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2008 Humber Bridge Half Marathon attracts record number of runners |
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Written by Stewart Heron (Hull)
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
 The Rotary Club of Hull’s 2008 Humber Half Marathon and 2.5 mile Family Fun Run on Sunday 29 June in aid of the local Marie Curie Cancer Care Nursing Service attracted another record entry for both races.
Despite her busy schedule of official engagements, the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull, Councillor Elaine Garland kindly agreed to be the official Starter for both races.
For full details of the winners and next year's marathon visit www.humber-half.org.uk
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“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves." |
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Written by DG Mohammad Ali
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
 Preparation for this new Rotary year started in January of this year when, together with 530 incoming District Governors from all over the world, I attended the Rotary International Assembly in San Diego. Our incoming RI President, D. K. Lee, has clearly stated that the Rotary Emphases will remain unchanged. They are Water, Health & Hunger, Literacy and the Family of Rotary. When choosing our service projects, we do our best to work in ways that will have the most positive, and most lasting, impact. But to ensure a better world for many generations, we must begin by taking care of our youngest generation,  the precious resource of every community. Every child deserves the chance of a healthy life. Unfortunately, everyday, some 30,000 children under the age of five die from preventable causes. When somebody hears of this statistic, he or she can be forgiven for thinking that the number was an error. Unfortunately, it was not. Everyday, around the world, children die needlessly of pneumonia, measles and malaria. Thousands die everyday from lack of the most basic resource: water. And many more die from a combination of factors, in which malnutrition and poverty play major roles. |
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RI President's cheque presentation on behalf of CO2 Offset Trust |
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Written by Peter Sephton
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Sunday, 22 June 2008 |
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 Rotary International's President Wilfred J Wilkinson today presented a check for $2,000 on behalf of the newly formed CO2 Offset Trust, to Fresno Rotary Club's Solar Cooker Project.
The money will be used to set up a Solar Cooking facility in Guatemala that will empower local people to cook without the need for open fires. The Solar Cooker removes the need to collect and burn firewood, provides nutritious food, reduces eye and lung diseases and provides safe drinking water. More details are at Fresno Rotary Club's website at http://www.rotary5230.org/UMAP.asp?FolderID=438 The CO2 Offset Trust - on the web at www.CO2OffsetTrust.com - has been formed by nine Rotary Clubs from around the world to encourage Rotary Club members to offset their CO2 emissions by donating to the Trust, from which Rotary Clubs can draw matching grants for projects that reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions. The Trust has also given $2,000 to Harrogate Rotary Club to plant trees in Nidderdale, an area of outstanding natural beauty, which has become de-forested over the past 100 years. |
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