Hope for Tomorrow with The Rotary Club of Westgate & Birchington

THE ROTARY CLUB OF WESTGATE & BIRCHINGTON has been very busy recently, undertaking two important projects. We are supporting the charity “HOPE FOR TOMORROW” which provides mobile cancer care to patients who have difficulties attending for chemotherapy at the hospitals in East Kent which are widely spaced apart. The MOBILE CANCER CARE UNIT (named “Caron” after Caron Keating has been undergoing renovation and we wanted to help with the funding of this important vehicle.

During June and July, we organised a textile recycling collection and were delighted to receive over 200 black sacks of clothing and bedding from kind donors in Westgate and Birchington. The bags weighed in at well over a tonne (1143.7 Kg to be precise) and will be converted into a donation of about £285 for Hope for Tomorrow (more than enough to fund a day’s work in “Caron”. Over the coming year, we will continue to raise funds for this excellent charity.

Our second project was to give support to a long-standing friend of our club who garages our “Santa’s Sleigh” (which tours the streets of Westgate and Birchington each Christmas, so that children can meet Santa and help us to raise funds for local charities). Her very large garden had become extremely overgrown during the recent hot and wet weather and so a working party of Rotarians descended with their shears and clippers to restore the garden to its former glory.

Our Rotary Club enjoys excellent fellowship, participates in a wide variety of fund-raising projects. Supports civic and community events and holds many interesting and fun social activities. We meet every Tuesday at St Augustine’s, Westgate-on-Sea; why not come along to one of our meetings and see what we do? Give Dave Alker a call on 01843 845783 to arrange your visit,

There’s loads more information on our website: www.wb-rotary.co.uk and on Facebook.

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