Recent News
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Summer schedule released
Another new member! 14 May 2013
Our best year for attracting new members continues, with Colin Voogt being the latest.
A great community project organised by Ayrshire Rotarians. Over 220 volunteers turn up!
Enter a team and help disabled children through ACE Race Running Club
Wallace Allan achieves milestone
50 years as a member of Ayr Rotary
Ayr Rotarians world-wide exposure
The International Applachian Trail features the ACP bridge building project
Peter Ball Alloway, 26 March 2013
Alloway are supporting "Hogar Intergral", helping children in Bogota
Curling Report
Euan Lawrence explains the social side of Rotary curling
Message from Ron D Burton, RI Pres.
"Engage Rotary, Change Lives"
Fantastic fundraising from Symington and Craigie Parish Churches
£1800 for Shelter Box
Rob Keating reports on latest developments, including visits to Glasgow and £1800 raised from Symington and Craigie Churches
Ayrshire Curling Bonspiel 13 Jan 2013
Great Rotary fellowship with a competitive edge
Heather Buchanan from Living Hearts charity gave an update to the Club on 8 Jan 2013. Here's a moving video of their work
Another new member
Bert Mossie is welcomed into the club and inducted by Pres. Alan Meikle on 8 Jan 2013. Alex Thomson was his proposer
Have you supported our campaign? If you know your Box Number, you can track it here, and see if has been deployed yet.
Work party for Coastal Path shuns mechanical methods
Read the story of Paul's visits to Ayr and his love of Robert Burns
Meetings
Tues 28 May 2013
James Brown - The Ayrshire Pilgrims' Trail
VOT: Len Houston
Welcome: Winifred Sloan, Robert Mossie, Neil Beattie
Tues 4 June 2013
Roads - Janice Kelly SAC
VOT: Gus Iannotti
Welcome: Jimmy Begg, Brian Clarke, Henry Cooke
Projects
Adopted in 2009 as a major club project, this has grown each year and now we have team led by Bob Henderson, delivering presentations thoughout Ayrshire. We have funded over 40 Shelter Boxes and have been recognized with an award from Shelter Box UK.
African Power Project (Malawi)
The Solar Power project is now alomst complete. This club donated £25000! More details
This major project was led by member Jimmy Begg, to celebrate the 2005 centenary of Rotary International. We now have a 100 mile path which has proved popular with locals and overseas visitors.
Rotary District News
Keep up to date with District News
DG Alex Blair reports
Rotary International News
Monthly Newsletter - May 2013
A monthly update from RIBI (April 2013).
Issued by International Service Committee
Forth-coming Events
New Members Welcome!
Thinking of joining the Rotary Club of Ayr?
We are one of the largest and most active clubs in Ayrshire, and have been successsful in recruiting younger members recently. Come along to a meeting to find out why these young business people joined our club.
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What is Rotary?
- Rotary is a service organisation of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who help those in need, ecourage high ethical standards in all vocations and work towards world understanding and peace
- Rotary is approximately 1.2 million service-minded men and women belonging to more than 32400 Rotary clubs in virtually every country in the world. Membership is by invitation
- Rotary runs the biggest non-government scholarhsip in the world
- The Rotary Foundation charity gives £60 million every year to educational and humanitarian programmes which promote international understanding
- Rotary began in 1905 in Chicago
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