Dictionary Presentations..

Two Schools now have received their Dictionaries at their year 6 leavers ceremonies and assemblies, a Wonderful welcome has been received by the,
Two More Schools next week and a huge step towards Literacy abilities in Brynmawr.

last nights assembly

Was Brilliant ...well Done President Elect David and Thanks to PDG Roy Blacker for doing the assembly for AG Rob Morrison..we look forward to a brilliant year under Davids care.

THE AGM AND CLUB ASSEMBLY

Tonight is a busy night...AGM.....meal and the the Club Assembly..
lots of reports and plans ahead...

Tuesday 25th May

Good Meeting in Club. Lunch was good too.
Poor President Elect David is still not very well and is in a lot of pain bless him. We send out best wishes David.
Getting plans in place for the Clubs AGM next week followed by the Club Assembly. So a busy week ahead for us all.

We are of to see the.........................

Okay not the wizard....but she is with us....

DGE Donna is of to Plymouth and as some of us are on her team of volunteers two of us are going with her.

Haydn and Christine are traveling with Donna, David was coming but he is still recouperating from his operation.

We are off to see the place where the House of Freindship is to be so we can start planning whilst Donna has meetings....all fun in Rotary and you get to travel, the yellow brick rd!...OK the M4 AND M5!!!!

I will have to tell you if we find a heart, courage and a brain along the way later! But so long as we find Plymouth that wont be so bad!

A brilliant day finished of with a well deserved seat on the hoe and an icecream.

District Assembly Swansea Metropolitian University

It was the annual trip to Swansea to hear the incoming D.G tell us their story....this year was a bit different the DGE was a woman....and secondly she comes from our club!...we will tell her how she did on Tuesday at Club!!!

A really warm sunny day when we should ahve been outside on the beach instead of inside learning new things...but new things learnt means we cna help otehrs in need whenever we can.

The Pontllanfriath club celebrated a wonderful evening celebrating  25 years of service. President Bob and the club celebrated in style and we all had a superb night at the Maes Manor
Founder member Alans overview of the club's activities during the past 25 years was fun and funny and Foundation Trustee David  Morgan was the main speaker and he highlighted how the End Polio Campaign is doing well. Three local young ladies provided a musical entertainment which was wonderful.

as well as all that the night was a rightly time to make a member of their club a Paul Harris Fellow and he was totally shocked and didn't know it was to be that night....but he was delighted.

My Club Committees Night

I was delighted to spend a lovely evening of dishing out money to other charities tonight and the discussions on what we are doing. Planning is so important and we have been doing that, considering the future and how we go ahead with membership as well as the normal activities. David has the Club Assembly in two weeks time so we are all trying to see what we will be doing then.
A nice buffet eaten whilst we share fellowship and friendly banter..what a wonderful club we are part of.

20th April 2010 - Committees.

Committees Evening and a new potential member joining us to see what we do and what we plan, he had some really good ideas and input. Hopefully our friendly banter meant he enjoyed our company as much as we enjoyed his.

Plans are now in place for the primary school year 6's to receive their Dictionaries from us and dates have been made to do the presentations.Lifestraw and the new models are on the way and new storage facilities are in palce int he two primary schools, ST Marys Cof W school and St Marys Catholic School.We are so pleased that they are wanting to be involved in the project.

Handover planned and sorted ready for Davids installation...but overall the team being ready to continue in the good work that Christine has been doing.

What a Year we have had so far and the plans for the next seem great too...a small club doing great things in ensuring the future of the organisation locally is being looked after...and having fun whilst doing just that.

Zone 7 Young Musician Final

Tonight the RC of Brynmawr hosted the Zone 7 final of the Young Musician final, a wonderful evening of talented young people performing some wonderful pieces.

Haydn Jeffreys one our own members had worked so hard making this a great night and it was made better by our contestant winning the competition, he now goes onto the District final in Swansea on May the 8th...

