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Ambassadorial Scholar - On 17th February 24-year-old French Ambassadorial Scholar Angelique Ribas spoke to the Club about her experiences. She is doing a Business Management degree at York University. There are 200 students taking the same high reputation course (150 of them come from China!!) She is the only French student at York University and is sponsored by Montpelier Rotary Club, which claims to be the oldest club in France. Angelique was also a member of the Rotaract Club in Montpelier
Club Walk - The (left) picture, showing a collection of old ruins, with Sheriff Hutton Castle behind, illustrates how you do not need to be young to complete a 5.8 mile walk around some heavy Vale of York mud. On 16th February, the day (bright sunshine of course) saw the group gather opposite the President's house, forcing him to go along with them, and then leave the 14th century castle ramparts, via a cricket ground. The route was through Sheriff Hutton Park, then headed towards Flaxton, then north across more farmland, giving walkers an extra handicap of thick mud on each boot. After about 2.5 hours relief came with a final pull up to the 12th century (+ additions) Sheriff Hutton Church, and back to The Highwayman for a light bite - though Steve B managed to get his treacle sponge.
St Valentine's Day Lunch - On 12th February John Russell's Pork Crown was just one of the many superb dishes turned out by seven Rotarian chefs to their 60 guests at the 6th Annual Valentines fundraising lunch in Stockton on the Forest Village Hall. Over £1550 was raised for charity funds on the day.
Humanitarian Project in Tanzania - At our Club meeting on 10th February we welcomed Rotarians Patricia Rowe and Steven Pratt, both relative newcomers to Rotary, who spoke about their involvement in a recent D1040 project in Ukerewe, Tanzania, an island group within Lake Victoria with a population of over 350,000. Their slide presentation was a humbling experience for all, showing the depth of poverty existing there - and extremely low concern for Health and Safety! - but at the same time the immense impact that Rotarian projects such as this can have, in this case in building/upgrading a pre-natal and natal care facility for the area.
Cheeky Monkeys - This photo shows the staff and children at Cheeky Monkeys play-group, Westfield, Acomb, receiving a gift of £100 worth of stationery items, crayons, pencils, paper, paints etc. from Community Service Committee members Dennis Adamson and Nigel Naish.
York Theatre Royal - At the Club meeting on 27th January Dianne Wilcocks and Liz Wilson, from York Theatre Royal, gave us a fascinating and engrossing insight into the operation and importance of the Theatre to York's cultural and economic life (over £3m pa, 600 performances per year) and focussed especially on their wide range of projects that involve young people. In particular, the very active Youth Theatre engages over 300 people in its year-round activities; and the TakeOver Festival where year-round young people aged 12-25 actually budget, direct, plan and then manage and present this 3-week festival in May with a budget of £100K, entirely on their own. This latter activity is mostly supported by charitable donations. Also at this meeting President David said a formal farewell and a vote of thanks to Graham Maskery as he leaves, after many years of service to the Club, to move to Morecombe with his wife Vera.
Burns Nicht - Aye, it were a bonnie evening indeed when, after a gap of 9 years, the traditional celebration of the man from Ayrshire was enjoyed on 25th January by over 80 members, partners and guests from York Ainsty Club . And traditional it was (almost) - with Cock-a-Leekie, Cullen Skink, bagpipe entry of the haggis, tatties w'neeps, wonderful venison pie, and Cranachan. Frank was in fine form as ever, addressing the haggis and acting a bit like William Wallace aka our gentle host... then a fine and beautifully articulated speech to the "immortal memory" by Ron Robb was followed by a new twist - an Ozzie "toast to the lassies" and a Kiwi (ok, and Scots) response - wonderful entertainment from Peter King and his wife Maggie. So, a toast of a wee dram to the lot of ye! Slainthe.... It was a fine evening!
Dragon Boat Challenge Announcements - The major beneficiaries of this year's DBC have been announced, together with the major sponsors. The Club's thanks go again to The Shepherd Group, Benenden Healthcare, and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation who are this year's Sponsors. The two charities being supported by the 2012 Dragon Boat Challenge are Brunswick Organic Nursery and Craft Workshop (in Bishopthorpe) and York Blind and Partially Sighted Society. A special logo commemorating the fact that this is the 10th year of the Club's DBC events has also been created. More details are on our Dragon Boat Challenge pages here..
Rotary Young Chef: District Finals - On 24th January eight youngsters, including East Area finalist Hannah Connolly from Archbishop Holgate School, York, competed for the District 1040 Young Chef title at Betty’s Cookery School. The winner was Jessica Berry (aged 15) from Upper Wharfedale School, sponsored by the Rotary Clubs in the Dales group; and the runner up was Megan Haneskog (aged13) from Nidderdale High School, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Knaresborough. Congratulations to them and to all who took part.
Rotary Young Chef: East Group Finals - Six youngsters from Archbishop Holgates, Fulford and Joseph Rowntree Schools prepared and cooked a healthy two course meal for two people for under £10.00 at York College on 20th January. Judges Martin Henley, Head Chef at Cedar Court Grand Hotel and Robert Porter of the Green Room Restaurant, Scarborough decided that Hannah Connolly from Archbishop Holgates should be York Rotary Young Chef 2012. Hannah will compete at Betty’s Cookery School Harrogate for the Yorkshire title.
Brunswick Organic Nursery - On 20th January a large group of 18 members visited Brunswick Organic Nursery and Workshops.
BON is one of the two nominated charities for this years Dragon Boat Challenge and we were given a conducted tour of the facilities at Bishopthorpe by Lauren Webb and two of her colleagues. Currently the charity, celebrating their 20th anniversary, provides horticultural work for 69 clients who have learning difficulties.
Club Walk - Thirteen brave souls fought through torrential rain on 19th January to get to the starting point in Darley. Then the sun came out and although cold and blustery, we had a lovely walk with some stunning views across the valley. It was a nice surprise to receive a seasonal visit from a local Robin (Robinus Richus). As has become traditional on one of the early walks in the year, David and Celia produced a bottle of their excellent homemade Sloe Gin, it certainly helped keep the cold out ! We all repaired to the Wellington Inn for an excellent lunch and some huge haddock, with the added benefit that we had a 50% meal deal !
New Member - During the meeting on 13th January President David is seen formally welcoming Mike Hay to the Club. Mike has transferred from the Edinburgh Breakfast Rotary Club.
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