Paul Harris Fellowship award - Rtn Ernie Cox
Named after our founder, the Paul Harris Fellowship award marks outstanding service to Rotary or to the community and the club makes a donation to the Rotary Foundation in recognition of each award presented. At our Xmas meeting on December 19th, President Roger Williams presented Amwell Rotary Club member Ernie Cox with a Paul Harris Fellowship award in recognition of his tireless service to Rotary over the past 30 or so years.
President Roger and Ernie are pictured opposite. To see the look on Ernie's face when the award was announced, visit the club's news blog HERE
RYLA presentation
We were delighted to welcome James Williamson to our meeting on December 12th. James sucessfully completed the Rotary Youth leadership Awards weekend at RAF Henlow earlier this year and gave us very impressive talk on his experiences.
The photograph opposite shows James being presented with his RYLA certificate by Club President Roger Williams.
You can find out more about RYLA and the work we do under the heading New Generations HERE
Ware Dickensian Evening 2011
This year's event took place on Friday December 2nd.
You can see a few photos from the evening HERE.
The Ware Firework Display
Despite fears of heavy rain on Bonfire Night, the weather stayed fine, if a little foggy, and the Ware Fireworks Display was once again very successful, attracting a record crowd of 5400.
The event is organised by the 3 Rotary Clubs that meet in Ware - Ware, Amwell and Hertford Shires and all the money raised goes to charities supported by the 3 clubs. This year, the total amount raised is expected to be around £12,000 and Herts Air Ambulance will be a major beneficiary. It's great to be able to put on an event like this, which is so clearly enjoyed by our local community, while raising significant sums for good causes.
We would like to thank our event sponsor, GlaxoSmithKline, who have generously supported the event for several years, and also local businesses, Moffatt Saunders and Neelakash restaurant. Also thanks to all those who provided help on the night with marshalling, to ensure the large crowd of adults and youngsters could enjoy the fireworks in safety.
Everyone attending the event was given a numbered flyer on entry. If you have the flyer bearing the lucky number 3852, you have won a free overnight stay for two in the luxury Marriott Hanbury Manor hotel.
Call 01920 463366 to claim your prize!
You can see a brief video of the bonfire opposite . Click HERE for a video of part of this year's display
Other updates for December 2011
Diary dates up to February 2012 can be found HERE
The latest copy of the Amwell Spring can be found HERE
Buy your Ink Cartridges via Amwell Rotary Club
We can directly order compatible replacement printer cartridges for any consumer computer printer from the largest manufacture in the UK. You will save on your running costs by about 20-30%, fully guaranteed. The club makes a profit for its charity account on the retail margin so everybody gains!
Click HERE for more details.
