Below you will find pictures of many of the events that Sunrise Rotarians attend.
These are both Business and Social Events
There is a link where applicable underneath each set of pictures of the event,
to a Web Album so that you can see a slide show of all the pictures taken at
that particular event.
July 2008 - Handover from Roger Batty Outgoing President to
Gloucestershire Lifestyles Visit to Port Solent - July 2008
A party of six people with various disabilites were taken to the Solent to sail for a day
on the specially adapted sailing yacht. As you browse the photographs we are sure you will
catch the excitement and the joy that these people experienced. Reports from from the whole
team indicated that they wished to return and also that the time had been longer.
Masterminded by Gray O'Hanlon and the Comm Voc committee.
Gloucestershire Lifestyles - Trip to Cotswold Wildlife Park - July 2008
Each year we take a group of mentally and physically handicapped people on various
days out as well as providing transport for them to enjoy Sailing for the Disabled
Each year one of the charilies we help brings over from Belaruse/Chernobyl a group of
Children who are from very poor backgrounds. These children are second generation
to the people who suffered in the massive explosion at the nuclear plant.
They enjoy the fresh air and we try to provide little luxuries for them
i.e. Multi Vitamins, Toiletries and Stationary items all courtesy of local businesses.
As club members we enjoy evening visits and a meal on the fifth Tuesday of the month.
This enables us all to get to know one another better in a social atmosphere.
Another social function,but this one a little more strenuous.
Starting with Bacon Sannies at Jeff and Hilary's then onto the Malverns,
some hit the high top bits while other strolled around the hills,then
off to the local for Sunday lunch, finishing at Jeff and Hillary's for
more scrumptious fayre and coffee.
When a month has five Tuesdays, we usually have an evening visit to a local venue.
We invite our partners so that we can mix and mingle, have a meal together and
enjoy a talk from an invited speaker. This latest event was in Matchams Restuarant
at the Everyman Theatre.
Last Night of the Proms 10th Event - November 2008
Another very successful evening in 2008, So many people join together to make this great fun
evening
and annual funraiser a huge success. It starts early in the year culminating in full preparation of a superb
and memorable event. We are grateful to our main sponsors Endsleigh and all the people who travel from near and far
to make this very special evening a rousing success for the benefit of the less fortunate. This year helping
Winston's Wish and the Prince's Trust as well as the Sea Cadets and other charities.
Everyman Christmas Dinner and Party - December 2008
Following our tradition of helping the Everyman Club facilitate a Christmas Dinner and
Party Evening , many members turned up at the Whaddon Community Centre, laid tables and
served the 163 members who attended.
Both evenings were a tremendous suuccess and an enormous amount of credit must go to Jan
Stafford
and her extended family who fund and organise both evenings.
International Committee - Shelter Box Quiz Night January 2009
Another great night organised by the International Committee in aid of the Shelter Box Trust.
Thanks to the genrosity of many we had a fantastic raffle and great night at the Sacred Heart Church Hall.
Fun and fellowship and contributions to another Rotary Charity which gets support and temporary living
facitlites to many when disaster strike
A long awaited visit to this Malvern, Worcestershire based British Car Manufacturer - 100 years old
this year - 2009. The group saw the full hand building process, starting with the wood body, which is
then covered with aluminium. The car is totally hand built by skilled craftsman. Their new car the
"Aero 8" has initial orders from 100 people who have pledged a non retunrnable £25,000 deposit
for this car which retails at £110,000
Over 100 people attended the finals Night at Pittville School and all were
treated to a wonderful evening of varying grades and performances of
musical pieces. The competition was adjudicated by the Head of Music for
Gloucestershire, Malcolm Pollock who in his own words had a difficult job
in assessing and picking the winners of the three sections,
Junior, Intermediate and Senior classes.
As a club we actively support the Star College, helping at their Annual Fete.
This year one of our members, Senior Vice President John Holder - who is also the
College Chaplain - volunteered his services to be rescued by the Newfoundland Rescue Dogs,
raising hundreds of pounds inthe process. We managed the car parks to make sure everything
went smoothly
Race For Life - July 2009 Now in our fifth year of Setting Up and Marshalling this very worthwhyile cause.
2009 saw 4300 women walk the 5Km Course laid out on Cheltenham racecourse. A day without
incident and thousands of pounds raised for Cancer Research
Link to the Web Album -
Fiesta in theParkJuly 2009 An opportunity to join with Cheltenham Rotary Club and showcase the Shelter Box resource, which is used in the event of large scale emergencies
throughout the world. Rotary often gets to distressed and needy families
very quickly an the contents of a Shelter Box can help a homeless family exist
for 6 months. More information http://www.shelterbox.org/index.asp
Membership Evening - July 2009
As our International President John Kenny has a theme of "The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands" Sunrise held
a Membership evening to a) Celebrate the Opening of a Re-furbished Lansdown Inn and b) to encourage invited
guests to find out more about the background and activities of Sunrise. The event was very well attended and a
great evening was enjoyed by over 50 guests. The food was provided by the hotel management and there was a
sports auction and a fun casino table for people to play for a prize.
Link to the Web Album
Malvern Walk - July 2009
This most enjoyable function is now becoming an annual event during the month of July and again in 2009
we had a beautiful day. Thanks again to Jeff and Hilary Thoroghgood for providing a great breakfast, magnificanet
hospitality and both a challenging and leisurely walk on the beautiful Malvern Hills. Lunch was taken in the local pub with
scrumptious puds with coffee at Jeff and Hilary's after the walk
