For Wine Connoisseurs and Beginners alike!
How good are your taste buds?
Do you know your Merlot from your Malbec, your Chardonnay from your Chenin Blanc?
Join in with friends to test yourself and maybe even find a new favourite tipple!
£20 gets you 5 tasting wines and a cold supper (+soft drinks if you’re a designated driver or just need to refresh your palate)
You can join as teams of six and all proceeds go to our President’s charity, Hearing Dogs, which supports deaf people.
Venue: Harpenden Trust Hall, Southdown Road, Harpenden
Date: Saturday 8 October
Time: 7.30pm
For enquiries or to book email rotaryinharpenden.events@gmail.com
US$60,000 scholarship for post-graduate study
There is currently an amazing opportunity being offered by Rotary District 1260 (Beds, Bucks and Herts) and District 1130 (London).
Each Rotary club in these two districts can put forward one applicant to apply for a grant of up to US$60,000 for a postgraduate student to study in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026.
Lions score again
Harpenden Lions Club chalked up a 12th victory at this year’s Harpenden Quiz of Quizzes, staged by Rotary in Harpenden at St George’s School. The runners-up were Odds and Ends.
As well as giving quizzers a stimulating evening, the event has become noted for its interval hot suppers, produced by the renowned Godfrey’s and served at the quizzers’ tables.
For Shoebox read Friendship Box
Just a few of the many photos we have received from Rotarians in Lviv, a major city in west Ukraine, where our first Friendship Boxes, filled with educational and recreational items, were delivered in time for Christmas to children most affected by the war.