Hamble Valley Rotary Club News Page

A warm welcome to all visiting Rotarians

President Roger Plant

OUR THEME FOR 2010-2011

"FUN and YOUTH"

To read a full report on the visit of Rotarian Rosie Hinge to the school in July
Click Here

A total of over £1300 raised for the books.
Special thanks to Curdridge Primary School for their generous donation of £145.

Congratulations to Rotarian Geoff Holt, MBE.

Visit www.geoffholt.com/

We are delighted to report that Geoff was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for "Services to Disabled Sailing" which was unexpected but a great surprise to him

The 44-year-old Rotarian from Hamble Valley Rotary Club suffered a swimming accident 25 years ago, which broke his neck and left him paralysed from the chest down.

But in 2007 he became the first disabled person to sail solo around Britain, (visiting many Rotary Clubs in the process) and smashed records again earlier this year when he became the first quadriplegic to sail across the Atlantic Ocean.

See the videos here http://geoffholt.com/video-gallery/

SHELTERBOXES

The Shelter Box contains:
10 Sleeping Bags. A Dry Shelter. A Warm Bed. Light & Heat. Clean Water. Cooking Aids. Tools. And much more-
All for 10 People .... in a box.
To learn more the Shelter Box Trust, please visit their website at
www.shelterbox.org
If you wish to help, please send an email to: shelterbox@hamblevalleyrotary.co.uk
Disasters can occur anywhere - the Shelterbox is ready to deliver immediate relief.

"Young Carers Weekend June 2010 and June 2009" - Over 1700 young carers and volunteers came from 70 Young Carers Projects throughout the UK, Isle of Man. For details Click Here.
To see a brief video on Youtube. Click Here

"Books for a school in Malibwe, Tanzania."A total of over £1300 was raised for for a school in Malibwe with a quiz held in May 2010. A special thanks to Curdridge Primary School for their generous donation of £145 towards the fund. Click here for a full report on the school when Rotarian Rosie Hinge visited the school in July.

"Shelterbox Appeal for Haiti" - January 2010. Thanks to all those who made donations so that we were able to purchase 15 Shelter Boxes to give relief in this disaster. Special thanks to Wildern School, The Kings Community Church, Haskins Garden Centre, M & S and Sainsburys.

"Race Night for Polio Plus" - October 2009. Over £1000 was made during the evening towards the Rotary aim of the eradication of Polio throughout the world.

"North by Northwest Film Night - June 2009. We raised over £1000 for the Hedge End Drop-In Centre.

"Paddle up the Hamble for "Water Aid" 2009" - The paddle on the 10th May was another success. This year there were 68 paddlers of all ages and £425 was raised for the "Water Aid"scheme. For details click here.

"Christmas Carol Float Collections 2009" - Once again we had a very successful time taking our Carol Float around the streets of Botley, Hedge End and West End collecting over £4290 for local good causes. For details of the funds raised on each night click here.

"Christmas Shoe Boxes 2008" - We collected a total of 364 shoe boxes this year, a little better than last year. The total number collected by our District was 26,195, also slightly up on last year. 3,000 have been sent to Arusha in Tanzania, 14,000 to Montenegro (all areas) and 9,000 to Albania (Lehze in the north and Librazhd in the central hills).

"The Jaipur Limb Centres in India" We are continuing to support this successful project. For more information on Jaipur Limb, please visit their website, www.rotaryjaipurlimb.co.uk.

Please click any of the above or below links for more information.

Dennis Purser.

Past Press Releases These are a sample of press releases from the past years..
	Paddle Up the Hamble for Water Aid 2008 & 2009
	The Geoff Holt Day - March 2008

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