Purple crocuses flowering at Thamesview Crematorium next Spring will be part of a world-wide battle against polio. Gravesend Rotary presented 5,000 crocus corms to the new crematorium and cemetery at Gravesend as part of the Purple4Polio campaign to raise awareness and funds to eradicate the disease. Purple is the colour of the dye placed on
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Every year the Rotary club of Gravesend helps local and national charities, including Marie Curie Cancer Care with their Daffodil Day collection. This year over £608 for the Marie Curie home nursing service was donated by the shoppers at Gravesend’s Asda supermarket. On Saturday, March 11th 2017 members of the Gravesend Phab club, which provides
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Our Club supports the Hive Hope food bank in Northfleet. It received an unexpected request for help when we were asked to supply a Father Christmas for its Christmas party. Representatives accompanied Chris Keeble who bravely took on the challenge and afterwards said he enjoyed it!
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It has become difficult to choose those organisations which need our help but the representatives of Age UK, Alzheimers & Dementia Support Services, Multiple Sclerosis Support, PHAB, Waterside Family Support, Hi Kent for the Deaf, House of Mercy and Hive Hope Food Bank all agreed that it was the work of Gravesend Rotary that made their work
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A record amount was collected at the Asda supermarket Gravesend when British Legion supporters together with local Rotarians and youth groups, manned this years stall between November 1st and 12th. Past president of the Rotary Club of Gravesend Peter Torres (pictured with this years youngest poppy wearer 9 months old Amber Tenison-Bramer from Northfleet with
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At the May Day Fayre on bank holiday Monday, in the grounds of Meopham Primary Academy, Rotarians were out in force, promoting Stroke Awareness and ShelterBox. Rotarians from all three of the local Gravesham clubs invited adults at the Fayre to have their blood pressure taken by professionals (doctors & nurses) as part of the
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The Rotary Club of Gravesend collected over £500 for the Marie Curie Daffodil appeal last Saturday 20th Feb when the members put on funny (but warm) hats and sold trays of daffodils outside Tesco’s store in the New Road. Pictured are Brandon Edwards (left) aged 4 from Gravesend and his cousin Ruby (right) aged 6
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The club met representatives of local charities to hear about their work and to present them with donations. The money was raised from our local community through the On Your Bike sponsored bike ride in April. Cheques totalling over £3,000 were presented to: Age UK North West Kent Alzheimer’s & Dementia Support Services House of Mercy
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Deborah and Jeff Keys with a band of willing helpers open up the Hive Food Bank every Wednesdays and Thursdays to help local residents who cannot quite make ends meet. On Thursday 4th June 2015 the Hive Food Bank celebrated its 1st birthday and Deborah and Jeff Keys welcomed the President of the Rotary Club
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Recently the Club presented BreatheEasy Gravesham with a cheque for £200. Acknowledging this, its Treasurer said “On behalf of the BreatheEasy Gravesham group I would like to say a very grateful and sincere thank you, to all of the Rotarians for thinking of us and nominating the BreatheEasy Gravesham groupfor another gift so soon after
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