Halloween Bring a Dish Night 29/10/2011

Spooky snacks and devilish delights were the order of the day on this night. Ellie invited us round to her flat for a Halloween tour de force. There was pumpkin soup, Halloween decor,  Helena's scary DVDS (we watched Silence of the Lambs), pumpkin carving, scary jelly, plenty of grub and sparklers! There was even an appearance from Ellie's jittery Guinea pet pigs Ruby and Lily.

Pitsop redecorating Project Day 2 22/10/2011

Here's a quick word from Epsom Rotarian Tony Axelrod on day two of the project at Pitstop attended by Rotaractors (http://pitstop.btck.co.uk/):

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/

Computer Presentation at The Children's Trust 08/10/2011

The £1326 raised from our race night this year has been put to good use. It went towards Lifelites which provides electrical equipment for children with learning difficulties. Said equipment can then be used for learning and leisure, playing a big part in making the children independent and involved in fun activities.

John, Andy and Chris win big at the Penny Black Quiz!

John, Andy and Chris (aka 'Bernard Cribbin's Disco Posse') won £324 after winning the jackpot question and picking envelope number 9 at the Penny Black Quiz in Leatherhead on 29/09/11! . The question was "How many times a year do the French have sex?" We put 156 and the answer was 137.

Sailing Trip in Southampton 23-25/09/2011

NB: This blog is normally compiled by John Bishop, Membership and Publicity officer for Epsom Rotaract. On this occasion however, new club member Simon (who sailed with Anthony, Rob and Wendy) has provided his own 'captains eye view' of this event (photos by Anthony):

Sailing Trip in Southampton Weekend 1 - 9-11/09/2011

All aboard! Swanick Marina in Southampton was the setting for an epic club social. New club member Simon came up with the idea for this event. His family own a boat in Southampton and he generously offered to let club members use the boat for a pair of sailing weekends!