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Aid in the Philippines Works

Our Speaker on Wednesday 22 March 2023 was Jane Walker MBE of the Purple Community Fund (https://www.p-c-f.org/) who has been working in the Philippines for the past 21 years on a programme to improve the lives of many. For 21 … Continue reading

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Our Business Looks Forward

Our meeting on Wednesday 08 March 2023 was a Club On-line Business Meeting to looked forward to several key events in the coming months, and also to hear a review of our Club Supper Quiz Night held on 04 March … Continue reading

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Quiz Night a Sell Out Event

Our Saturday 04 March 2023, we held our postponed Quiz Night event in St Alban’s Church Hall, North Harrow. With the eight rounds, split into two groups of four, there were plenty of questions. Between the two groups of rounds, … Continue reading

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International Affairs Beckon

Our speaker on 01 March 2023 (St David’s Day) was our Rotary Global Grant Scholar Marlene, who comes from Germany. Before Marlene spoke, there was the usual business to announce including an update on the Quiz Night taking place this … Continue reading

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Happy 118th Birthday Rotary

On Thursday 23 February 2023, Rotary International celebrated its 118th Birthday. On 23 February 1905, Paul P. Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Loehr’s office for what would become known as the first Rotary club … Continue reading

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To the British Empire Medal

Our meeting on Wednesday 22 February 2023 had a speaker from the Rotary Club of Battersea Park, Senia Dedić. Senia told her story and how, at the age of three, her family had uprooted itself from Sarajevo in Yugoslavia to … Continue reading

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Farming and Our Planet

Our meeting on Wednesday 15 February 2023 had a virtual speaker, courtesy of George Monbiot’s address to the London TED Talks, given in October 2022. Before we got to that however, there was some planning for future events that the … Continue reading

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Club Business Plans Updated

Our meeting on Wednesday 08 February 2023 was a business meeting at which a number of plans and updates were worked on by the Club.  In particular, each of the Service Chairs had prepared a report and these reports were … Continue reading

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More Fellowship at Meeting

Our meeting on Wednesday 01 February 2023 was another Fellowship Meeting as the planned speaker had been whisked away to deal with issues overseas. Instead, we had the opportunity to socialise and to chat.  We also heard news about a … Continue reading

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Rabbie Burns was remembered

Our meeting on Wednesday 25 January 2023 was an on-line Fellowship Meeting at which the Club marked the birthday of Robert (Rabbie) Burns, the Scottish poet. Whilst the Address to a Haggis might stretch the vocabulary of a Sassenach, there … Continue reading

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