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Written by Peter Clark
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 The Watford Club had another very successful Christmas collection during December with their recently refurbished Santa Claus Float. Over eight evenings they travelled more than twenty miles through the streets of North Watford. They also spent 7 days collecting with the float outside Watford’s Sainsbury, Asda and Tesco Supermarkets.
Organiser Allan Packham said “The reception from the public was even better than previous years and they all gave us a warm welcome despite the weather”. Children were delighted to see the brightly painted sleigh with its reindeers and elves carrying Santa past their doors. The club has been running the Christmas collection for some thirty years and many residents look out for the float with children and grandchildren ready at the door.
Altogether twenty five members and friends of the club volunteered to take part in the collection. The final amount raised was £7,836.36 which will all go to Rotary supported charities local, national and international.
Club President Peter O’Connor said “We are very grateful for the help from our sponsors, Scottall (Watford), Kings Langley Building Supplies and Taylors Tools; and to The Harlequin who allow us to store the float in their basement during the event”.
By Peter Clark
Watford Rotary Club
http://www.rotarywatford.org/
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Last Updated ( Monday, 16 January 2012 )
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Written by Poem by John McCrae 1915
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At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the eleventh year of the twenty first century.
We will remember them.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
By John McCrae 1915
Photograph courtesy of Alan Moorhouse
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 November 2011 )
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Written by Kalyan Banerjee
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My dear brothers and sisters in Rotary,
 In 1885, the London Times ran a series of editorials honoring the 100th birthday of Sir Moses Montefiore, the British financier and philanthropist knighted by Queen Victoria. The editorials commented on his honesty, his generosity, and his willingness to come to the aid of anyone in need. One story was particularly telling.
Someone once asked Sir Moses, one of the wealthiest men of his era, how much he was worth. In the face of such an ill-mannered inquiry, he merely paused for a moment’s reflection before naming a figure – one that fell far short of his questioner’s expectations. Naturally, it was met with an objection; surely he must be worth 10 times as much! Sir Moses merely smiled. “Young man,” he replied, “you didn’t ask me how much I own. You asked me how much I am worth. So I calculated how much I have given to charity this year, and that is the number I gave you. You see, in life we are worth only what we are willing to share with others.”
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 November 2011 )
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Written by Kalyan Banerjee
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My dear brothers and sisters in Rotary,
 We have a color for the 2011-12 Rotary year, and that color is green. Why green? Because green is the color of spring, of new life, of bright leaves bursting forth from spreading branches. And there is no doubt that it is time to “green” Rotary – to lift our deepening pallor of gray and replace it with brighter shades of green.
Overall, in Rotary, only 11 percent of our members are under the age of 40, while 68 percent are over 50 and 39 percent are over 60. It’s not too hard to see where this will lead us in 10, 20, and 30 years down the line, if we don’t do something about it now. It is not enough to simply bring in new members. We need to bring in younger members, who will breathe new life and new vigor into our organization.
How can we be more attractive to younger members, who are so different in so many ways from the young professionals of a generation or two ago? We have to come to them where they are – and for most young people, where they are is on the Internet, on Facebook, on Twitter and e-mail, and on their smartphones. A club that doesn’t have a presence on the Internet simply doesn’t exist as far as they are concerned. A club’s website is its public face – and it has to be a good one.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 September 2011 )
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