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Afternoon Tea for the Elderly 2010
 
On Sunday 2nd May 2010 the club held another tea for the elderly residents of Swaffham.
Given the miserable weather earlier in the year, caution was our watchword and it was renamed Afternoon Tea. However,
come the day a reasonable supply of strawberries was available, so we were able to follow last year's successful format.
Approaching forty guests were treated to an afternoon tea topped off with strawberries and cream, and followed with a 'sing along' led by Jill Dobbs at the piano. This year we must have had more
singers than last year because they sang much louder and for longer!
Many thanks to Jill Dobbs for entertaining us all, and a special "Thank You" to the Old Maltings staff and management
for their hospitality and support. The catering team again produced a mouth watering array of sandwiches, cakes and scones. Click here to see some photos.
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Blood Pressure Checks on Stroke Awareness Day 2010
On Saturday 17th April 2010 the Rotary Club of Swaffham supported the Stroke
Awareness Day, a part of the Stroke Association's national campaign.
The event was organised and planned by club members John Wallace and Dermot Impson.
Rotarian Dermot Impson said "Using an empty shop unit next to the Assembly
Rooms in Swaffham by kind permission of Mr T Burn, and with the medical
support of six local nurses, the blood pressure was assessed for almost 150
local people, one of which was an urgent referral. One of those having their
blood pressure taken was the local conservative candidate."
The Rotary Club were delighted with the public response and would like to thank all those involved in organising and running this very important, local community event.
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1940's Village Hall Social Evening 2010
The Rotary Club of Swaffham and its International Team lead by Robin and Diana Rayner recreated a 1940's Village Hall social evening at Narborough Community Centre on Friday 12th February 2010.
The hall was suitably decorated with Union flags and bunting. The event coincided with the 70th anniversary of rationing in Britain, and a fugal meal was served to over 100 guests, which comprised a pint of beer or cider, leek and potato soup, cottage pie with peas, followed by treacle tart. The raffle prizes included an instruction book on how to comply with the Black Out regulations.
Many guests came dressed in clothes from the 1940's period. We were delighted to see various service personnel, working mums and dads, a couple of spiv's, land army girls, country squires, farmers and wives, a butcher with a gas mask, a Lyons Tea Shop waitress, a well known toff and many others. The "best dressed competition" was won by Rodger Bilverstone. A 1940's quiz was fiercely contested by all the guests.
The music and entertainment was excellently produced and lead by Jill Dobbs accompanied by "Close Harmony", (a local group), who encouraged everyone to sing along and join in with many songs from the 1940's.
The evening was a great success. We made a profit of £1,000 and this, together with the £950 we already have, will be used to support our two chosen charities: WaterAID and SmileTrain. Photos from this event are available to view in our photo gallery.
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Sacred Heart Convent School Donation for Haiti 2010
The pupils, staff and parents of the Sacred Heart Convent School in Swaffham, collected a massive £1,550 for the Haiti Disaster Appeal, and have passed it on to the Rotary Club of Swaffham to buy three more SHELTER BOXES.
The donation was received by Rotarians John Wallace, Dermot Impson and Denis Bishop. At the handover ceremony, the club demonstrated the contents of the shelter box, explained to the children how the charity was formed, and how the boxes reach the disaster areas.
Many thanks to the parents, teachers and pupils at the Sacred Heart Convent School for making such a generous donation.
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Collection for Haiti Appeal 2010
Members of the Rotary Club of Swaffham have again been overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of Swaffham and district.
Collections for the Haiti Disaster Appeal took place in Swaffham town centre and at Waitrose Supermarket on Friday and Saturday last week.
Particular thanks to Waitrose who allowed Rotarians to collect inside the store because of the bad weather, and provided every facilitity to help with the collection.
Shops in the town centre used collection boxes to enable customers to make individual donations, and Rotarians carried out street collections in and around the market place during daylight shopping hours.
The collectors were encouraged by the amount of money and individual cheques handed in during the collection period. The totals for the two days was an amazing £3814 which included £1596 from shoppers in the town centre, and £2218 from customers visiting the Waitrose store.
All the money raised by this appeal will go towards sending eight or more shelter boxes to the disaster area in Haiti. Further funds totalling £1,500 have also been donated from the Sacred Heart Convent School.
For more information about how your money will be spent, please visit the ShelterBox website.
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