Projects :-

Hearing dogs for the deaf
 

This is the RIBI preferred project for the year and interest has been generated in Clubs, a number of whom have already arranged for speakers. Several donations are in the pipeline.

We shall keep in contact with the organisation and feed any details through this web site.

Prostate Cancer

The promotion of the charity is being led by Hitchin Tilehouse Rotary Club.

It is in the RIBI Project Library and efforts are now turning to achieving a ‘preferred project’, status in the near future.

UPDATE - Jan 2006

The Rotary Club of Hitchin Tilehouse presented another cheque for £3,400 to The3 Prostate Cancer Charity in December. This was raised by Robin Hayhurst who ran in the Great North Run.  Robin is a member of Hitchin Tikehurst Rotary Club and there is hopefully another £1,000 still be to collected!

The Club is also proposing many events this year to raise awareness and funds for The PCC which include:-

• Two ghost walks through Hitchin.

• A quiz - cost £1 per entry.  This is available to all Clubs in District (or any other District) and can be used as an individual quiz or Club event.

• Awareness Day on Hitchin Market Square on 25th March to include games and activities for all the family, awareness stand with leaflets and practical assistance, Paint your Pants competition - pants will be painted and displayed around the market square!

• Golf Day to be held in Summer

And ............

Walk into the Dawn.  

This is a 10 km walk starting at 5 am (on a day to be confirmed in September) and the aim is to walk into the dawn of new hope (that raises the hairs on the back of your neck doesn't it).  It was started last year by a lady in Brighton whose husband died of prostate cancer and she has asked for help from the Rotary Club of Hitchin Tilehouse to promote this at a District (and hopefully National) level.  Funds will be raised solely for Prostate Cancer.

These are very exciting projects and we are able to send information leaflets to Clubs within the District or Nationwide.

Lend-a-Hand scheme

The Stevenage Rotary Club are working to encourage Clubs to adopt their Lend-a-Hand scheme and have produced promotional literature. A similar scheme has been going successfully in Canada and this has been used as a ‘role model’. Together with the Club we are looking at ways of raising the profile in the future. It is hoped that Clubs will join together in areas to achieve the best results. The possibility of designating a District wide time for a co-ordinated effort would bring good publicity for Rotary.

Lend A Hand - Update

Ware - Saturday, May 6th 2006

Rotarians from the Rotary Clubs of Amwell, Ware and Hertford Shires, along with Inner Wheel members, joined forces today to offer free help and assistance with various household and garden maintenance tasks to many elderly and disabled residents of Ware. From the central contact point at Farecla Ltd's Broadmead premises, more than 50 Rotary volunteers moved garden rubbish, repaired door locks and gates, put up washing lines, cleaned and tidied, trimmed hedges, re-laid garden paving, creosoted fences and generally worked hard to make a success of this truly worthwhile community service project.

Kids Out

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Kids Out 2006 took place on June 14th at Whipsnade Zoo.

The weather stayed kind and a good day was had by all. Follow the link on the navigation bar for Kids Out to see more photos.

This event will be held over the weekend of June 30th to July 1st.

Environment
 

Berkhamsted Bulbourne Club will be repeating their previously successful awards scheme in 2006 and are aiming to increase the coverage both from the point of view of entrants, sponsorship and assistance with organisation. All Club president’s in 1260 and some in adjoining Districts will have received a letter from David Brown outlining the details and asking them to identify environmental schemes in their area to be entered for an award.

Based on the two previous award schemes, this project should be very successful as well as being important in raising the profile of Rotary with a wide range of the public.
 

Stroke Awareness
 

This event took place again in 2006, although as far as District 1260 is concerned the ‘national’ day coincided with our District Conference weekend in Cardiff. However, since the date was not fixed (unlike Kids Out) many Clubs ran local projects