The Rotary Club of Arbury 

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February 26^th 2010

PRESIDENT  DAVID  HELPS
at
 POLIO ERADICATION  INITIATIVE
in  Lucknow, Uttah Pradesh, Northern India

February 6/7^th 2010

David linked up with local Rotarians and other volunteers for a Polio awareness Rally and National Immunisation Days on February 6/7^th.  This is in India’s largest state and most crowded with a population of 190 million.  On these days 67 million children can be vaccinated across India.  Because the problem is still so great every child gets the drops 5 times and when the children get vaccinated their fingers are marked with purple colour.

During his stay is in India David will also be visiting Mumbai and Delhi where he will be staying with friends experiencing life in these very crowded Cities for short periods.

HAITI  SHELTERBOX  APPEAL
23rd January 2010

When the news of the Haiti disaster broke the Rotary Club of Arbury provided two shelterboxes to be dispatched immediately.

Upon hearing about this the Mayor of Nuneaton & Bedworth Tom Wilson gave his backing to the project.  He urged the people of Nuneaton to support the Rotary Shelterbox Appeal to help relieve the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti.

A collection held on Saturday 23 January in the Market Place of Nuneaton town centre was supported most generously and it means two more shelter boxes are now on their way

PRESIDENT  DAVID prepares
 for his POLIO PLUS  mission to India

David is among a party of 34 Rotary volunteers travelling to the historic city of Lucknow in North East India on 2 February to take part in a National Immunisation Day  (NID) in the effort to eradicate polio from the world.

David  says ‘The target is to immunise over two days 157million children aged under five years. As you can imagine an army of volunteers, including local Rotarians and health staff, are required to participate in this massive undertaking. It’s a real community effort requiring a huge publicity campaign beforehand to tell people about the NID.’

‘We live in a global village. What is India’s problem today, could become our problem tomorrow. We must pledge our support to the dedication and commitment of the people involved in eradicating polio.’

NEW CLUB MEMBERS
21st January 2010

President David Clayfield welcomes two new Club members.  In the photograph Judith Ptohopoulos is on the left with her sponsor Don Bunney  and Yunus Khan is on the right together with his sponsor Roger Coopey.

MAYOR'S  VISIT
14th January 2010

The Mayor of Nuneaton and Bedworth Councillor Tom Wilson and his wife Sonja visited the club on 14 January and he spoke about his charitable appeal  and experiences during his mayoral year.

NUNEATON SWITCHES ON
5th December 2009

One of many young visitors to see  SANTA  on our stall in Queens Road.

MATCHING GRANT PROJECT
November 2009

The Rotary Foundation has approved the Matching Grant application submitted by the Rotary Club of Arbury and the Rotary Club of Rajahmundry River City, District 3020.  The Award is to help to provide two motor vans for the distribution of food to schools in the Rajahmundry District, East Godavari, Andra Pradesh, India.



The Iskcon Temple Food Relief Foundation prepares the midday meals for about 19,000 school children in the Rajahmundy area and need the extra two vans (similar to the ones below) for efficient distribution of the food and for future extension of the scheme.

NEW CLUB MEMBERS
24th September 2009

President David Clayfield and District Governor Lorna Beedham welcome two new Club members.  In the photograph Rob Erskine is on the left with his sponsor Dick Sharrott  and Andrew Porter is on the right together with his sponsor John Mills.

CHEQUE PRESENTATIONS
20th August 2009

Money raised, in association with The Rotary Club of Arbury, by three local dance studios, Nuneaton Dancentre, Tracy Porter School of Dance and Judith Vardy Studios of Performing Arts, has been presented by Club President David Clayfield to the Neil Porter Fund in memory of Neil who was fatally injured in a car crash.  On behalf of family the cheque was collected by Miss Susan Porter. 

Donna Stokes, from the British Heart Foundation, receives a cheque for £500 from Club President David Clayfield.  The money was raised from a very successful dance show held at the Civic Hall in Bedworth. DANCE X 3 was presented by the Rotary Club of Arbury in association with Nuneaton Dancentre, Tracy Porter School of Dance and Judith Vardy Studios of Performing Arts.  The evening was an outstanding success and performed by 170 young dancers to a very appreciative audience.

Clive Knight, the Chairman of the Rotary Club of Arbury Community Service Committee presents Emma Breeze, a 21 years old Honours Graduate in Dance, with an I pod to assist her in becoming established as a Community Dance Artist.  She is working within Nuneaton and Warwickshire teaching groups of people in Care Homes, Disability Centres and Community Centres who would not normally get the chance to dance.

Emma says “My sessions in all of these community groups work with disabled adults and the elderly, I lead them through a variety of exercises which involve lots of different styles of music and the use of different props such as scarves, balls, parachutes, bubble machines and feathers.  I am really inspired when I teach these people, as they really do love to dance, the benefits for each individual are also very apparent.  Each week the individual grows in confidence as their mobility increases.”

She is currently looking for more local groups like these to teach

DAVID TAKES THE REINS
2nd July 2009

David Clayfield, a Consultant Traffic Engineer, is the new President of the Arbury Club having taken over from Dick Sharrott at a special handover ceremony held  at Weston Hall Hotel.

David said he was looking forward to his year in the top role and that he would be supported by Don Bunney, a well known retired shop keeper, who will be the Vice President.

 The first contact that David had with Rotary International was in 1980 when he was selected to take part in a six week Group Study Exchange Visit to Australia.  He was sponsored on this trip by the Rotary Club of Arbury.  This proved to be a defining moment in his career and led to further exchanges with Australian colleagues that he met during the visit.  Several years ago when the opportunity arose he became a member of Arbury Rotary Club and his enthusiasm has widened the horizons and opened new avenues of service for the Club.

David has travelled widely abroad in his work and this may give us the opportunity to link up with Rotary Clubs in India to facilitate the delivery of food and education to children in impoverished areas.