to local good causes. Of course there are International Causes to be funded. More recently, at Sainsbury’s we sold over £700 .00 worth of Crocus lapel badges in pursuit of the Rotary effort to eradicate Polio Worldwide. With a like-for-like grant from the Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation, your money is doubled to £1400.00 and our task is, thankfully, a little nearer to completion. Closer to home, members of the Rotary Clubs in Bridgewater, Wells and Taunton worked alongside the emergency services and other community volunteers when 160,000 acres of the Somerset Levels were ﬂooded. Sandbags were ﬁlled and positioned and a 150,000 square foot warehouse was hired for donations of food, clothing, furniture and other essentials to be stored for redistribution. Many Rotary Clubs, ours included, are now linked to the emergency services. Rotary can also be fun. Our coconut shy was well received at the Birchwood Carnival (see photograph) and will again support the Croft Carnival on 5th July. The money raised goes towards Rotary Charities, but more importantly, this your Rotary Club letting you know that we are there and available to assist in the community. Just ask. All requests will be considered.! We need new members. What better way is there to repay the society which has given you so many opportunities in life. Visit the Rotary website and check us out at District 1280, or contact Bernard Groom - 01925 733893. Whatever your age, even newly retired, you will be made most welcome. This offer comes with new friends and a full and active social life. 18 Nine issues in Culcheth Lymm Great Sankey & Penketh Chapelford Stockton Heath & Appleton Thewlwall, Grappenhall & Latchford Birchwood Lowton & Golborne Newton-le-Willows

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