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All at sea Knightly Boxes of books
Folk singer/songwriter Steve Knightly raised more Launceston College students have collected an
than £1,200 for the Estuary League of Friends by astonishing 53 boxes of fiction, reference and
performing his marine-themed All At Sea concert textbooks to send to the charity School-Aid. The
to a sell-out crowd of almost 200 at Matthews Hall collection, to mark World Book Day, was
in Topsham, Exeter. organised by the college’s Rotary Interact Club
and will help create classroom libraries in poor,
rural, African schools.
The Estuary League of Friends is planning to build PEACE FELLOWSHIPS
a new community hub on the Topsham Library
site, and February’s concert, which was organised The 2017 Rotary Peace Fellowship details are now
by Rotary breakfast club Exeter Enterprise, was available online. Deadline is May 31
the first in Steve Knightly’s nationwide tour.
Contact: Euan Eddie at euaneddie@hotmail.com
Exeter Enterprise meets on Thursday mornings
(7.30am) at the St George & Dragon, near Darts Video from the Rotary
Farm. For more information, contact Rotary Club International Presidential Peace
Secretary Bruce de Saram at eltbjrdes@aol.com, Conference (28 mins)
or ring him on 01395 254516.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GeyqNhR4uuc
