In 1989 John Moores, the founder of the Littlwoods chain, came up with the idea of running an outing for local disabled children. The day was such a success that he looked to replicate it in other parts of the country and he turned to his local Rotary Club for help to turn it into a national event.
The event has now given birth to the Kids Out charity and every June Rotary Clubs throughout Britain and Ireland together with KidsOut take over 25,000 disadvantaged children on a great big day out. The children visit the seaside, theme parks, adventure playgrounds & zoos giving them all wonderful memories to cherish for a lifetime.
As part of this Tettenhall Rotarians palyed host today to 30 children from the Penn Fields School in Wolverhampton who joined us for an exciting day on the rides at Drayton Manor Park. All of the children had a wonderful time and our thanks go to all of the management and staff at the Park who helped to make such a great day for the kids.
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Monday, 11 June 2012
Club Assembly 2012
As the current Rotary year nears its end Clubs around the country are holding their Assembly meetings giving their incoming Presidents the opportunity of setting out their objectives for the coming year and introducing the team who will help them to lead the Club in its fund raising and fellowship activities.
Local jeweller Ian Rigby takes over as President of the Tettenhall Club in July and at this evenings Assembly meeting Ian set out his own vision for the Club during his year of office. Ian will be concentrating on ensuring the already strong fellowship within the Club is strengthened further and will look to enhance the Club's presence in the local community in the belief that Rotarians are never happier than when bringing happiness to others.
Ian will be assisted by:
Sammy Chung - President Elect
John Francis - Immediate Past President
Ernie Edwards - Junior Vice President and Treasurer
John Margetts - Secretary
Les Boutts - Sergeant at Arms
Ken Swash - Fellowship
Roger Timbrell - Community Service
Chris Kraushar - Fund Raising
Chris Bowyer - Sleigh
MikeUnwin -Programme
Brian Nicholson - Membership
David Cave - Communications
Ivan Hill - Foundation
Doug Evans - International
Derek Evans - New Generation
Greg Instone - Attendance
Stuart Herrity - Sport
Wasil Bucczkowski - Regalia
Bert Finch - Family of Rotary
Ian wants to make sure that every member feels involved in the operation of the Club and with that in mind each member has been allocated to work with one of the committee chairs. We're grateful to all of the Committee Chairs who are helping Ian in the coming year and they can all be sure of our support.
Assistant District Governor Carol Reilly attended the meeting as the representative of District Governor Elect Trevor Davies and commended the Club on the work which it was already undertaking in the local community and on Ian's plans to extend this in the coming year.
Local jeweller Ian Rigby takes over as President of the Tettenhall Club in July and at this evenings Assembly meeting Ian set out his own vision for the Club during his year of office. Ian will be concentrating on ensuring the already strong fellowship within the Club is strengthened further and will look to enhance the Club's presence in the local community in the belief that Rotarians are never happier than when bringing happiness to others.
Ian will be assisted by:
Sammy Chung - President Elect
John Francis - Immediate Past President
Ernie Edwards - Junior Vice President and Treasurer
John Margetts - Secretary
Les Boutts - Sergeant at Arms
Ken Swash - Fellowship
Roger Timbrell - Community Service
Chris Kraushar - Fund Raising
Chris Bowyer - Sleigh
MikeUnwin -Programme
Brian Nicholson - Membership
David Cave - Communications
Ivan Hill - Foundation
Doug Evans - International
Derek Evans - New Generation
Greg Instone - Attendance
Stuart Herrity - Sport
Wasil Bucczkowski - Regalia
Bert Finch - Family of Rotary
Ian wants to make sure that every member feels involved in the operation of the Club and with that in mind each member has been allocated to work with one of the committee chairs. We're grateful to all of the Committee Chairs who are helping Ian in the coming year and they can all be sure of our support.
Assistant District Governor Carol Reilly attended the meeting as the representative of District Governor Elect Trevor Davies and commended the Club on the work which it was already undertaking in the local community and on Ian's plans to extend this in the coming year.
Saturday, 26 May 2012
Stroke Awareness
May is stroke awareness month Every five minutes in the UK someone has a stroke and more than 40% of these could be prevented if high blood pressure was controlled. It’s the highest risk factor for stroke.
Working with our NHS partners members of the Club today joined Rotarians from other City Clubs in Wolverhampton's Wulfrun Centre to help to tackle this statistic by promoting a Know Your Blood Pressure event and encouraging shoppers to take a range of simple tests including blood pressure, blood sugar and body fat tests to help establish if they were at risk of Stroke.
The event was a great success with over 500 people tested and in a further 10 venues across the greater Black Country area over 1250 people were checked. Over the 9 years the event has been taking place 13 thousand people have now been tested helping to save lives and to reduce the burden of this disease on the NHS.
Our thanks go to the management of the Wulfrun Centre for their help in staging the event and to the many NHS volunteers who gave of their time to administer the tests.
Working with our NHS partners members of the Club today joined Rotarians from other City Clubs in Wolverhampton's Wulfrun Centre to help to tackle this statistic by promoting a Know Your Blood Pressure event and encouraging shoppers to take a range of simple tests including blood pressure, blood sugar and body fat tests to help establish if they were at risk of Stroke.
The event was a great success with over 500 people tested and in a further 10 venues across the greater Black Country area over 1250 people were checked. Over the 9 years the event has been taking place 13 thousand people have now been tested helping to save lives and to reduce the burden of this disease on the NHS.
Our thanks go to the management of the Wulfrun Centre for their help in staging the event and to the many NHS volunteers who gave of their time to administer the tests.
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Golf Day 2012
It's always good to raise money to support our local charities but there can't be many better ways to do that than by spending a day on the golf course in the company of friends.
28 teams of two competed in this years Tettenhall Rotary Golf Day taking part in a Stableford ‘better ball’ competition.
The day was hosted by South Staffs Golf Club - a Club well known to many of our members and which may help to explain the eventual success of winning Club member Don Crofts his partner, Nick Weaver. The ‘longest drive’ prize went to Martin Wooding and Ian Guest was ‘nearest the pin’ on the 6th Hole.
In all the event raised £2,400 for Compton Hospice and we're grateful to all of our sponsors and to everyone who participated in and supported a wonderful days sport.
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