News

Dec 052013
 
Donations to Charities 2013

At the Age UK Centre, in Clarence Row, Gravesend on Wednesday, 4th December, the Rotary Club of Gravesend were once again distributing donations to the unsung heroes of Gravesend. At this annual event, some of the money raised by our club’s “On Your Bike” bicycle ride in April is given to small locally based charities

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Nov 302013
 
ShelterBoxes for the Philippines

There has been a fantastic response from the public to the disaster in the Philippines. Members of the Rotary Club of Gravesend responded by collecting money to send ShelterBoxes to families that have lost their homes. They were in Gravesend town centre on the 16th November showing off one of the special tents and the other contents of

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Oct 302013
 
Meeting 7 October 2013

Service Above Self – the motto and ethos that the Rotary Club functions under and Nigel Coombes, the evening’s speaker, chose this as the base point for an evening of informed discussion. The audience relished the open and thought provoking way in which he embraced the motto’s relation with numerous religions, with politics, with ethics

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Sep 132013
 
Mike Keep Memorial Golf Day

Thursday morning, overcast and with a rather cold rain in the air, it didn’t look that promising of our days golf at Whitstable & Seasalter Golf Club. Packing some warm water-proofs along with the clubs, it was off down the M2 to the seaside. By the time we were on the Thanet Way, the weather

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Sep 102013
 
Petanque Challenge

The cry was heard…….. the challenge accepted………. and over 60 Rotarians, family and friends arrived at the Gravesend Rugby club for the Annual Rotary Petanque Challenge. The tension was high as the teams from the Gravesend & Meopham, Northfleet with Ebbsfleet and Gravesend clubs grabbed their boules and headed off to do battle. Youngsters like

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