Pakistan Flood Aid
Abbeydale fund 29
AQUABOXES
for flood stricken Pakistan
Members of The Rotary Club of Abbeydale have raised £2300 for the purchase of 29 AQUABOXES which will be sent to the flood hit regions of Pakistan for the provision of safe, clean drinking water.
An AQUABOX is a rigid plastic container with a single filter and enough purification tablets to provide 1100 litres of clean drinking water.
AQUABOXES are filled with items and supplies (non food) for emergency basic living requirements and once they are received, the boxes are emptied of these items and used to provide the clean water.
Rotary Clubs are always seeking to replenish supplies of these invaluable boxes and would be interested to hear of other organisations, schools, churches, scout /guide groups or individuals who would be interested in filling a box with the essential items.
The items do not need to be brand new - just clean and serviceable.
Survival bags are added at the AQUABOX Central Store before despatch to an aid agency.
There is a cost for the delivery of the box to you and the return of the box once filled, via your local Post Office to the AQUABOX Central Store.
Each box has a unique number so any provider can learn of its ultimate destination on a 'track-back' basis.
For more comprehensive details about the AQUABOX (a project initiated and co-ordinated by the Rotary Club of Wirksworth) and the list of items they should contain, please visit:www.aquabox.orgor email:
abbeydalerotarypr@googlemail.com
Published Date:
18/08/2010
Modified Date:
18/08/2010
Charity Golf Day
The Rotary Club of Abbeydale
Annual Charity Golf Day
2010
Friday 10th SeptemberAbbeydale Golf Club,
off Twentywell Lane,
Sheffield S17 4QA
Proceeds will go to
The Cavendish Centre for Cancer Care
Sheffield
(Principal Beneficiary)
and other Rotary Charities.
Teams of four are invited to join us for a great day.
Cost per Team: £170.00
including a hot running buffet meal after the round.
Tee-off times morning up to 2pm
(we endeavour to allocate tee-off times
to suit teams where possible).
Special arrangements regarding lady players/mixed teams.
To enter a team or for further details, please contact
Steve Wilkin on
(0114) 2670011
or email: abbeydalerotarypr@googlemail.com
Past principal beneficiaries have included:
St Luke's Hospice,
Sheffield Children's Hospital,
The Teenage Cancer Unit
at The Royal Hallamshire Hospital
and Whirlow Hall Farm Trust
Published Date:
03/08/2010
Modified Date:
03/08/2010
Music In The Gardens
A report on the highly successful
'Music in the (Botanical) Gardens' event in July
will appear here soon.
(Organised by all four Rotary Clubs in Sheffield)
Published Date:
03/08/2010
Modified Date:
03/08/2010
Young Artists Timetable 2011
Sheffield Young Artists of the Year
Now in its 7th year
Organised by The Rotary Club of AbbeydaleTimetable
leading up to Exhibition
for 2011
2010
September
6th
First letter and Registration Slip sent out to schools
November
12th
Closing Date for Registration
December
6th
Second letter sent out to schools
2011
March
4th
Closing date for receipt of paintings
Late April Notification to schools of Winners
May
5th
Lord Mayor's Reception for Winners (accompanied by One parent or Guardian).
Friday 13th & Saturday 14th May
EXHIBITION AT PONDS FORGE
Published Date:
30/07/2010
Modified Date:
30/07/2010
Sheffield Young Artists 2010
PREPARE NOW
FOR 2011 !
(Entry through schools only)
The 2010 (Annual) 'Sheffield Young Artists of the Year' Exhibition held at Ponds Forge, had over 840 paintings on show by pupils aged 5-18 from 57 schools in the City.
Organised by the Rotary Club of Abbeydale and now in its sixth year, it was the most successful exhibition to date.The Master Cutler, Mr James H. Newman opened the exhibition and presented the winner of each category (Key Stages 1,2,3,4,5, Mixed Media and drawing) with a silver salver inscribed with his/her name and school.As this is an annual award, the salvers will be displayed at the winners' school until the following year. The winner and runners-up in each category were each presented with a plaque. All pupils having artwork in the exhibition were presented with a certificate.Special Endeavour Awards were presented to artists of particular merit. This year, there were also special displays of work by children through Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind and Orphans in Zimbabwe.
