Welcome From President Shirley Varnish Welcome to The Rotary Club of Havant Information on this web site will assist you in appreciating the Worldwide extent of Rotary and the Havant Club in particular. We meet every Monday at The Bear Hotel in Havant. Full details of our meetings and a Club diary can be found by following the above links. If you are a visiting Rotarian Please telephone John Baker on: 01243 370746 or e-mail him at john@applegrove.me.uk Meet The President President Shirley Varnish was installed as President during the handover meeting at the end of June. Details of Shirleys supported charities to follow. The Rotary Shelterbox Programme Rotary's disaster response scheme offers a fast practical response to disasters across the world. It provies shelter, cooking utensils and clean water for 10 people. More Driveout and Tea helps Elderly On a bright and windy October afternoon, 25 Rotary and Inner Wheel members joined forces to drive 25 elderly local residents through the lanes of West Sussex to Manor Nurseries, Chichester. Each car picked up two guests from local areas including Bedhampton, Leigh Park, Havant and Southbourne. After driving the pretty way. the whole party of guests, some of whom rarely have a chance to get out of their homes, and their hosts met up in the tea rooms at the garden centre for delicious cream teas and cake. More   Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Collection Raises £3,939 Havant Rotarians were quick to respond to the terrible and terryfying events happening in Japan. A collection was held at Tesco and raised £3,939. The monies will go to local Rotary Clubs in Japan to provide funds for the rebuilding process. Golf Day 2011 Raises £2300 Havant Rotary held a Golf Day at The Cathedral Course Chichester Golf Club. This Annual Golf Day was held to raise badly needed funds for our principal charity, Naomi House children’s hospice and also for other projects supported by the Club The Cathedral course is characterised by large greens, water on 10 of the 18 holes and a good combination of challenges with easier holes mixed in. All the details and information on the day can be downloaded by clicking the Naomi House logo.           Shop Online and Raise Funds For Our Charities We have partnered with some of the leading retailers to provide an opportunity for you to save money by shopping with them. Every time you shop, you help us by raising funds for the charities we are supporting and our work in the community and Internationally. Christmas Fundraising 2011 Coming Soon The club are gearing up for this year's Christmas collections and activities. We will be assisting Santa to run his Christmas Grotto at Tesco in late December and our Christmas Sleigh will be visiting homes in the borough from early Dececember. All the routes will be published on this site shortly. There will also be collections at Havant Garden Centre, Havant Town Centre and Emsworth. Our Christmas fundraising package is an important part ofthe club activities as it is our major fundraising project and the money raised here will be the engine room for most of our projects. We are very grateful for all the support we receive.   Ebay Night Raises £452 The club recently held an ebay themed club night which raised £452. Items donated by members were auctioned on the Ebay web site with auctions ending during the meeting. Some of the highlights were a door that sold for over £80 and telescope accessories that made over £80. It was a new venture and something that we are keen to try again. Kids Out - June 2011 Twenty two children from Glenwood School accompanied by their teachers, Rotarians and ladies from Inner Wheel had a wonderful day at the amusement park. But don’t mention the Cobra! More   Christmas Shoe Boxes Collected From Schoools President Shirley Varnish received filled Christmas shoeboxes from Emsworth Primary School and Glenwood Special School together with Caroline Fisk who is a Friend of the Rotary Club of Havant and headteachers. Caroline gave several talks at assemblies about the project and this has helped generate a total of 675 boxes to date. Anne Chawner and Chris Hogben have all liaised with the schools, together with Mike Sellis and Viv Williams helping to pick up and store the shoeboxes until they were sorted by club volunteers on November 2 and 3. Rotary Membership We are always looking to recruit people that share our philosophy of service above self. If you are interested in joining or just want more information telephone our Membership Chairman, Mike Valentine on 023 9248 2818 or email him at mikemo.valentine@talktalk.net In the meantime have a look at what some members say that they get from being a Rotarian. Rotary What's in it for me     This Months Meetings January 2nd No meeting 9th Club Meeting 16th Club Business Meeting 23rd Club Meeting: 30th Family & Friends Evening Rowlands Castle 7 for 7.30   Forthcoming Events       Read The Club Bulletin   Under the stewardship of Editor Eve Fuller the club bulletin has been transformed into a colourful, informative magazine. Rotary - The Videos We are often asked what it is we do. Please have a look at these videos which hopefully will bring Rotary to life for you.   Read The Club History The club celebrated it's 50th birthday in 2007 - Click the book image to read the club's history   Havant Heritage Trail Havant Rotary celebrated it's 50th Birthday in 2008. Details of the Trail are now for the first time available on line. Click the logo for details           Contact webmaster Web space donated by Awnet