The Rotary Club of Glossop in the High Peak

The Rotary Club of Glossop-in the High Peak.

www.rotary-in-glossop.co.uk

Founded in 1938-Member of Rotary International District 1050-RIBI Club no 474

This page last updated on March 4, 2008

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Greetings from our President Stephen Kimber.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2007, in particular those who took part in our 30th Jog. What a great day by all. I have presented certificates at one participating school and will try to visit as many as possible.

On 6th February we presented the cheques for £4100 each to the two charities we nominated as beneficiaries -CLIC Sargent and Wilow Wood Hospice of the race proceeds.

We have just held a sucessful racenight as part of the Tameside Together Iniative with our fellow Tameside Clubs. All proceeds wil go to Rotary Foundation. Looking forward we have the Stroke Awareness Day in April and a wheelchair walk for some housebound in May/June.

Recently I took the opportunity to visit two of the schools who participated in our Juniors Speak competition in October. Along with John Burgess and Alan Conchie we visited Charlesworth Primary and All Saints in Old Glossop. All Saints were the overall winners and Charlesworth has the best Vote of Thanks in the competion. We were made most welcome and were pleased to see the teams achievements announced in front of the whole school. All Saints keep the trophy for one year until the competion next year. There are four other schools to be visited over the coming weeks. We were impressed with the quality and variety of the speaking.

The club has just sponsored three local students at the weekend Rotary Youth Leadership Awards course held near Buxton. We hope to sponsor three more students in May 2008 on the next course.

We also have just held the 30th Glossop Jog and I must thank everyone for how smoothly it ran (excuse the pun). CLIC Sargent and Willow Wood Hospice are the main beneficiaries this year and it was encouraging to see so many people participating. My thanks again to you all, especially the childen. As it was the 30th Jog we had letters presented by both the RI and RIBI Presidents by our District Governor Mike Payne, along with a 30th birthday cake by the Mayor of High Peak Jean Wharmby. To date the Jog has raised over £162K over its 30 year history. (Figure updated Feb 2008)

For photos from the day and the RI/RIBI letters please click here

Heres to the next 30 years of the JOG.

We thank the Glossop Chronicle for their excellent coverage.

The Theme for this year is "ROTARY SHARES". We will be participating in the following.

Youth Opportunities-In conjunction with local schools
Youth Speaks-both Primary and Secondary.
Young Chef.
Young Designer/Inventor.
Primary Chess.
Rotary Youth Leadership Award.

Community and Vocational Service.
Carol Service for elderly and housebound.
Stroke awareness day in the community.

International.
Work with Hyde RC on Brick making machine project.
Work with Northwich Vale Royle club on Cateract operations.
Continue working with the Tools for Self Reliance Scheme.
Support the Jaipur Limb project in India.

Environmental.
We now have a Club Environmental Officer and we will have one project to benefit the environment in Glossop in conjunction with schools and/or youth groups. Have a look at the Butterfly garden competition below.

We always make new and potential members welcome at our weekly meetings. If you would like to join us please use the contact details below.

Stephen Kimber, President 2007-2008.

A Surprise Award for Bob McKeown

On Wednesday 29th January, Glossop Rotary Club were pleased to welcome Councillor Bob McKeown to their meeting as a guest of the club. Bob had been invited on a number of occasions but due to his council or other duties, he had been unable to be with us. After completing the formal business of the club, it was time to give Bob a pleasant surprise by presenting him with the Rotary “Community Service Award” This is an award given by Rotary to people who have given great service to their community over a long period of time.

Jog Presentation 2008

At our meeting on 6th February we presented cheques to Willow Wood Hospice and Clic Sargent as the main beneficiaries of our 30th Jog. For more information and pictures of the evening please click here

3rd Glossop Air Scouts

On 26th February we presented the group with a cheque for £100 to be used towards the refurbishment of their headquarters.

Youths Speaks Competition

The Intermediate team from St Philip Howard School has won through to the Regional finals. Well done to all those who took part. For more details please look at the Youth Activities page on the left.

Butterfly Garden in a tyre

This spring we will be holding a competion for Primary Schools in Glossop to have a butterfly garden. it will be made using an old tyre and we will supply the compost.. How it is designed is then up to the childrens creativity. We will then judge the gardens in June time and award a prize for the best garden. We will take the design and the childens' knowledge into account.

There is no cost to the schools to participate.

Eye Camps

We have given a £500 donation in conjunction with Northwich Vale Royal for eye operations.

Racenight

On Friday 29th February in conjunction with the Tameside clubs we held a sucessful race night as part of the zone Foundationactivity. A good night had by all.

Dates to remember

Charter Evening-Weds 17th October-2007

To see all the photographs click here

Presidents Evening Saturday 17th May-2008(at Glossop Cricket and Bowling Club)

International Lunch Sunday 22nd June 2008

2008 Charter Evening (with RIBI President) 29th October at Glossop Cricket Club.

Our District.

We are a member of District 1050 in the North West. Our District Governor is Mike Payne shown here with wife Beryl. The Club wishes them a great year.

To download his latest newsletter please click here

Pictures with the DG.

The club was pleased to see DG Mike on his official visit to us in August. He also supported us at the Glossop Jog on the 7th October.

Membership leaflet.

We have produced a leaflet which we will give to any potential members. It gives an overview of what being a Rotarian means. If you require a printed copy we intend having them available in the Library and Volunteer Centre in Glossop.

To download a copy click here

Club Archive page-NEW

We are putting together a new page giving details of some of the history of Glossop Rotary from our archives and other sources. See the latest page by clicking on the Archives link to the left.

If anyone has a contribution then please e mail us with it and we will be pleased to use it.

Rotary Car Boot Sales.

The Rotary boot sales for 2007 have finished. We will start them in 2008 around Easter.

Boot sales are held at Fauvel Road in Glossop.

For a map please click here

Click here for more information on the Norfolk Square refurbishing which was our Centennial project.

Click here for details of the Tools for Self Reliance scheme we actively support.

Click to see our Presidential Citation

Meeting arrangements.

The club meets every Wednesday evening at the Windy Harbour hotel in Glossop which overlooks the reservoirs in the Longdendale valley. The evening normally consists of a meal and then after the formal business is completed there is usually a speaker. Guests are most welcome to join us. All bookings to the Attendance Secretary, telephone +44 (0)1457 865257 by 5.45 pm the day before the meeting to reserve a meal.

Whom to contact.

If you would like to come along to a meeting or you are interested in finding out more about Glossop Rotary then please contact any of the members listed in the contacts section or send an e mail to Glossop Rotary Club.

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