Rotary Club of Colchester

The Rotary Cub of Colchester offer our members the opportunity to make a difference. Through volunteering coupled with social events we have fun helping others.

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On Thursday, Rotary Club of Colchester handed over the keys of the new van for the Food Bank @colchfbank which was bought with donations to our sponsored group walk earlier this year. Many thanks to our generous donors and to the Food Bank for their great work.

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ROTARY AND THE CO-OP HELP CELEBRATE EASTER
Our usual #Easterevent with @KidsOut and @EastofEnglandCoop wasn’t possible.
Thanks to the Co-op we presented 300 Easter Eggs to Pepi Sanchez of #GO4CaféontheRec to support children of struggling families See attached photo

[EndPolioNow @EndPolioNow]

#WorldImmunizationWeek is 24-30 April. Download #Rotary's resources to help raise awareness: https://t.co/pdXmlTupu7 #EndPolio

[WheelPower @wheelpower]

💬 “Thank you WheelPower for giving me something that helps keep me strong, fit and gives me a chance to train with my friend over zoom.” Alex is 7 and he recently received his new set of resistance bands to help him to train online with his friends 📰 https://t.co/mK5Tjl7SjH

[Rotary Club of Colchester @RotaryColchestr]

Calling Young Colchester Artists ages 5-11

@RotaryColchestr seeks entrants to our #Competition Young People’s Art to help develop

expression of ideas
motor skills
imagination
use/explore art materials

Theme #ThankYou

START PAINTING!

Apply by 16 April

More details below

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@wheelpower Thank you for your very enjoyable talk @wheelpower. We hope to join you in promoting a Wheelchair #charity sports event in Colchester as soon as COVID allows.

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COLCHESTER ROTARY CLUB CELEBRATES ROTARY DAY
today

Thousands of purple crocuses were planted in Castle Park to mark Rotary’s commitment to @EndPolioNow see Photo

Rotarians have been continuing vaccination – even in the middle of the Covid pandemic

More details attached

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This week our Rotary meeting heard an inspiring talk by the CEO of @Wheelpower about the fantastic work they do to encourage paraplegic people to engage in sport to change their lives. A wonderful #charity based at Stoke Mandeville. Keep up the good work!

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Colchester Rotary helps Mary’s Meals! Our Virtual Christmas Lunch raised £345 to provide meals for children in disadvantaged countries and this will be matched by the Government. The attached email to shows how much it means to the children it helps. Great work by Mary’s Meals!

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The Play Santa Appeal at Fenwick enabled Colchester Rotary to give toys for Social Services to distribute to needy families at Christmas. Many thanks to the generosity of Fenwick and the people of Colchester for contributing and buying extra toys to make this possible.

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Fantastic result! Colchester Rotatarians raised over £4700 for the Colchester Food Bank to replace its old van. We virtually walked 1700 miles to Germany and Holland then round the edges of England. Thanks to our very generous sponsors, many more needy people can be fed.

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Congratulations to Matthew Swan of Colchester Rotary Club for his award of the British Empire Medal for services to charities! Well done Matthew!
Many thanks also to the many people who have supported his work and helped the lives of so many in difficult circumstances.

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Our Rotary Club teamed up with KidsOut to provide Christmas presents for survivors of domestic violence living in refuges Children were given boxes of new toys and games to enjoy over the festive season. See attached for more

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This week we held a virtual Christmas lunch to raise funds for Mary’s Meals. It was great fun and for a really good cause. More news to follow.

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@CoIchester More great work from the Anti Loo Roll Brigade. Well done guys!

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Colchester Rotary walk collectively to twinned clubs in Germany and Holland to help buy new van for Colchester Food Bank. So far we are almost back home. More news soon!

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ROTARY REMEMBERS ON 11th NOVEMBER
Colchester Rotary President Dave King laid a wreath at the War Memorial in Castle Park followed by recitals including “In Flanders Field” in memory of the fallen.
https://t.co/GnIi4LeTwc

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Colchester Anti Loo Roll Brigade and Rotary are in the news again. Peter Dutch is now able to help many more people in the Community now the Brigade has its own van donated by Colchester Rotary.
For full story see https://t.co/tDcYpAjtyS

https://t.co/OmgPQcHA4Q

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Colchester Rotarians buy van for Colchester Anti Loo Roll Brigade to help people in need who are shielding or unable to get supplies or other assistance during the Covid crisis
For full story see:
https://t.co/OmgPQcHA4Q

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Celebrating World Polio Day Colchester Rotary planted purple crocuses in Castle Park with more for local schools to plant See @rotarycolchester