Tag: Rotary Club Event
Oct 12, 2011 7:15 PM
Having had their club meeting on the Tuesday, Lichfield St. Chad Rotary Club held a meeting for prospective members on the Wednesday. It was a smaller affair to allow club members to not overawe the guests but allowed them to get to know them quite well. We were able to talk to them over dinner about the club and Rotary in general. I gave a powerpoint presentation to give them a taste of what Rotary does. We looked at what it did locally, nationally, internationally and what it could...
Sep 23, 2011 7:00 PM
Sometimes a lot of organisation has to go into getting me and Paul to events especially when students are involved and a lot of the arrangements have to be done by text because we are apart all week - tonight was no exception. It ended up with me driving to the centre of Coventry to collect Robert, our German ambassadorial scholar, whilst Paul brought Robert's girlfriend, Elisabeth, up from Swindon where she is working and going via Birmingham International station to collect Donelle, our...
Dec 10, 2010 6:00 PM
I was held up at work because of an Ofsted inspection but managed to join the Santa's sleigh on its route around the Radford area. A large group of us representing the clubs of Coventry were there to do our part. Alan Taylor sat as Santa all night and managed to ring his bell for the full 2.5 hours whilst the rest of us knocked on doors along the route. Although you always get the ones who won't answer their door there were plenty of generous people and plenty of families came out to...
Jun 16, 2010 9:45 AM
This was day 2 of 3 for Arbury's Safety Town. I have over the years heard a lot about it but never managed to see it until this year. A lovely warm day added to the event. Over the 3 days nearly 700 primary school children will have attended the event from schools mainly in Bedworth and Nuneaton. They get to look at safety in many areas e.g. the home, in water, crossing the road, electricity. They also get to go inside an ambulance and to see a large freight lorry and the safety needed...
