May
We kicked May off with the North Dorset Cycle Ride in aid of Prostate Cancer UK and other local charities. We followed that up with a talk from the Hilltop Litter Pickers. We ended the month with incoming Rotary President Peter Sale presenting his plans for the coming year.
April
The big takeaway from April was the 60th Anniversary Celebration of Shaftesbury Rotary Club. We also had our AGM meeting, our usual business meetings, including a talk from retired nuclear submarine commander Tim Green and we announced the winner of the Shaftesbury Rotary Caldwell Award.
March
A busy month for the Club as we received a talk on Shelterbox, held a charity racing night and inducted a new member in Andy Cole, whilst Shaftesbury School was represented at the Young Chef District Final and the RotaKids club hosted a bingo afternoon,
February
A lot for us to discuss in the shortest month of the year, including the 60th anniversary of the Shaftesbury Rotary Club and plans for annual events, as well as the great charity worked carried out by The Halo Trust, whilst we also partnered with Shaftesbury School to organise the Youth Speaks debating competition and began Abbey First School’s RotaKids programme for 2023.
January
We bring in the New Year with our two business meetings, discussing our upcoming plans for the 60th anniversary of Shaftesbury Rotary and a celebration of Burns Night. We also saw the winners crowned for the Rotary Young Chef competition.
December
We round out 2022 with our last business meeting of the year as well as the Rotary Christmas Bingo, where we managed to raise some fantastic funds for charity, and our Christmas lunch. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all from the Shaftesbury Rotary Club.
November
We head into the final month of 2022 with a quiet November. We held are usual two business meetings, which included a great story from a Scandanavian cruise Steve Keates with a generous presentation, as well as positive updates on the RotaKids initiative and the Young Chef and Youth Speaks competitions, both of which are to be held early in 2023.
October
We had a lot going on this October, starting with a social and recruitment evening at Breezy Ridge VIneyard Restaurant. We were then treated to a talk from Ian Kellett, secretary of The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society whilst Shaftebury’s RotaKids club launched. Later in the month, we had a fundraising quiz before rounding out with our second business meeting of the month.
September
A busy month this month, as we began by paying a visit to our twinned town of Heerleen in the Netherlands. We also launched RotaKids Shaftesbury and had our annual golf day. We had our usual business meetings, and finally we bid a sad farewell to Mike Foote.
August
A quiet month as we bring the summer to a close with our two business meetings, including a talk from Brigadier Geoffrey Ransbury, as well as a visit to the Olive Bowl in Gillingham for their President’s Dinner.