Founded 1916; R.I.B.I. Club No. 13
Trust Fund Charity Registration No. 507525
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Introducing the Rotary Club of Leicester
Officers
and Committees, 2008 - 2009 Presidential Address and Work Programme for 2008 - 2009 Neigbouring Clubs (Rotary District 1070) Information on the History of the Club: History of the Rotary Club of Leicester, Recollections of Leicester Rotary, 1939, by Founder Member Robert Holt Eighty-eight years of Rotary meetings and meeting places in Leicester by Patrick Boylan, 2006 Rotary Links: Inner Wheel District 7 (East Midlands) Rotary Club of Guimaraes, Portugal (Leicester's Twin Club) Visiting other Clubs: Search engine to find where 30,000 Rotary Clubs meet worldwide General Leicester & Leics. Information Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce
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President for the 2007 - 2008: Robert Mansfield Read President Robert's Presidential Address and Work Programme for 2008 - 2009
"Make
Dreams Real" is the Rotary Theme for 2008 - 2009 chosen by
Burma Cyclone Disaster On 14th May the Club despatched funds to the ShelterBox headquarters for two more Shelter Boxes in response to the urgent appeal for help with the Burma disaster from Rotary in Britian and Ireland, following the two boxes from the Club distributed from Kabul, Afghanistan, on 20th February 2008. Furthervemergency fund-raising within the Club is in progress and it is hoped to be able to fund further Shelter Boxes very soon. A project of the Rotary Club of Helston, Cornwall, the ShelterBox scheme provides through its own agents on the ground in disaster areas vital emergency support for those left homeless. Each Shelter Box contains a modern design robust and easy to erect tent for a family group of up to 10 people with the necessary bedding, together with supporting equipment and supplies, such as basic tools and water-purification materials. Save the Leicester Bone Bank Appeal: The Rotary Club of Leicester’s gift of mobility and gift of life
Go to the Bone Bank Appeal Website: http://www.bonebankappeal.org.uk/ for more information on the Bone & Tissue Bank, the Club's Fund-Raising Activities and Events, and the support of the Leicester Mercury's Christmas 2007 Appeal Our weekly meetings:Members meet each Monday lunchtime (except Bank Holidays) in the city centre at the Ramada Leicester Hotel (formerly the Grand Hotel), Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 6SE (tel. 0116 255 5599). (Click here for "How to Find Us" Map in .pdf format)Members, Visiting Rotarians and guests meet from 12 noon in the bar, with a two course lunch available for collection from the Servery from 12.30 pm onwards (last serving of main course at 1. 05 pm). At 1.15 pm we have a speaker who gives us an insight into many and varied aspects of our community and international issues, and the formal close of the meeting is at 1.45 pm, though members and guests are encouraged remain for fellowship to 2 pm if business or professional commitments permit this.(To assist with the catering, will visiting Rotarians and other visitors please inform the Club by 10 am. on our Visitors and Apologies Telephone Line: 0116-242.5350)Current Club meetings programme:Monday lunches15th September: Lynn Pallett, Centre Manager, Relate Leicestershire: 'Relate Leicestershire: No Ordinary Counselling Service' 22nd September: The Reverend Michael Cassidy, Methodist Minister, Christ Church, Clarendon Park Road and Church of the Nativity, Aylestone: 'Humour, Wit and Wisdom' 29th September: Neville Stork: Head of Environmental Sustainability and Debbie Hill, Climate Change Officer. Leicester Partnership: 'Leicester and Climate Change' Other dates for your diary Saturday 9th August: joint Soroptimists and Rotary charity evening - see below (tickets from Gillian Childs)
Friday 20th August: Club visits to the new Highcross development: meet at the 3rd floor offices of the Shires Shopping Centre: two groups - 10am and 2pm (prior booking with Graham Moore required) Wednesday 10th September Golf competition at the Leicestershire Golf Club Tuesday 16th to Friday 20th September: Leicester visit of the Group Study Exchange party coming to District 1070 from South Carolina, USA Friday 26th September: Club Members' Coffee Mornings in support of Macmillan Cancer Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October 2008: District 1070 Conference, Torquay Monday 27th October: District Governor Iain Vernon speaking at the Leicester Rotary Club's lunchtime meeting Thursday 30th October: District Council, Peterborough Thursday 20th November: District Rally: "Polio Eradication - the Final Push", Corby Saturday 29th November 2008: Bardi Orchestra Concert in support of the Bone Bank at De Montfort Hall Friday 12th December: evening Club Celebration of Christmas, Great Glen Parish Church Monday 15th December: 1st deadline for registrations for the 100th RI Convention in June (see below) Click here to download RI Convention Programme and Registration Booklet (PDF) 2009 Monday 26th January 2009 Golf Section AGM Monday 26th January: District Council, Peterborough Monday 21st April: District Council, Peterborough Saturday 25th April: Rotary Stroke and Health Awareness Day Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April: RIBI Conference, Edinburgh Saturday 25th to Friday 1st May: District 1070 Outdoor Adventure Week for People with Disabilities, Calvert Trust, Keswick Saturday 9th May: District Assembly, Loughborough (for all Rotarians of the District, but especially all Club Officers and Committee Chairmen) 15th-17th May 2009 Golf Weekend at Thorpeness Tuesday 19th May 2009 Golf Match v. Blaby Meridian Rotary Club Wednesday 10th June: Rotary Kid's Out Day, Wickstead Park Tuesday 16th June 2009 Golf Match v. The Leicestershire Golf Club Thursday 18th & Friday 19th June: Rotary World Peace Symposium, Birmingham Saturday 20th June: Rotary Foundation 10 Km ("or less"!) Sponsored Fun Run, Birmingham Sunday 21st to
Wednesday 24th June: Rotary International's 100th Convention, Birmingham (including
"A Night with Rotary" hospitality evening for Convention delegates, Leicester Wednesday 8th July: District Council Peterborough Friday 25th - Sunday 27th September 2009: Hosting Rotary Foundation's national Link Weekend for new Ambassadorial Scholars in Leicester Becoming a Rotarian Membership of Rotary is by invitation, but the Rotary Club of Leicester always welcomes enquiries from professional and business men and women living and/or working in the City and County: Click here to e-mail our Membership Committee For general information of the worldwide Rotary movement and its membership see: Rotary International's Information for Prospective Members web page Our Twin Club: Rotary Club of Guimaraes, Portugal Michael Archer, the Club's 2006-7 President, and two other members of the Guimaraes Rotary Club visited Leicester in March 2007 following a visit by the President and two other members of our Club in Autumn 2006, in each case to explore the possibility of proceeding to a formal Rotary Twinning arrangement between the Clubs.
In June 2007 the twinning was finalised with an exchange of Twinning Certificates (above) between the two Clubs, and a party from Leicester, led by the President, Derek Goodman, joined the Guimaraes Club in celebrating its 60th Charter Anniversary on Thursday 27th March. The International Committees of the two Clubs are now working on a joint Rotary Foundation project. The Guimaraes Club's Portuguese, English and French website is at: http://www.rotaryguimaraes.org/ Rotary Club of Leicester contacts: Secretary: Bob Collins, 1 Kestrel Close, Leicester Forest East, Leicester, LE3 3NN, tel./fax: 0116-238.7320, E-mail: RB.Collins @ btinternet.com Speaker Finder: John Dean Web Editor: Patrick Boylan Click here for the full list of Officers and Committee Chairmen© 2008, Rotary Club of Leicester. The titles "Rotary" and "Rotary International", and the various Rotary logos and images are © Rotary International Inc. and Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland. Website last updated: 8th August 2008, Web Editor: Patrick Boylan |
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