Well done all and thanks also to Brynmawr Foundation School for the use of the school hall.

A very Snowy Brynmawr

Today the weather decided to come back with a vengence...but the strong minded Rotarians from Brynmawr won't be deterred by that! ok so the Golf Club wasn't the meeting place....but off to Presdients Christines to have a home cooked meal and a very good meeting...again with warmth and friendship...business done, agreements on voting at the Business section of the RIBI Conference and more importantly the collection rota for Tescos sorted for Saturdays Thanks for Life collection.

David Dutson our President Elect is visiting the primary schools today [ Weds] with the Wonderful printed story about a little boy who climbs his own Mount Everest as a polio survivor, great idea by the RC of Knighton and we are grateful to be able to make use of this story giving one to each Junior school pupil in Brynmawr,

Whilst visiting the schools David is also introducing the Year 6 Dictionary presentation idea for each yr 6 pupil leaving primary to head of to secondary school.... hope the head teachers like the idea as much as we do, Literate Youngsters is so important and we want to assist where we can.

Meetings for Foundation

Todays meeting was a frugal lunch meeting...soup and a roll....The difference in our meal costs going to Foundation....then the evening found us all at Diane and Haydns home where we all tucked into a 3 course meal complete with choices! Better than a lot of restaurants...and all the proceeds went to Foundation...todays efforts all about food raised £315.00 for RFUK.....well done to all of us...but a Big thankyou to Diane and Hyadn for all their efforts....can't wait for the next one now....

A meeting at Donna's

For this weeks meeting the club and their spouses attended Donna and Steve's Home for a Buffet and meeting, Donna outlined her plans for the DG year which will include the club members and their families...lots to do to assist her and the club and the Family of Rotary all agreed that it was good to hear of the plans and to be able to know what they are expected to be doing...

A lovely meeting and good fellowships...

LifeStraws in Haiti

One of the Rotary Club of Brynmawrs acheivements is the LifeStraw Project which is a tool which provides clean water to those in need...we are pleased to say that through working with LifeBox we have been able to help in Haiti in a direct manner, this exerpt from their web site shows you just what is happening.

We are sending 159 no. LifeBoxes (our complete stock) plus an additional 900 no. Lifestraws, (this makes a total of 1800 no. Lifestraws including those packed in the boxes, enough filtration capacity for 1.25 Million litres of water)

With the help of Virgin Atlantic LifeBox is sending aid to the stricken Haiti. The shipment will be valued at just over £40,000 and will wipe out our complete stock of filled boxes and leave us with only 60 LifeStraws.

Urgent donations are required to help us replenish our stocks.

Every year major natural and manmade disasters affect an average of over 130 million people. Through both disaster and war individuals have lost their possessions, their homes and their families. The majority of disasters happen in the developing world and the frequency of occurrence has increased threefold over the past four decades.

Despite contingencies in place to prepare for them, the necessary resources to help victims are rarely available on the ground in the quantities required when disaster strikes. During the first crucial days, aid organisations are often stretched to the limit. The sudden need for equipment and materials that are not readily available at short notice puts pressure on local infrastructures and limits the ability of relief workers to respond effectively.

When a disaster strikes, people need necessities like access to potable water, food, clothes, and a place to stay. They need essential supplies, basic tools and the many things it takes to rebuild their lives.

Rotary International offers this immediate aid requirement by providing their LifeBox.

The LifeBox is filled with 72 items of tools, clothes, blankets, babycare/hygeine items, toys and classroom materials and is available for both hot and cold climates with the contents lists specifically tailored by the Red Cross, each box providing vital aid for adults and children. Most importantly in each box we place six LifeStraws, kindly donated by the Rotary Club of Brynmawr LifeStraw Project [FiltaStraw- name now changed to recognise the charity name now used ].

Today is another Historical event for the RC of Brynmawr

Today we use another way of letting the world know what we do.....and what do we do?