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2023 ROTARY & AYRSHIRE COASTAL PATH BEACH CLEAN
The big annual beach clean takes place over up to twenty beaches on the Ayrshire Coast. Most of these are managed and led by Ayr Rotary Club/Ayrshire Coastal Path but other beaches are organised by the Rotary Clubs of Prestwick and Alloway, and a diverse range ...
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Those who thought there might be some free samples handed out were disappointed; but not so with this entertaining account of his 15 years as a geologist in South African goldfields by fellow-Rotarian Dougall Fraser (Loudoun RC).
Gold was first discovered in sufficiently large quantities to warrant mining in the late ...
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It’s that time of year again and it couldn’t be avoided! Willie Stewart’s traditional Christmas Quiz (or “guessing game” as it should really be titled) was as fiendishly difficult as ever and it was evident in his introduction that he took a malevolent delight in inflicting this annual mental torture once ...
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Robert Blackwood and Jasper receiving a Treasure Chest donation for £250 from Ayr Rotary Club President Bob Cherry at the Savoy Park Hotel recently. Feeling humbled by Robert’s spirit, just doesn’t come close to how we felt.
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New member, Allan McFarlane was enrolled by President Bob Cherry during a recent meeting earlier this month. As a recently retired Retail Bank Director, Allan has returned to his Ayrshire roots after having spent many years in various UK locations. He will join the Treasure Chest committee
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During our Trolley Dash event at Morrisons Supermarket, Ayr, the generous people of Ayrshire bought an amazing £650 of £1.00 tickets with which we were able to buy vouchers for the Salvation Army food bank in Ayr
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At a recent visit to Newton Primary School, Ayr Rotary Club donated a £3000 cheque to their coffers which will be put to good use by helping the community at large
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The amazingly generous people of Ayrshire donated a total of £650 by buying £1.00 tickets to enter the Morrisons Trolley Dash. All proceeds raised by Ayr Rotary Club are going to the local Salvation Army Food Bank. The winner, Stephen Drummond, a chef from Ayr and father of three, planned his dash with precision. ...
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At our Tuesday evening meeting, we were delighted to have Claire Burden, Chief Executive of NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
Claire began her career as a practicing paramedic with the East Anglian Ambulance Service. She took up her first operational management post as associate director for Unscheduled Care with Cambridgeshire ...
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