October @ 2010 @ The Rotary Club of Lisburn

Tree of Life

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Tesco and Rotary Club Of Lisburn appeals to Lisburn to help raise £1000,000 this Christmas

The Vice-President of Lisburn Rotary Club, Dale Orr, has appealed to the people of Lisburn to dig deep this year and support the ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign, which is once again being run in partnership with Tesco.

The campaign, which will run from 8th – 22^nd December, aims to raise as much money as possible for a number of local charities – including CLIC Sargent, Motor Neurone, Cancer Research UK and the Children’s Heartbeat Trust.

Following the success of last year’s campaign, when one Rotary Club in Northern Ireland raised over £20,000 at a local Tesco store, the organisation has this year set an ambitious target of £100,000.

The ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign will see a series of 25ft Christmas trees erected at a number of Tesco stores across the province, including the Lisburn store.

Customers at the store will be invited to support one of the two nominated charities by purchasing the relevant charity ribbon, which will then be attached to the tree by representatives from the local club.

Mr Orr said: “I think our motivation for this year’s ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign comes from the opportunity to work with the local community of Lisburn to do something positive over the Christmas period. All help is greatly appreciated, it is giving people the chance to get involved in contributing to local charities.

“Part of Lisburn Rotary’s theme for this year is working ‘with the community, for the community’ and this gives us an excellent opportunity to do exactly that – at a special time of the year.

“Throughout our fundraising events this year we have seen that the generous people of Lisburn have not been put off by the recession – and for that we are very grateful”

Anne Broome, community champion at Tesco Lisburn, said: “We are delighted to be supporting the Lisburn Rotary Club in this year’s ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign.

“Just like Rotary, Tesco is very much at the heart of the local community. We strive to give as much as possible back to the local community and people in need through our annual charity collections, activities organised by the dedicated community champions in each store and larger campaigns such as this.

“The festive season is our busiest time of year, when we will see thousands of shoppers come through our doors everyday. I would appeal to them to give generously to this fantastic cause and really make a difference this Christmas.”

You can donate to the ‘Thank you for Life’ campaign at Tesco Lisburn by purchasing a ribbon for the Christmas tree from Wednesday 8th – Wednesday 22^nd December. For more information, visit www.lisburnrotary.co.uk
Focus on the Crocus

The Mayor Of Lisburn , President Trevor, Foundation Chairman Gary and Committee members at the site of the Crocus planting in Lisburn as part of the Polio Plus campaign

Lisburn Council are supporting the project and have planted some 5000 Crocuses, which should flower in February 2011.

When they flower they should be in the shape of the Rotary Wheel

Seven local Primary Schools are taking part in the project and have also been given Crocus bulbs to plant, along with educational literature about the Polio Plus campaign. Click on this link to view details of Focus on the Crocus (http://www.focusonthecrocus.org/)

To view the planting at Dunmurry Primary School click on link below

http://www.dunmurryprimary.ik.org/news/9419213964.ikml
District 1160 Conference 2010

President Trevor and Janice hosted a large group of Rotarians and their Partners at the District 1160 Conference organised by the Rotary Club of Coleraine at Slieve Russel in September 2010

The Rotary Club of Lisburn were awarded the Trophy for the largest Club delegation at the conference.

The conference was enjoyed by all. Photos of the event are available on the gallery
Installation Of New Members and Visit of Group Study Exchange

President with new members

President Trevor with group study exchange group

On Friday 17th October 2010 the Rotary Club of Lisburn welcomed members of the Group study exchange from District 5050. The group was made up of Team Leader, Debe Franz, William Freitas, Maureen Hari, Julia Nygra, Susan Rai and David Sadler.

On the same day President Trevor installed four new members, Paul Duggan, Robin Irvine, Frank Young and David Alistair ( Not in picture)