Events 2019/2020

Events 2020

Winter "OnesieLand" - Truro Late Night Shopping...

Come along and support our "Winter Onesieland" event at our stand for Shelterbox on Late Night Shopping nights in Truro raising funds for "onesies" for children to survive the cold nights in Yemen and Syria.
Boscawen Street, Truro 4.00pm - 9.00pm
9th, 16th and 23rd December

Shelterbox Press Release, Syria

Keep Truro Clean

Thanks to a grant from Cornwall Council, local community chest, we have been able to source loads of litter-picking equipment.

Rotary Shoebox Appeal

Our now annual event - we have packed up a total of 28 shoeboxes all and ready to be sent to families in Eastern Europe.

Thanks to Truro Inner Wheel Club and Britannia Lanes for their support.

Coastal Walk in aid of Cornwall Mind

Www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rotarycluboftruroandevolution.

Our evolution club joined other Rotary Clubs to support an energetic fundraiser for Cornwall Mind. We enjoyed fabulous weather and two great days walking from Porthcothnan to Mawgan Porth and Bedruthan back to Porth, as part of the Big Rotary Coastal Path Challenge. On both occasions the delighted walkers enjoyed a fabulous cream tea at Rotarian, Caroline’s house at Porth and a swim afterwards. We have already raised over £250 but money is still coming in. Please feel free to support us through the fundraising link above.

Coffee Morning for Marie Curie

….. A few days later and a typical British summer! From a sunny Hawaiian evening to a soggy coffee morning for Marie Curie. But doing well in the virtual raffle £150 raised so far!

The Rotary International convention this year was due to be held in sunny Hawaii but has been happening virtually instead. So some Evolution members had a socially distanced Hawaiian themed evening with delicious food and drink.

The weather was also very Hawaiian on the hottest day of the year so far. One of our members put together a fantastic basket of Hawaiian themed toiletries. We are planning to raffle this with friends and family over the next week to raise money for some other local charities

Clean-up at Boscawen Park

Heli Belly!
Along with many others, we gave a donation to the recent "Heli Appeal" for Cornwall's Air Ambulance. Unless your eyesight is amazing, you will not find our name in the underbelly! Well done to their team for this amazing fundraising effort :)
https://cornwallairambulancetrust.org/

Members get nifty and 'nitty
While we continue to meet on zoom, we have found time to support local causes through our creative talents. Some of our members are knitting muffs for those living with dementia to have something to "twiddle", which helps them to remain calm and lest restless. A twiddle muff offers a wonderful means of tactile and visual stimulation.

Want to make one...

"Flushing away poverty, one day at a time".
At the beginning of March we had an interesting presentation on "Toilet Twinning" and officially launched our plan to twin 20 toilets in Truro over 2020 and become a toilet twinning town.

We were therefore delighted to present certificates for our first three toilets to the Dean of Truro Cathedral during the last Sunday morning service before the Covid 19 lockdown, which has rather delayed our plans.

The certificates will be on display in the loos in the Chapter house. Do pop in and see them when you can.

What you've missed 2019......

Riverside Clean Truro - Boscawen Park

With Emma from Beach Guardian, and joined by Redruth Rotarians and friends, we picked up 176 kilos of rubbish from the side of the riverbank in two hours!
What is the Beach Guardian initiative?

Truro Day - Boscawen Park

Saturday 8th September 2019

Celebrating our beautiful City of Truro and promoting "Toilet Twinning". Our Rotary Evolution Club had a stand with some old -fashioned games. We were inviting people to find out about charities we support, including toilettwinning.org

Downtown Abbey - Gala Event

Sunday 15th September 2019 -
In aid of Parkinson's UK
Dressed appropriately, we attended a fabulous Charity Gala Reception with a screening of Downton Abbey, the full length film. Featuring the original principle cast from the acclaimed television series, we enjoyed the cinematic event of the year. The television series Downton Abbey followed the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who worked for them at the turn of the 20th century in an Edwardian English country home.

A perfect way to fundraise for a great cause!

Dragon Boat Racing

August 18th 2019
In aid of Shelterbox and Air Ambulance
We enjoyed a fantastic time racing against gig rowers and other punters like ourselves! We ended up finishing half way through the line-up. Pretty good for our first efforts. We are already planning for next year!
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-portal/fundraiserPage?pageId=1078392

Moonlight Memory Walk

30th March 2019
In aid of Children's Hospice Southwest.This has become a popular event for our Rotary members to take part in and we are always happy to raise funds for this cause,