Award Winners with The Lord Mayor, Councillor Mr Graham Oxley at a pre-exhibition Reception
held at The Town Hall, April 2010.
Award Winners following presentations made by The Master Cutler, Mr James H. Newman
who also opened the Exhibition in the Skyline Suite at at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.
A representative selection of the paintings was once again displayed at The Great Sheffield Art Show (Octagon Centre) in July and a further selection will be on display at 'Art In The (Botanical) Gardens'
4th, 5th September 2010.
The Rotary Club of Abbeydale would like to thank the Organisers of The Great Sheffield Art Show and Art in The Gardens for
their invaluable assistance again this year.
Sheffield Young Artists of The Year
Contact: Ken Marshall (Organiser)
(0114) 235 0515
email: (Patrick Smith) sheffieldyoungartists@googlemail.com
Published Date:
28/07/2010
Modified Date:
28/07/2010
Open Garden Day
Abbeydale Rotarian Mike Jackson and his wife Norma opened up their beautiful Garden on Newfield Crescent to the public over the weekend of 22nd/23rd May as part of the National Garden Society Open Gardens.
The weather could not have been more spectacular and suitable - encouraging several hundred people to visit and enjoy the magnificent variety of plants and shrubs from all perspectives and to discuss with Mike his 'labour of love' representing 40 years of work.
The entrance fee supports National Garden Society Charities. Abbeydale Rotarians took care of the gate receipts and The Inner Wheel Club of Abbeydale provided refreshments including a great array of mouth-watering cakes. Proceeds from the sale of refreshments will be sent to St. Luke's Hospice, Sheffield, which is the President of Abbeydale Inner Wheel's chosen charity for 2010. Visitors were able to purchase some plants - the sale of these was looked after by 'Nige' who offered his expert assistance.
Details of the amounts raised will be published as soon as they are known.
Published Date:
23/05/2010
Modified Date:
23/05/2010
Rotary in Sheffield
Rotary in Sheffield (The Rotary Clubs of Abbeydale, Hallam, Sheffield and Sheffield Vulcan)
raised £3000 at the 'Thanks For Life' Concert held at Ranmoor Church on Saturday 27th February and £444.00 at a collection made that day at the
local Tesco Store.
Both these totals will be doubled-up by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as will all money raised nationally for the cause of the Final Push to Eradicate Polio from the World.
Thanks are due to everyone who made contributions and/or attended the Concert. We are grateful to The Dore Male Voice Choir and Ensemble 360 for their fine performances.
Published Date:
09/03/2010
Modified Date:
09/03/2010
Haiti Earthquake
Haiti Earthquake
Following the devastating recent earthquake, 2000 Shelterboxes have been despatched to HAITI accompanied by a team of Rotarians.
Each box contains a tent for up to ten people along with other emergency survival equipment.
The Shelterbox scheme was a project developed by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard in Cornwall
thanks to the work of Rotarian Tom Henderson OBE.
ShelterBox is an international disaster relief
charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people
affected by disaster worldwide.
Supplies of boxes constantly need to be replenished for response to world emergencies.
For complete info. or to donate,
please go to:
www.shelterbox.org
The Rotary Club of Abbeydale was able to send £4,200 to the Haiti Shelterbox appeal. Part of this money came from donations, part from the club funds and part from money raised at a Burns' Supper which was held in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Dronfield and was supported by members of the Rotary Club of Sheffield Vulcan.
Boxes were funded by Abbeydale when the people of Sheffield supported Sheffield boxer Herol 'Bomber' Graham's 24 hour non-stop 'Skipathon' in 2007.
Published Date:
21/01/2010
Modified Date:
07/02/2010