Today 22nd March is World Water Day and we are pleased at this time to be running our Virtual Balloon Race for Water, please help us sell balloons to friends, work colleagues, family, perhaps download the leaflet eClub Balloon Race A5 2015 and help promote our sales. To encourage people to purchase more than one balloon, it is either possible for Click 4 Action eRotary members to collect the money with the leaflet or for multi-purchases to be actioned through our website paypal donate button, just add balloon in the reference.
President Janice says ‘Morning everyone, don’t forget today is World Water Day, something we all can help to promote in all sorts of ways and especially with our Race for Water balloon race going on.
It would be great to see our balloons blazing a trail through the internet making sure everyone knows the importance of the Race for Water. The balloons are taking their time to race, we cannot be so relaxed about supporting everyone throughout the World access to clean water and hygienic sanitation.’
Talking of water, the Rotary Community Corps in Malmesbury are continuing to watch and protect the town against flooding again. Led by our Rotarian Ray, plans and actions are being developed to keep the mechanisms working so that the water is kept flowing and at correct levels. Plus, the RCC members are still helping where they can to support the Malmesbury and District Foodbank.
Let’s Loop Swindon had a Cheesy Time on Saturday 14th March, 2015
Thanks to Rotarian Jacqui for her organisation of our Cheese and Wine Event to help raise funds and awareness for the Let’s Loop Swindon campaign. We raised £314 towards equipment for our Rotary Community Corps members to use when checking buildings for Hearing Loops. In the picture we can see Jacqui and Rotarian Jasper (who’d travelled all the way from Germany) using the Hearing Loop to communicate clearly the stories about the wines people were drinking. We thank everyone for their support of this event, as we continue to help make Swindon a champion town for Hearing Loops.
The RCC Let’s Loop Swindon Team are doing a stirling job, they have just completed auditing Department Stores and the McCathur Glen Designer Outlet Centre, they have now audited over 200 premises. Whilst they continue to check for Hearing Loops, further work has included our Launch Awareness Event on 25th February, when they received their RCC Charter from District Governor Martyn Harwood.
Some of the team described the work of Let’s Loop Swindon at the Rotary District 1100 Mini Convention and other areas are considering replicating the RCC Let’s Loop model e.g. Paddington and in the Cotswolds. Definitely action is very much what this team is undertaking every month as it continues to Let’s Loop Swindon.
Membership recruitment is still key to our actions
Congratulations to Rotarians Debbie, Sunil and Jacqui for receiving the Rotary International Blue Badge awarded by the RI President for sponsoring a new member. In presenting them President Janice says ‘On behalf of Rotary International I would like to thank you for sponsoring a new member of our club, for which RI have presented to you the blue backed pin.’ The challenge is for all our members to do this and how many members can go for gold and sponsor 6 new members?
It is so good when new members are welcomed into eRotary and this year we have inducted Rotarians Charlotte, Paul, Pamela, Yayu, Jasper and Eileen. We also welcome some new provisional members who are taking a trial period of being part of Click 4 Action eRotary, two of whom are from the RCC Let’s Loop Swindon: we welcome Chetra (Sri Lanka), Lynda (UK), Chaitanya (India), Michael (UK), Melanie (UK), Richard (UK), Charles (USA) and Veronicah (UK), we hope you enjoy eRotary and want to take the next step into full membership.
Interested in joining us? Please visit Magic of Rotary
Rotarian Michael is inducted at Regional Assembly with big cheese looking on. Thanks RGB President Elect Peter Davey
Young Writers is the name of the Game
We are pleased to be working in partnership to launch this year’s WorcsLitFest along with Titania the Young Writer Competition 2015 Rotarians. Teachers, Mum’s & Dad’s, Grannie, Grandad, Aunts & Uncles, Godparents – The FREE Young Writer Competition is OPEN!
Young writers between the ages of 7-17 may enter. Full details are available from Young Writers Competition Website.
Please download the poster, print it and take it along to local schools / colleges / libraries / doctors’ surgeries and anywhere else that you can think of in your community – we love to make this competition accessible to every child and young person.
Coming soon as we continue to make Action and Service the centre of all we do
Our Uplands Interact Club are working on a project to help get more toilets in the world by Twinning their school Toilets. We will need to help with promoting their online Cow Pat Competition. As Click 4 Action eRotary we want to do more for toilets, please visit Toilet Twinning.
We would like to start a further Interact Club in Swindon and would like offers of help from local members.
Don’t forget to help promote World Autism Day on the 2nd April, this is a key way in which eRotary can build eAwareness and get people recognising the need for more action and involvement.
Help President Elect Mary with her planning for the new Rotary Year starting in July 2015, she needs your ideas and passions as to what you’d like included in the programme and what activities we might undertake.
President Janice and Secretary Tim are looking forward to their visit to Bucharest when they go to the Rotaract EUCO 2015, where they will be with Rotarians Jasper and Mike. Rotaractors who have recently joined us as Rotarians show us all the need to work in partnership with Rotaract, so the opportunity to learn more is very exciting. As Click 4 Action eRotary want to help build Rotaract, particularly in the UK. As part of this trip Tim and Janice will be promoting our Balloon Race for Water.
Finally we are now recruiting for the District 1100 Vocational Training Team to go to Sofia, Bulgaria and help the Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion with developing Social Enterprise. If interested please download VTT advert.
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