Harpenden resident Fran Hocken adds her donation to the many items given by shoppers at Sainsbury’s and destined for the food bank covering Harpenden and St Albans.
Harpenden resident Fran Hocken adds her donation to the many items given by shoppers at Sainsbury’s and destined for the food bank covering Harpenden and St Albans.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s balloon race – the results are now in!
Join in our VIRTUAL Balloon Race for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on 2nd June 2022 and you could win some great prizes!
Representatives of the three charities chosen by Rotary in Harpenden members to be the main beneficiaries of the funds raised by last September’s Classics on the Common receive their cheques from Rotary in Harpenden President Richard Young and Classics Event Manager Liz Jack.
Rotary in Harpenden members, along with Harpenden Lions Club members, collecting donations in aid of Ukraine refugees from travellers at Harpenden Station.
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.
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.
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.
Theo Cowan, the severely handicapped eight-year-old, living in Harpenden, is now pictured in his special wheelchair, paid for with grants from Rotary in Harpenden and The Handicapped Children’s Action Group.