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Rotary Magazine for District 1210

The Bank Holiday on the Monday
following the Coronation gave many
Rotarians the opportunity to volunteer
as part of the nationwide ‘Big Help
Out’.

In Newport, Rotarians from both
Newport clubs were among the
volunteers who turned out to plant a
community coronation orchard in the
town’s Victoria Park and they were the
group that was featured in the
photograph on the front of the Town’s
weekly newspaper. Rotarians John
Morton and Gareth Lambe were shown
representing Rotary with Newport
Town and Borough councillor Peter
Scott .
Approximately 40 volunteers from
many of Newport’s community groups
met to plant fruit trees in a lasting
tribute to the coronation and the town’s
strong volunteering network.
Councillor Scott explained: “We’ve had
a huge group of volunteers from 13 of
Newport’s community groups represented.

“Each group came and planted their own tree, which will be labelled with their group name.”
Other groups participating included a walking group, local litter-pickers and The Hub – a youth club
and community café. Apple, pear, plum and damson trees were planted, which will provide
Newport’s residents and visitors with free, fresh fruit for the foreseeable future.
Councillor Scott added: “It has been put there with the future in mind, which is exactly what The
King wanted, for volunteers to do something that will help others for years to come. It was very
heartening to see so many people come down, it went really very well.”

Wellington Rotarians were recently very fortunate to have an interesting presentation by Ross
Jones, a commercial drone pilot producing visuals for his own employers and other commercial
businesses such as house builders and surveyors as
well as media outlets including the BBC and
Shropshire Star.
He illustrated his talk with fantastic photos, many
taken from a tiny 249g plastic drone which members
had a chance to examine. The photos he passed round
were brilliant in their clarity and demonstrated the
potential for business use. Ross included comments on
military drones, the negative side such as flying them
in restricted areas such as airfields and prisons and
also discussed his thoughts on future developments.
Ross is pictured showing the drone he uses to take the
aerial photographs to club President Richard Studd

18 ROTO SPRING 2023