I am very pleased to report that Rotarians from Colchester Centurion today raised a total of £1174.79 to help those that need it most following on from the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
Waitrose Colchester very kindly allowed us to collect donations from their very generous customers all day on Saturday.
During my afternoon shift with Robert Bartholomew, I was overwhelmed with the generosity from the people of Colchester, that is of course bearing in mind that Comic Relief raised c£74M just yesterday for great causes in the UK and Africa, it seems to me that people are ready, willing and able to help those in need, wherever they are in the world.
Also I had a good chin-wag with Robert on all sorts of matters Rugby, Sports Cars, and Wake-boarding, which his son's are expert in.
Fellow Rotarians attending the Olympic Village in London, on a superbly organised trip, by Leisure Time Tours were raising funds too!
We were asked on several occasions, how the fund would be distributed, which I feel is a perfectly legitimate question, given the well-publicised concern regarding costs incurred by charities for administration, advertising, and more recently commissions paid to street fund-raisers.
Rotarians are able to answer this question very confidently, as every single pennie raised goes to where it is needed.
Rotary has access to Shelter-boxes, which contain emergency shelter, which can be deployed very quickly in disaster situations. Today, we had at Waitrose a demonstration aquabox, a mobile water purification system which we can also get to where it is needed most. However, the current reports we are receiving suggest that most of the emergency requirements that the Japanese people have; are being adequately met, and that they have no immediate need for the shelterbox or aquabox.
We will therefore be able to linkwith a fellow Rotary club in Japan, find out what they have need for, and send them the cash, with the absolute confidence it will be used where needed, as Rotarian Mike Hogg would say 'Gratefully received and faithfully applied'
Thank you again to everyone for their generous support.
Waitrose Colchester very kindly allowed us to collect donations from their very generous customers all day on Saturday.
During my afternoon shift with Robert Bartholomew, I was overwhelmed with the generosity from the people of Colchester, that is of course bearing in mind that Comic Relief raised c£74M just yesterday for great causes in the UK and Africa, it seems to me that people are ready, willing and able to help those in need, wherever they are in the world.
Also I had a good chin-wag with Robert on all sorts of matters Rugby, Sports Cars, and Wake-boarding, which his son's are expert in.
Fellow Rotarians attending the Olympic Village in London, on a superbly organised trip, by Leisure Time Tours were raising funds too!
We were asked on several occasions, how the fund would be distributed, which I feel is a perfectly legitimate question, given the well-publicised concern regarding costs incurred by charities for administration, advertising, and more recently commissions paid to street fund-raisers.
Rotarians are able to answer this question very confidently, as every single pennie raised goes to where it is needed.
Rotary has access to Shelter-boxes, which contain emergency shelter, which can be deployed very quickly in disaster situations. Today, we had at Waitrose a demonstration aquabox, a mobile water purification system which we can also get to where it is needed most. However, the current reports we are receiving suggest that most of the emergency requirements that the Japanese people have; are being adequately met, and that they have no immediate need for the shelterbox or aquabox.
We will therefore be able to linkwith a fellow Rotary club in Japan, find out what they have need for, and send them the cash, with the absolute confidence it will be used where needed, as Rotarian Mike Hogg would say 'Gratefully received and faithfully applied'
Thank you again to everyone for their generous support.
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