We will actively promote the Club’s service projects and activities to raise e the level of awareness of the public and how they can help us to help others."
Relay for Life 2010
Hundreds fo people are needed for the success of the event that raised a final figure of £150,000 last year for Cancer Research (UK) Scotland.
Why not get your friends together and enter a team that can raise money that will fight and conquer the disease that has been a scourge on mankind, together we can do it.
If you can help, please do contact us at email: events@ekrotary.co.uk
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QUIZ EVENING
Twenty one teams participated in the quiz held at East Kilbride Golf Club on 20 November 2009 in aid of the Rotary Christmas Toy appeal.
The quizmaster, Ronnie Watson, set them seven challenging rounds of questions including two pictorial rounds, and from the start the eventual winners and runners-up were to the fore. Halfway through a buffet was served which allowed the raffle, which raised almost £300, to be drawn by the President's wife, Moira Porrelli. This break let competitors' brains to cool., but in the second half the pressure increased and the field started to open out as some teams quietly succumbed to the tough questions, and others cheered when they answered a difficult question correctly.
While the final round and overall totals were checked by the markers, Irene Watson, Jean Harvie and Richard Deacon several prizes were auctioned by Ronnie Watson who managed to cajole over £400 from the teams and his wife Irene, who fought tenaciously to win the signed Ally McCoist picture.
The prizes were then presented, starting with the team who had most to learn, Kittoch Wanderers, which was led by Raymond Lyon from Kittoch R C. The runners-up with 97 points were Confused.Com but five points ahead on 102 was Jesus College, Cumbernauld who were presented with their prizes by Past President Jim Moretti, who had organised the evening assisted by Ben Miloudi.
Jim thanked everybody for attending and asked the teams to express their thanks to Ronnie and his assistants for their tremendous effort which had allowed East Kilbride R C to raise £950. This would be used to buy presents for over 300 children in the town, who would otherwise get nothing at Christmas.
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2009 Christmas Ward Decorations on the 13th Dec. at Hairmyers Hospital the following East Kilbride Rotarians gave of their time to get ward 16 ready for Christmas; George McGraw, Jim Anderson, David Brown, Ben Miloudi, Roddy Shanks and Brian Wood
Ian with his winning tie
Ian collecting his prize
Another Iain and an a nearly winner
Our Christmas Tie Competition
The money raised by the Club at their Quiz Night on the 20th November was sufficient to purchase many presents. Ben Miloudi, Jim Moretti, G Mcgraw andTom Wilson.
were involved in the transportation of these items.
Moira Bell of South Lanarkshire Social Work Department thanked EK Rotary and Chesapeake for their help.
She was "delighted with the presents" and was "really excited about delivering them to the families".
TOYS FOR KIDS APPEAL 2009
Burns Lunch
On the 22nd of January 2010 members of the Club who attended their Annual Burns lunch were given a treat when Past President of the Bridgeton Burns Club Eddie Meek gave the Immortal Memory this of course had been preceded by the piping in of the haggis by Rotarian Piper and Club Vice Pesident Roddy Shanks.After the piping of the haggis Bill Rodger got to his feet and gave an excellent rendering of the "Address to the Haggis"after which the haggis was duly toasted. The Vote of thanks on behaf of those present was given by Past Club President Edwin Robertson.
Christmas Decorations at Hairmyers Hospital
American Ambassadorial Student Autumn Keller-Hicks from Indiana USA charmed all of the East Kilbride Rotarians at their Friday lunch on the 12th of February. Autumn, who has been sponsored by the Rotary Club of Williamsport that operates in the town of Attica, in the State of Indiana with a population of 3,300. District 6560 supported her application and Autumn was awarded a scholarship for one year to study Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art. Part of this Scholarship is that students must visit Local Rotary clubs within the area they are studying in and relate their experiences in their studies
Speaking to the club members she conducted herself in a true ambassadorial manner giving a detailed report on the township and surrounding area from which she came. In the picture we see John McCafferty Past President on the left With Autumn in the centre and on her right Mr Stand in chairman for the day Leslie Irvine.
Ambassadorial Student
Ian Reid is a retired Head of Upper School and English teacher from Airdrie who taught at Claremont High School and various other educational schools throughout Lanarkshire. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Scottish literature and a real love of the Scottish language and spoken word as well as the country itself.
On the 28th of February he spoke to a very enthused audience of Rotarians who listened intently to his everyword, some of which was understood very well but alas some of his words fell by the wayside by the recipient Rotarians but never the less the speaker took time to explain what these Guid Scots words meant a superb speaker who was not stuck for his words!!!!