Rotary in Harpenden members, along with Harpenden Lions Club members, collecting donations in aid of Ukraine refugees from travellers at Harpenden Station.
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Debating skills rewarded
A delighted Roundwood Park School team hold the senior cup which they won in the Harpenden heat of the Rotary Youth Speaks competition.
Rotary shoeboxes leave a footprint in Africa
This winter’s Rotary shoeboxes not only carried toys, games, writing materials and toiletries to disadvantaged youngsters and elderly people in central and eastern Europe; they also helped to provide a £2,600 donation to a major water and sanitation project benefiting rural schools in Malawi.
Santa gets a gator
Rotary in Harpenden again supplied the ‘elves’ to accompany Santa as he led the parade along Harpenden’s High Street, ahead of the Lights On ceremony later in the day.
Improving those all-important interviews
After a Covid pause last year, our mock interviews for final-year students have returned.
The interviews aim at giving students a taste of what they may face as they seek a place at university or an apprenticeship.
Classics – back with a bang
It could have been late July, Classics on the Common’s traditional showtime. Instead, owing to Covid, it was late September.
But you wouldn’t have known it. Gleaming classic cars in their hundreds, enthusiastic spectators in their thousands – just as it always is.
Even the weather joined the masquerade, serving up July-like sunshine.
Young Photographer competition creates a buzz
Congratulations to our three successful young photographers, who are all through to the next round of Rotary’s national competition.
Awards for ‘an incredible young man’
Adam Sharp of Roundwood Park School has won this year’s Bill Hewetson Memorial Prize and Rotary Young Citizen Award.
Help for jobhunters
Job hunters were able to get help and guidance from a Rotary webinar.
The webinar, produced by the Rotary Club of Dublin Central, was available without charge.
