Page 5 - District Interactive Newsletter Feb 2017
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Rotary is good for you! This is the time of year when people resolve to do
more for themselves and their communities in the
The Rotary tonic coming year and Rotary has the perfect solution.
Rotary in the South West Peninsula are on a Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies said:
recruitment campaign for 2017 in response to a “Staying in work, volunteering or joining a
recent Public Health England document saying community group can make sure people stay
that volunteering is good for your health. physically and mentally active for longer. The
health benefits of this should not be
underestimated.”
Sam Cross, from the Rotary Club of Plymouth,
agrees. He said: “Rotary has introduced me to
new friends and made me smile more than I have
for a long time. When I started self-employment,
I felt lonely as I was working on my own. Rotary
has introduced me to a world of professional
people, who have become my friends. We work as
a team to help others and I am so much happier
now.”
Whether you are volunteering by helping your
local community or responding to international
disasters, here is a project or an activity to suit
everywhere.
Rotary Membership chair for Devon and Cornwall,
Martin Taylor, who is leading the campaign, said:
“By volunteering with Rotary, you know that you
will be changing people’s lives for the better and
also benefiting your overall health and wellbeing,
too.”
Contact Martin Taylor on 01208 78138 or 07989
408258.
