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The corona virus catastrophe has brought out the best in us. Immediately the lockdown started notes were slipped through the doors of people who had been instructed to self-isolate. They were from younger, able-bodied individuals, who were taking the initiative to identify vulnerable neighbours and make arrangements to help them during their self-isolation. It demonstrates that there is a massive amount of goodwill in the community for volunteering to help others.
Carry on - Volunteering
20 June 2020 Posted by Steve Minter
Back in the here and now, Rotary in Cuckfield & Lindfield has remained strong, currently with 43 members. New people join us every year and, as the members who started it are now CV19 vulnerable aged, a younger team has taken over the running and is full of ideas for the future.
During the last twelve months we have made 22 donations, totalling over £30,000. Large ones went to the local hospices and mental hospital. Many donations were made to a wide range of smaller causes which fall through the cracks of official funding, including responding to desperate needs caused by CV19. Also, in Haiti, we are directly supporting a school and orphanage. We pay the salary of a school teacher every year and we are currently building a library and IT facility for them.
If you find that you enjoy volunteering, why not join with a well-organised, fun-loving bunch of others in your area. We have now also started a Satellite Club for those with less time which meets on social media as well as physically. Or we have the traditional style of club which meets (when permitted) regularly with a meal and speaker. The choice is yours.
This spirit has been tapped for the last 37 years by Cuckfield and Lindfield Rotary. In the beginning a bunch of 43 year-olds got together and started out to make a difference in the community. Over the years they have raised close to half a million pounds for local causes and for their international projects. They have also done some serious practical work for local mental health care and other establishments. They major in challenging youth from reading assistance in primary schools to teenage competitions and sponsoring candidates for leadership courses.
The great thing is that all this is done with friends, and so it is a lot of fun too. Not only that, but the same things are being done with like-minded people all over the world, 1.2 million of them. Take the campaign to rid the world of polio. This was an initiative by Rotary, who prodded the World Health Organisation into action, then got the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to contribute matched funding. It has taken a long time, but the job is nearly finished with only a handful of cases left in just two countries.
Email us on RCCL@gmx.com and we will come and chat with you about it.
