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Rotary Magazine for District 1210

Eccleshall Mercia Rotary has recently awarded grants to several worthy local organisations, and to a
Rotary-run disaster relief charity. The club was very busy raising generous donations from the public
in its local area, through the Club's Hook a Duck stall at various events, December's many Santa
Sleigh fundraising activities, and bucket collections held outside the local Co-Op store. Despite being
a small club in terms of membership numbers, Eccleshall Rotary is active in its community.

President Sylvia Keris, who is also
an Ambassador and volunteer for
other local and International
charities, recently presented a
number of donations to several
organisations, and had the chance
to meet some of those who would be
benefitting from the grants.
Grants included an award of £600
to Tittensor Primary School towards
the cost of buying Chromebooks to
help children with their lessons, for
which the School teachers, pupils
and PTA were delighted. Sylvia was
invited to a special school assembly
to hear them sing and give their
thanks.

Eccleshall Stay and Play
Group were given £150 to
purchase a sensory tent
with equipment that they
wanted, to provide a
quiet space, which some
children who attend the
regular playgroup would
benefit from. President
Sylvia was able to meet
the mums, play with the
children, and see the
Sensory tent, before
presenting the cheque to
the group's founders
Hayley Wall and Lucie
Talbott.
A £200 donation was given to the Buddy Bag Foundation (BBF), to help towards the cost of the
Buddy Bags which contain essential clothing, toiletries and comfort items, for children who have
been taken into the safety of a refuge, away from domestic violence. Sylvia also acts as the collecting
point for knitted teddies and fabric toiletry bags which are included in each Buddy Bag.

And with the help of a bucket collection, and other fundraising, a donation of £1,000 was made to
Disaster Aid UK & Ireland for their Syria/Turkey Earthquake appeal, and an additional £1,000 given
to Disaster Aid’s Ukraine Appeal. This charity is run by Rotarians, (all volunteers) who send trained
Disaster Relief Response teams to areas where there has been conflict or natural disasters - providing
essential supplies such as home rebuilding equipment or tents (as appropriate), water filters, tools
and other provisions, to help those in emergency situations.

26 ROTO SPRING 2023