Wessex Mead (Trowbridge) Rotary Club

The Wessex Mead 8^th Annual Bavarian Night dominated March for the Rotarians at Wessex Mead, most members were either bringing guests to enjoy the fun, or working at the event.Several of us dressed in not quite traditional Bavarian outfits spent the evening serving the guests with not quite traditional beer and food, whilst Karl’s Bavarian Brass started the party with not quite traditional music at 8pm and blew their last note at 11.30!  Caroline Smyth and her committee organized a really entertaining evening and over £1300 was raised.  This money will go towards Alzheimer's Support South West and the Wessex Mead Charity for a mobile health clinic for Street Children in Indonesia.

The world wide project ‘Thanks for Life – Polio Eradication’ dominated February for Wessex Mead Rotarians.  But we did find time to have some fun this month by means of a pub of the quarter and a ‘ghost walk’ around Frome town centre lead ably by Rotarian Ann Jones.  It was a very cold evening and the stories sent shivers down our spines, so we were glad to end up with a hot drink at the end of the evening in a local hotel.

Ann had also arranged with Trowbridge Library to display the photographs taken by entrants to our Young Photographer competition – this display lasted a fortnight in the main library.

After spending much of December collecting for charity, the New Year has brought more business into the lives of Wessex Mead Rotarians.  We have four events to organize in the next four months, so it is all hands required to make those final preparations.

The Rotary Club of Wessex Mead wishes you a very Happy New Year!

Did you happen to see a penguin in the Shires in December, or maybe a Mother Christmas at Tesco’s? Then maybe you saw a member of Wessex Mead Rotary collecting for Charity.