Welcome to our website - from President Pat Crowfoot 
President Pat and the club members were saddened to hear of the death of one of our oldest serving members, Past President and Past District Governor, Glyn Morgan. He had been a member for many years and had served the club and District 1190 with vigour and merit. He suffered a stroke a few weeks ago and did not recover. A Paul Harris Fellow who spent most of his life in Windermere in lengthy service with both British Rail and Windermere Lake Cruises [Steamers in his day!] His funeral will be held on Friday 18th May at St Martin's Church in Bowness at 3.00pm. He will be sadly missed and our thoughts are with his family.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION PEACE FELLOW'S VISIT
A Peace Scholar from Israel is presently studying at Bradford University and was our guest speaker at the club last week..
He was with us on recently and we had members and guests from eight other local clubs to join with us on that evening to hear what he had to tell us about himself and his course in Peace studies. Avi showed us the Rotary International logo for the year 2012-13 and declared that it embodies his philosophy for his own future too.
His name is Avi Levi and he lives in Leeds with his wife and 2 children. In Israel he was intensively involved in different kinds of efforts to reduce the hate and violence between Israelis and Palestinians. As part of these efforts he established and managed a Palestinian Israeli Fair Trade co-operation for marketing Palestinian Olive Oil to Israeli consumers. Avi described to us the differences and problems between Israel and Palestine. He also illustrated vividly the Wall of Separation which was built to prevent insurgency and battles. This wall had detrimental effects on resiudents of both sides as well as destroying the livelihood of farmers with land previously on the other side of the wall.
Avi had a strong urge to improve his skills and self development led him to seek higher education. The Rotary Peace Centre at Bradford University was a natural choice with a world-class reputation for peace research, accompanied by the supportive people and resources of Rotary. Here Avi is enriching his experience with colleagues from all over the world and is seeking the advice of the best researchers and experts.
OUR CLUB
Our Club meets every Wednesday evening at 6.30pm when we enjoy an excellent two course meal at the Windermere Hydro Hotel.
As well as having fun and speakers on our evenings we are also working with the World Health Organisation and other bodies to eradicate polio throughout the world. Rotary and our club are always there to respond to local and International disaster situations.
If
you, Dear Reader, are a local
resident and you have been considering widening your
circle of friends and acquaintances whilst helping the local community
and needy people overseas we could well be the friends you haven't yet
met..
Would
you like to join our club? Surf on................
Our Rotary Club is sixty four years old and is one of the seventy six Clubs in Rotary District 1190 and we presently have thirty eight members - all male, but who knows what the future may hold for us? If you are a Rotarian visiting our website, we hope to give you all the information you need to encourage you to visit us on a meeting night or at one of our functions which are listed on our programme page.
But what is Rotary and who are Rotarians?
Rotary International is a world wide organisation of clubs whose members are
all of like mind in their desire to serve their fellow human beings and to do
all they can to relieve some of the problems which people have throughout the
world. Rotarians are the members of Rotary clubs - they are male or female, no
age, colour, creed or race restrictions exist to preclude membership of any Rotary
club.
All members are or were employed in a vocation which would see them as self employed
or in a decision making position within their employment. Rotary meetings are
generally held weekly, usually over a meal when members have the opportunity
to enjoy each others' company in a social and pleasant atmosphere. Membership
is normally effected through a club member but we welcome enquiries. Our membership
subscription this year is £110.00.
If you are not a Rotarian, but are interested in us in any way then this site will, we hope, also give you the information about us, about Rotary International and about what we do and who we are. In our pages we aim to provide information of interest to many folk and to help you find just what you are looking for.
So, please use the links in the column at the left to take you to what
interests you most.
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