The Epsom and Ewell Borough Fun Day!

We had a great day helping out at the Epsom and Ewell Borough Family Fun Day with Epsom Rotary Associates, Barclays Epsom Branch employees, Epsom Rotary Club and Rotary Club of Ewell!

2014/15 Rotaract Year

2014/15 has been a fantastic year for Epsom Rotaract - 3 new members, nearly £3,000 (so far) raised for our club charity and lots of brilliant socials and community events!

Volunteering at Race for Life Event at Epsom Downs Racecourse - 28/06/2014

We had a really fun time volunteering at the Cancer Research UK Race for Life Event at Epsom Downs Racecourse. 

Epsom Riding for the Disabled Working Group - 11/10/2014

We had a very rewarding morning at Epsom Riding for the Disabled (http://www.epsomrda.org.uk/)clearing the perimeter bund with Rotarians from Epsom and Ewell.

2013/14 Rotaract Year

2013/14 has been a great year for Epsom Rotaract - 4 new members, nearly £4,900 (so far) raised for our two charities and lots of brilliant socials and community events!

Volunteering at Race For Life at Epsom Downs - 29/06/2014

Volunteers from Epsom Rotaract attended the 5 and 10K races on the Epsom Downs for the 2014 Race For Life event!

Cheam Village Fair 2014 - 26/05/2014

On Bank Holiday Monday it was Cheam Village Fair and we were there to help Cheam Rotary out with some of the stalls.

Epsom Riding for the Disabled Association Working Party - 17/05/2014

Phil and Helen joined Epsom Rotary and Ewell Rotary for a Working Party at Epsom Riding for the Disabled Association (http://www.epsomrda.org.uk/)

Slindon Conservation Weekend - 14/03/2014- 16/03/2014

 It was the return once again of a great tradition! Slindon 2014! With new challenges ahead!

Mystery Guest at First Club Meeting of 2013/14 - 02/07/2013

New Club President John arranged for a mystery guest from the club's past to attend the first meeting of the new Rotaract year. But who was it?

The Offical Epsom Rotaract Poster! 05/06/2013

Here it is. It has been in existence for quite a while, but never....online. Until now! Ooooo. Club member Phillip requested that it be put online so that he can share a link about Rotaract with his work colleagues and friends. Following the lead of our Meetup and Facebook pages here it is on our official  blog!

Rainbow Trust Presentation 19/03/2013

We invited Lorraine Rudge, the Rainbow Trust’s  Community Fundraising Manager to one of our club meeting to hear more about the Rainbow Trust’s work and to present her with a cheque for £2,000 raised from our fundraising.

 

Slindon Conservation Weekend – 15/03/13 – 17/03/13

On the morning of 15th March 9 of us set off bound for Slindon on the South Downs for what would turn out to be an action packed weekend full of rain showers and sunshine. Welcome to Britain! Despite the rain our spirits were not dampened (excuse the pun).

Blood Donation at Bourne Hall 25/11/2012

What do you want from me, blood? Well, yes. Epsom Rotaract club members Katie and John attended a blood donation session at Bourne Hall.

The ultimate community event, John and Katie donated their plasma to help those who may need it in the future. Katie was donating for an 18th time and John for his 1st.

Present wrapping for Samaritans Purse 10/11/2012

It was time once again for our annual present wrap/pub lunch! The idea is that we fill decorated shoe boxes with appropriate gifts to be sent as a Christmas present to disadvantaged children around the world. The boxes are filled with toys, games, suitable useful items for either boys or girls within a specific age bracket.

The shoe box scheme is organised by www.samaritanspurse.org  and is known as Operation Christmas Child.

Epsom & Ewell Borough Fun Day 29/09/2012

 On Saturday the 29th September Epsom and Ewell Rotary Club jointly organised a celebration of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s 75th birthday with a Family Fun Day at Hook Road Arena, with around 6000 local residents and children attending and Epsom Rotaract were there to lend a hand.  



 

Operation Christmas Child - Shoe Box Filling & Pub Lunch 12/11/2011

Operation Christmas Child is cause spearheaded by Samaritan's Purse (http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/). The basic premise is simple - buy presents for the children and place them in empty shoeboxes. The boxes then get wrapped up and sent to wrapped them in the Rising Sun pubs function room. As a thank you afterwards we then had a lunch at the pub. Well done to everyone who took part!

Pitsop Decorating Project 08/10/2011 Day one

The Epsom Community Project Group (Epsom Rotaract, Ewell Rotary, Epsom Rotary and other volunteers) moved on to their next project, this time in Leatherhead for Pitstop. Pitstop is A day-time drop-in centre for the homeless, unemployed & socially isolated and further details can be accessed from their web site as below:

http://pitstop.btck.co.uk/

Epsom Rotaract Marshalling for Race For Life Epsom Downs 26/06/2011

Epsom's local women recently came together on the Epsom Downs area to walk, jog or run 5k or 10k in helping to beat cancer. How was at the finishing line to give out medals and water? Volunteers from Epsom Rotary and Rotaract of course!

Epsom Rotary Strictly (But Not Too Strictly) Come Dancing Evening 21/05/2011



Oh my God, Anthony's dancing!

 

 

Epsom Rotary recently staged an entertaining ballroom dancing-themed fundraiser at Riddel Memorial Hall in Tadworth. A brief ballroom lesson opened the evening. Most of the room went into couples and learnt some basic dance steps. In a landmark moment, the normally dance averse club Rotaract president Anthony took to the floor with Ellie!