Please do come along and support the event, enjoy the wide range of entertainment in both Parsons Close and the High Street With May Day rapidly approaching the Rotary Club of Leighton Linslade have announced that it’s looking like a bumper year with stalls in the High St sold out and a record number of stalls booked in Parsons Close. […]
Leighton Linslade Rotary enjoyed a visit by Geoff from Animal Encounters yesterday. Among the animals Geoff brought in were snakes, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs and a tarantula. These were all safe to handle so as you can see from the video below, they were passed around members.
A collaboration between Rotary, Leighton Park Rangers and the Town Mayor has delivered a boost to five local charities and once again highlighted the community benefit of the Rotary May Day Fayre. This years Rotary May Day Fayre saw a unique fundraiser from Leighton Park Rangers FC who put together a 24 hour marathon football match to raise much needed […]
“End Polio Now” is a global awareness and fundraising campaign by Rotary International to eradicate poliomyelitis, with World Polio Day being held annually on October 24th to mark progress and encourage continued efforts. The campaign focuses on vaccinating children, as evidenced by the tradition of painting a child’s finger purple to show they’ve been vaccinated. Leighton Linslade Rotary will be planting Crocuses in two areas around […]
On Sunday, Leighton Linslade Rotary’s disability sports program, Yes We Can (YWC), recognised all of their participants at their eighth Oscars Awards event at Brooklands Residents Club. Over 150 participants, their parents, carers and guests – including the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire – came together and enjoyed a celebration of achievements over the past year. Now in its eighth year, […]
Four members of the club volunteered to help marshall Leighton fun runners annual 10 k race on 7th September. A bright sunny day saw nearly 300 runners, fastest time under 47 minutes, and significant sums raised for the running clubs charity Beat Scad, a heart disease charity
Rotary recently visited Chafor Wine Estate for a tour and tasting experience. One of our Rotarians runs ERS Video and he captured the event on video. Here is the result… Check out ersvideo.co.uk
Leighton Linslade Rotary President Elect Henry and fellow Rotarian Tom were delighted to visit the Community Fridge (run by Leighton Linslade Helpers) to see the difference the clubs donation has made. The new fruit and veg display units purchased with the donation have enabled the community fridge to save space and show off far more of their wonderful goods – […]
Leighton Linslade Rotarians enjoyed a wonderful social evening hosted by one of our members. We played Jenga, Boules, Connect-4 and a very strange game involving plastic hatchets. Food was provided by a mobile pizza van run by Lewis from the Shoulder Of Mutton, Little Horwood.
Once more Leighton Linslade Rotary were involved in the Carnival on Saturday. The weather was hot and Rotarians were involved in judging the floats, setting up barriers around the main ring, and marshalling traffic. Yes We Can is the Rotary-sponsored all-inclusive sports programme and we had a float in the carnival and a stall.