Ice at Bluewater? Well, not really. It was “ICE” – In Case of Emergency. The Rotary Club of Gravesend was out again over the last days of the school holidays promoting ICE in Bluewater at The Safety Shop run by the Kent Constabulary. Rotarians like Bob Denby were at the shop talking to people
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A fine sunny day brought 820 cyclists to Gravesend promenade to join in the annual On Your Bike sponsored bike ride. Some were casual cyclists or groups of friends wanting a leisurely ride in the countryside, some were families and others were keen cyclists. All were there to raise money for local charities.
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April 2013 – Six Rotarians and young George set off from Gravesend for Sene Valley Gold Club at first light on on Thursday 18th April, a rather dismal morning. We were all fired up to uphold the honour of the Gravesend “Kentish Men” in the heartland of the “Men of Kent”.
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April 2013 – We are tantalizingly close to eradicating polio from the world. It is endemic now in only three countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Yet a lot of effort and money is still needed to achieve this goal.
The Rotary Foundation, the international charity of Rotary International, started this project in 1979 and the World Health Organisation later joined the fight. More Recently Bill Gates has taken an active interest and his charitable Foundation has donated $355 million. Rotary has, so far, raised over $1 billion
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