2005 In order to address a decline in membership the Club formed a Membership Committee which was charged with introducing new members.
On the 30th August 2005 the Club acted as hosts for International Youth Exchange for 3 days. Our Club Youth Exchange officer Frank McLuskey put in place a suitable program with the following members acting as home stay hosts George McGraw, Alan Dick and Jim Anderson. On the 30th September 2005
Rosie Quinn, a representative of Cancer Research, attended the Club in September to collect a cheque for £13,000 which was part of the £20,000 raised at the Relay For Life event that was organised by the Club in June 2005.
During the weekend 2-3 October members of the Club shook their pails at the B & Q Superstore and collected over £1100 as part of their effort for the 2006 Relay For Life event.
On Tuesday the 21st February our Club were represented at the Rotary Club Of Govan’s Rotary Foundation Quiz. A party of Club members and their wives spent four days in April enjoying splendid weather and fellowship when they walked from Kinghorn along the Fife Coastal Path to St Andrews.This time for pleasure no fund raising)
Under the leadership of President Liam Donnelly the Club made their twinning Link visit to Denmark
Charity DistributionsArthritis Care £400, British Red Cross £400, Enable,£400,St. Andrews Hospice£400, Breast Cancer Care £200, McMillan Nurses £200, Newstape £200,Woman’s Aid,£200 Mrs N. Copeland, £150 Children in Distress, £100 EK Dementia Care£100, Boyce £100, Scottish Pensions£50. Cancer Research ended up getting £26,000.
Pictures of Presidential Changeover
Pictures displayed on page are some that were taken in this Rotary year.
As there are more available for display they will be changed from time to time.
East Kilbride Rotary Club