President's message

One month in and what a time it has been. We have introduced two new events – Hopetoun Summer Fair and the Forth Rail Bridge Abseil. Both were highly successful and encouraged many of the members to come and support the ventures.

The Summer Fair raised over £1,400 to help us fund charitable activities locally and we thank Hopetoun House and many local businesses for their assistance. The Children’s Art Competition drew the crowds and the Shelter Box display generated a good deal of interest. It was good to answer the question “What is Rotary?” to a considerable number of people.

The Summer Fair also saw the completion of our annual raffle. Yet again, the generosity of BAA, Edinburgh helped to make this very successful, with over £1,000 raised.

The Forth Bridge Abseil was an outstanding success and a real pleasure to be involved in it. My thanks go to Network Rail for making the event possible and to all those who took part, as participants and helpers. The team from Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme were a joy to work with.

We are now taking some time out to plan our Christmas events programme. We will be looking at a possible event in the autumn, to support our International activities.

President Graham Clarkson

 

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Pakistan International Relief

The Rotary Club of South Queensferry has donated a ShelterBox as part of their contribution to assist Pakistan. Rotary International Britain and Ireland have set up a disaster appeal for those wishing to donate further. The web page is:

http://www.ribi.org/ribi-donations-trust

The site details how the RIBI Donations Trust was formed, what it does and which areas it has helped so far; it is also possible to use gift aid for your donation.

Postal donations to this fund should be made payable to the "RIBI Donations Trust" and sent to: Rotary International in Great Britain &Ireland, Kilwarton Road, Alcester, Warwickshire. B49 6PB.

To find out more about what a ShelterBox provides, click here. Many thanks.

 

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Stopgap Abseil proves bonanza for charities

A first for our club in organising an abseil and what a success it was. All the participants appeared to enjoy themselves and the spectators were in fine voice, shouting encouragement and applauding as they descended the ropes.

It was a very good partnership between the club and Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and we should comfortably exceed our target of £10,000, for CHAS and QCCC. The proceeds will be divided according to the wishes of the participants. More information will appear here, as the proceeds are reconciled.

We are most grateful to Network Rail for allowing us to hold the event. We recognise their continued support for this club. We hope that this will become an annual event for us. We also had a great deal of support from members and their families, together with Rotarians from far and wide. We even had a visitor from Grand Cayman, keen to know more about the event. Read more here>>.

 

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