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Please look through our website. We are always looking for new members to our club. If you are interested in what we do, our activities and how we serve the local and international community, please contact our secretary at secretary@edmontonrotary.org.uk You will be made very welcome at one of our club lunch meetings at the Jolly Farmers.
Most Recent Club Bulletin
If you wish to download a copy of the Club Bulletin, the most recent version is available HERE. It is in Adobe (.PDF) document format.
NEW AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLAR
The club has a new Ambassadorial Scholar, Darya. She was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She moved with her family to South Germany where her father had found work as a Ballet Master.
She, her parents and lots of her family are all former ballet dancers. She has studied both in Germany and Spain and recently graduated successfully. She will be studying for a Masters Degree in Accounting at LSE.
NEWLY INDUCTED MEMBER
President David was very pleased to Adrian as induct a new member to the Rotary Club of Edmonton. Adrian will bring a wealth of professional experience with him to the club. His particular interest in genealogy and he will be talking to the club on this topic in the near future.
The club successfully collected for its charities at the IKEA store in Edmonton and was very pleased to receive a cheque from IKEA for £200.
The collection was well supported by the presence of Father Christmas and Dobbie the Reindeer which attracted many children.
One of our many collection nights in Edmonton supported by Charity teams. This year with the help of the charities, IKEA and others the club collected over £3500.
Nightingale Community Hospice, Crossroads and Age Concern all supported us with our collections in 2009.
...and our Christmas Lunch is always a popular event!

Rotary and the Earthquake Disaster in Haiti
Aid workers for the international disaster relief charity ShelterBox are on the ground in Port au Prince, Haiti. ShelterBox Response Team arrived in the island’s capital on Thursday, January 14 and have already been in contact with government officials, ACTED and Rotarians in the country. The Response Team, who are completely self-sufficient, has set up base with the help of a Haitian Rotarian. The situation on the ground remains fraught with the damaged infrastructure in Haiti hampering the aid effort but ShelterBox is doing everything within its power to ensure aid reaches Haiti imminently.
ShelterBox’s Logistics Manager Richard Lewis added: ‘We’re doing everything we can to make sure emergency aid reaches the people of Haiti. ‘The situation is changing by the minute and we’re exploring every single avenue available to us in order to make sure the aid gets on the ground as quickly as possible.’
ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity specialising in emergency shelter provision. Humanitarian aid is delivered in iconic green ShelterBoxes. Each one contains a disaster relief tent for up to 10 people, a stove, blankets and other items essential for survival. ShelterBox responds to disaster as quickly as possible with the aim of helping the people who are most in need.