Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon
For 2012, the Club is pleased to be working in aid of
Kent Association for the Blind for its main fund-raising event, the annual
Half Marathon, organised by Rotarian Ray Johnson. Click on the link on the left to see the latest news, including details of previous races, which have
supported Demelza House and Macmillan Cancer Support in recent years.
Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Folkestone.
We're back!This website is back up and running following a lengthier than expected delay while a number of improvements have been made "under the hood" but which we hope will enable us to develop the site over the next few months. Apologies for anyone who was inconvenienced in any way.
January's Dinner MeetingAt our Dinner Meeting on Monday January 30th we welcomed a number of guests to the Brickfield, where guest speaker David Hancox, former President of Hythe Rotary Club, gave a presentation on the work of
Habitat for Humanity, an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing.
That same evening, President Andrew Beggs presented Jon Wilson of Folkestone's Rainbow Centre with a cheque for
£800The links on the left show just some of the charitable activities of the club - but there is also a strong "fellowship" element too! For the new year (the Rotary year runs from July to June), our evening meetings will be guest days when prospective members and their partners can come along to see what we do. Information about the Rotary International movement is available from the
About Rotary link above and if you are interested in finding out more please contact the Club via this e-mail link:
webmaster@folkestonerotary.org.
News
Next Club MeetingThe next Club Meeting will be a
Lunch Meeting on
Monday May 14th 2012 at the Burlington, 12.15pm for 12.45pm, followed by the Annual General Meeting.
Past President Harry Wald will be Visitors' Host and Cash Collectors will be
Past President Jeff Tonks and
Brenda Barber.
Next Club Council MeetingThe next Club Council Meeting will be on
Tuesday May 8th 2012 at the Burlington at 6pm.
Wine & Wisdom EveningAnother very successful
Wine & Wisdom Evening was organised by Past President Trevor Greening on
Friday January 27th 2012 at the Harvey Grammar School. A record "crowd" of almost 150 people enjoyed pitting their wits against Trevor's questions on topics ranging from Arts & Literature to Food & Drink. They also enjoyed a tasty curry prepared by Harvey's Catering Manager Mike Hewton and watched the results on the big screen build up to an exciting climax. The winning team was captained by former Harvey Bursar Joan Reynolds.
The evening raised over
£1,200 for Rotary Foundation, Rotary's own charity.
Calling all members!If you have any images or articles which would be good to include on the website please pass them on to me, either via e-mail by clicking
here or at the next Club Meeting. Similarly, if you have any suggestions as to how the site could develop, please let me know.
(Bill Wright)