The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove is delighted to be one of the organisations supporting young people who will be jetting off to North America this summer to be part of the 24th World Scout Jamboree. The Jamboree brings together 40,000 Scouts from over 150 countries round the globe to a unique cultural experience that only takes place once every four years. It truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the Scouts as they can only attend once as a young person. Further details can be found in an article published in Issue 9 of Completely Bromsgrove (May 2019).

Members are encouraged to come to the Norton Collection in Bromsgrove at 6.30pm on 7 May 2019, when we will do a joint visit with members from the Rotary Club of Redditch Kingfisher, which will be hosted by Dennis Norton. Afterwards, we are going to have a meal together at the Slug and Lettuce in the High Street.

The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove gives notice that it will hold its Annual General Meeting at 4pm on 14 May 2019 at the Maekong Thai Restaurant in Worcester Road, Bromsgrove.

The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove was appalled when the Hospice suffered theft of lead a couple of years ago from its roof, and donated money at the time to replace the lead which had been stolen.

We are delighted now to support the Primrose Hospice with a donation of £2375, which will enable the premises to be protected by a CCTV system.

The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove is pleased to be able to support Age UK Bromsgrove with a grant of £1500 to support the development of its Information and Advisory Service.

The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove is delighted to support St John’s Middle School once again with a donation of £1800 to fund one of its summer camps in 2019, which will give a number of children some meaningful activities and channel their energies sensibly during the school summer holidays.

Members of the Rotary Club of Bromsgrove met for a meal with members of Redditch Kingfisher on 26 March at the Green Dragon in Sambourne. We had a great evening together, and agreed to do some work and visits together during the coming year. We were interested to learn of progress with their Satellite Group, and we were able to give their members some information about progress with the formation of an Interact Club at South Bromsgrove High School.

The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove is sponsoring students from both St John’s Middle School and Rigby Hall School to attend Drayton Manor Theme Park for a day out in June 2019. We are pleased that the Rotary Club of North Worcestershire is sponsoring students from Chadsgrove School to attend. Sponsorship includes the provision of T shirts to admit students to the park and packed lunches.

Our Club is delighted to be able to support the Hospice with a donation of £1582 to recarpet the reception area at the Hospice.