Wessex Mead (Trowbridge) Rotary Club

The Rotary year ends on 30th  June each year, when a new President takes over, so I wanted to make the most of the last month as President.

Wiltshire Council had organized a Volunteers day at the Civic hall for the 6^th June, so we arranged to have a stall where 4 of us took sessions with the aim to find new members. Unfortunately we did not find any, but it was interesting to see all the other organizations in the town and we did a little networking.

On Wednesday 9^th June, Caroline and I were privileged to be able to help take all the pupils of Larkrise School to Longleat for the day as part of Kids out. We all had a fabulous day, the kids were all great to be with, we will definitely be inviting them along again next year.

The Wessex Mead Young Chef final at Trowbridge College on Thursday 24^th June produced 5 wonderful meals from 5 very able young cooks, they came from St Augustine’s School, John of Gaunt and Lavington School.They had cooked a 2 course healthy meal for 2 for £9.  After taking into account a range of skills the judges, Vito Scaduto from Red or White Restaurant and Steve Lloyd from Trowbridge College, chose the overall winner was to be Holly from Lavington school.

To finish a wonderful year in Rotary, all the members were invited to a BBQ at my house, we had a really relaxed evening, with lots of food and laughter, it was a balmy evening and we were able to sit outside in the light evenings until quite late.