Cookstown fundraising focus on Pakistan and Lough Neagh


Rotary Club of Dublin Viking celebrate 30th Anniversary


A total of 67 people attended dinner in Elm Park Golf Club to celebrate Dublin Vikingʼs 30th Anniversary.


Included among the guests were Past DG Joe Flood and his wife, Marie. Thirty years ago PDG Joe decided to celebrate seventy‑five years of Rotary by forming a new Club in Dublin and so Viking was born. Joeʼs late brother Phil Flood was the first President of Dublin Viking. Also present were DG Wes and DG Nominee Verity.


All in all, there were twenty Past presidents of Viking present and of these twelve are still members of the club.


A minuteʼs silence was observed for our deceased Past Presidents, Phil Flood (1980), Don Bailey (1987), David Little (1992), also past members Steve Malone our first Secretary , and John Daly who died very recently.


Lough Neagh Rescue Coxwain and Training Officer, Stephen Ryan accepting a Cheque from Cookstown Rotary Club President Paul Creighton.


Cookstown Rotary Club has proved once again that it is one of the leading Rotary Clubs in Ireland when it comes to fundraising and supporting good causes. In recent months the club launched a fundraising appeal to support those people affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The club aimed to raise some funds to purchase shelterboxes to send to the devastated area. Cookstown Rotary has an excellent track record of buying Shelterboxes and the Club was aware that the Rotary charity had a response team in Haiti. The response to the fundraising effort was phenomenal and to date Cookstown Rotary has raised over £25,000. This has allowed the club to purchase over 50 shelterboxes, and such was the success of the fundraising efforts, Ulster Television highlighted the efforts of Cookstown Rotary Club on the UTV evening news.


While the Haiti appeal received extraordinary support, Cookstown Rotary Club has also carried out additional fundraising over the summer months with a view to supporting local groups and charities. The recent charity golf day was a


great success with over £5,500 raised, the proceeds of which will go to various local charities and Rotary Foundation.


The annual May Ball, one of the highlights in the Rotary Clubʼs calendar, was once again a resounding success with approximately £8,000 raised. The main beneficiary from the May Ball was Lough Neagh Rescue, a 24‑hour lifeboat service operating throughout Lough Neagh. Cookstown Rotary Club has an outstanding record of service both locally and internationally and as recent fundraising efforts testify, the club continues to go from strength to strength. Following the devastating floods in Pakistan, Cookstown Rotary Club recently launched a fundraising appeal which is ongoing. The UN says Pakistan's worst flooding in nearly a century has affected more than four million people and left at least 1,600 dead with charities scrambling to get aid to the worst affected regions. All funds raised through the Cookstown Rotary appeal will be used to purchase items such as water filtration devices and life straws, to be sent immediately to the devastated area.


It’s the Sapphire Five at Navan


DG Wes gave a lovely speech highlighting how much Viking had achieved in helping at local, national and international level during the past 30 years, both through fundraising and personal activities, and also sounded a warning about the critical importance of recruiting new members so that Rotary would continue otherwise it would just fade away.


He presented our President Tom with the Presidential citation for year ended July 2010 which he said was very well deserved by Viking . President Tom gave a short address describing some of our Clubʼs current activities, and finished by presenting Honorary Membership to Past President Terry Woods.


The evening was an unqualified success and the many past members that attended were delighted to meet up with old friends and to see the Club in such rude health.


Christmas hampers delivered


Pictured at the Rotary Club of Navans 30th Anniversary where 5 Founder members who are still active members today were presented with Sapphire Pins. Pictured l to r: Rot Joe Keappock, Rot John Niolan, Rot Fred Kenny, Dist. Gov. Tom Murphy, President Robin Byrne, Rot Christopher Oakes, Fonsie McEntagart and Rot Willie O'Brien‑Lynch.


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Members of The Rotary Club of Donaghadee took time out from their Christmas charity collection activities to attend their weekly meeting. The meeting was held at its usual venue “Gordonʼs Wine Bar” in “The Stables” Groomsport. President Richard Caldwell brought the members up to date on their Christmas fund raising activities. He informed them that 40 Christmas food hampers (prepared by the members) had been handed over to Bryson House Charity Group in Newtownards. The hampers will be distributed to deserving recipients through the auspices of Bryson House Neighbourly Care, Home from Hospital and Family Support.


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