Some recent updates
Rambling on....the next club walk is planned to start in Whitchurch High Street (north of the Pangbourne Toll Bridge) on Wednesday 13 April at 11:00 AM. It is aligned parallel to the north of the Thames, starting along a quiet road, then leading along paths and through meadows to Cafe Pierreponts in goring for lunch at 12:30. The idea is to walk towards Goring station immediately after lunch to buy a £3.20 train ticket through the machine and board a half hourly service to Pangbourne. It is a short walk from Pangbourne Station to the car park. TGhe walk is 6km and more details can be found here>. Please remeber to confirm your participation and menu preference to Bob.
For music lovers... one of our gifted musicians will be particiapting in the orchestra of this concert agt the Town Hall. Members and their friends can request some balcony tickets from Bill and, in return, make a proportionate donation to Rotary for RI’s Ukraine Appeal.
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Step by Step...Gordon Pope who spoke to us recently about this worthwhile charity to help prevent youth homelessness has provided this report to compliment his presentation. More details from their website https://www.stepbystep.org.uk/
Ukraine... of course we are all affected and devastated by the awful events happening in Ukraine. There are several initiatives to help the Ukranian people by Rotary and others. This photo was taken at the enmd of February in a Ukrainian church The woman to the right of Prince Charles called Lesya is the organiser of the run to Ukraine.
Her brother Pagojute owns the lorry and drives down to Poland and his father drives it into Ukraine from Poland
Flak jackets, helmets, walkie talkies, infra red camera, bullet proof jackets, tourniquets medical supplies will be on the lorry. The amount raised by RRC members is £735 to date.
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Purple for Polio... continuing to celebrate the success of the Rotary International campaign to eradicate polio throughout the world teh Reading Rotary club created another bed of purple crocuses to mark the achievement, this one in Forbury Gardens. [image:image-2]