Rotary International
Rotary International is the world's first
service club organisation, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs
worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and
internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide
education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto
“Service Above Self”.
The Rotary Club of Ballycastle
The Rotary Club of Ballycastle was
chartered in 2011 and became the 75th Rotary Club in Ireland. So far
through a variety of fundraising events we have made sizeable donations to Good
Morning Ballycastle, NI
Cancer Fund for Children and the Ballycastle MS Centre. New Generation
competitions such as the
Rotary Youth Leadership programme has helped highlight some fantastic young
talent in the area.
This
year we hope to raise even
more money for causes local and further afield and have received several
expressions of interest from local causes we hope to help. So far in 2012 we have hosted a Night at the
Races and a Charity Breakfast. We have
been involved with Greenlight Gateway in conjunction with their Jubilee Garden
and we had an evening in the Concern shop where our members donated some items
for the shop. We also initiated the
Spirit of Moyle Awards and in this, its first year, we are delighted by the
response. We hope to announce the winners in the next few weeks.
The
Club depends on community support to help make each of its fundraising events a
success and is always open to new members who think their input could make a
difference. Our meetings are friendly and reasonably informal. Generally a
mixture of club business with occasional guest speakers, project planning and
of course a social aspect as well! Meetings are held at 7.30pm on Tuesdays in
the Central Bar, Ballycastle. If you feel that Ballycastle Rotary Club could
benefit from your input, then please come along and join us.
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