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Well it’s been a month like no other. With everyone settling in to the lock-down routine, we looked to technology to continue working. We held our first Virtual meeting for the whole of Shaftesbury Rotary Club. We also held a Virtual AGM meeting. Stay safe and Thank You essential workers!
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March began with a talk on the Charity Horatio’s Garden as well as Mock interviews at Shaftesbury School. Mid-month, as the Covid-19 pandemic progressed, the tough decision to cancel Monday meetings and events was made so as to protect our members and the community. Shortly after this, the government announced the lock down rules we are all now familiar with. We held our Club Council by Zoom on 23rd Mar and at the meeting made the decision to have Rotary Club meetings by Zoom every two weeks for all members. Stay Safe.
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It may be the shortest month but February had some very interesting events. We learnt about code breaking in WW2 and there were a lot of developments for our cycle event. We heard new ways to reach more people through social media and found a new sponsor for the Ride. February was rounded off as we learnt more about the HOPE projects.
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As always, January started quite slowly as our hosts at the Fleur de Lys took their well-earned annual holiday. Our first event of the year was a Casino evening in aid of the Sepsis trust. We also had the monthly business meeting and a speaker evening with Paul Slimm about his upcoming adventure at sea!
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This month we had a taste of the continent as members of our twin club in Herleen, The Netherlands, visited. We also focussed on some life saving techniques with a defibrillator training session and a talk on organ donation. We rounded out with a discussion on the property business from Matt Boatright.
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After such a busy July, August has been more relaxed but no less entertaining. We started the month with a spot of Theatre at Springhead House. There was a full agenda at the business meeting and also, Tim Cook delivered a talk on the Cape to Cape tour in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
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The heat hasn’t slowed us down as we have had a bumper June. This month we helped local Mandy to continue her work helping others, we supported the annual Kids Out event at Longleat and, heard from the community transport scheme Shaftesbury Car link. Other big mentions were the Presidents dinner and closing the month with the Presidents Handover.
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