Carnforth Rotary

@bexual_healing Buy yourself a plastic box with lock.

obsessed with the mailman putting my package in a full recycling bin which was promptly collected. just tremendous stuff

See the poster for Carnforth lad Matthew, who will shave his head to raise money for Help for Heroes. He has raised over £8,500 up to now. The last big fundraiser is on Sunday 10th December at the Legion.

@BarrowRotary @ClubFurness @Rotary1190 @hawcoatparkssc Well done everyone.

An afternoon of sporting fellowship!! @BarrowRotary hosted the @ClubFurness in the first round of the @Rotary1190 Table Tennis competition. Barrow eventually ran out as winners in a thoroughly enjoyable contest. Thankyou to our friends @hawcoatparkssc for use of the hall.

@BarrowRotary It was a lovely evening. Thank you.

Thank you to all our guests for making our 91st Charter such a wonderful evening. Congratulations to President Bill Joughin on a second term as President and for a masterclass in public speaking. Thank you to Christine and Terry for their excellent catering.

@BarrowRotary @acal8 Congratulations

Handover day @BarrowRotary. Outgoing President @acal8 handed over the Chains of Office to Bill Joughin who takes up the role as Club President for 2023-24. Bill previously occupied the role in 1996. Congratulations & good luck for another successful Rotary year!

A plea from The Foot Room, for use footwear and new socks please. See poster for more info.

“We cannot take progress or possible victory for granted. Let us make collective history and #EndPolio Now!” - Jean-Luc Perrin, Rotary International Representative to the United Nations in Geneva polioeradication.org/news-post/one-…

Mike Harrison, Lunesdale Rotary spoke about his 1935 Austin Ruby, a restoration project bought for £125. This required a full rewire, restored body panels, a replacement sunroof, the original seats reupholstered in leather & respray to Westminster Green with Black Wings.

Carnforth Rotary Bowling team were successful in their match against Garstang and Over Wyre Club. The match was held at St Michaels Bowling Club. The photo shows the members of the two teams.

This month marks 35 years since the GPEI was formed to deliver on a historic promise: the worldwide eradication of polio. Since then, cases have been reduced by 99.9%! But, we can’t stop now. Global commitment is vital to #EndPolio so no child is paralyzed by this disease again.

It’s our @BarrowRotary Annual Charity Duck Race today at Gleaston Park… our 1500 ducks will be taking to the water around 1 o’clock. Thanks to everyone who has sponsored a duck… we’ll announce the winning numbers asap!! 🐥🐥🐥

@PatelYak @PatelYak Thank you for the extremely interesting talk about the fantastic work you all do.

Thankyou @CarnforthRotary for the very warm welcome & for the opportunity to present the work we do with the voluntary sector & our communities.Incredibly inspiring, generous & kind the support you provide locally particularly to young people.Thank you for taking good care of me

Several Carnforth Rotarians supervised 40 Capernwray students to litter pick & weed around Carnforth Town Centre areas. The students, were enthusiastic, fun loving & hard working. A huge thanks to them all. Thanks also to Carnforth Town Council for providing all of the tools, etc

@CarnforthRotary Rotarian, David Alexander gave an interesting and entertaining talk on Poetry for the Music Halls, where actors used poetry, in the form of monologues, to engage with their audiences. Some were long recitations of events, often recounted in gruesome detail.

@BarrowRotary @Rotary1190 @hawcoatparkssc @CarnforthRotary thank you @BarrowRotary for the exercise and@hawcoatparkssc for the excellent hospitality. Well done everyone who takes part in the competitions.

Thank you to @CarnforthRotary for their fellowship in the @Rotary1190 District Table Tennis competition yesterday, thank you to @hawcoatparkssc for their excellent hospitality

Nick Ward gave an interesting talk on how the 3 bells in St Cuthbert’s Church, Over Kellet are unsafe and are going to be replaced by 8 bells from a redundant Church in Accrington. The total cost will be £100,000, which can be reduced by people getting involved or by donating.

Charlotte Ellwood, North West Cancer Research, spoke about discovering new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the disease. They are using medical records to produce an interactive, post code map, showing the level of cancers occurring in our area from Morecambe to Barrow.

@carnforthrotary is twinned with Rotary Club of Altena in the Netherlands. We were pleased to welcome two of their members, Jelle and Freek to our meeting on the 30th March. We look forward to working on more joint projects in the near future.

A fantastic District 1190 Conference yesterday, all about Youth, what they do and how we can work together. The speakers were excellent, there are many amazing people out there. Many thanks to The Herdy Company Kendal for their donations to the goodie bags.