Inner Wheel  District 26 - Overseas Service

Tring Rotary Club obtain Sports Equipment for School –Aid [Dec 04]

School – Aid, as many of you may know, sends educational materials, equipment, books and sports equipment to African countries.These include Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eritrea, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and, a more recent contact with “Mercy Ships,” to Benin.

Many clubs in the District have provided items and some have given practical help. Inner Wheel Clubs also continue with their support.

One major contribution recently came from the Rotary Club of Tring with a wonderful donation of football equipment.

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Inner Wheel Second Vice Chairman Sandra Maizels gave a talk to the Tring Club in her capacity as Trustee of the charity, and, as a result of a contact in the club with Barclays Bank and the organisation Incorporate Wear, a considerable amount of surplus football kit was donated and delivered to the warehouse. When sorted it provided some 15 sets, each containing the following items:

1 large trainer’s bag
2 water carrier frames
15 water bottles
4 corner flags
15 tabards
4 footballs
2 ball carrying nets
1 goalkeeper’s shirt
1 goalkeeper’s shorts
1 goalkeeper’s socks
15 team shirts with numbers
15 team shorts
15 pairs of socks

There were sufficient sets of clothing to include another full set of goalkeeper and team clothing with each box. A different colour of course!

The photos show the equipment being sorted and packed in the current School – Aid warehouse in Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.

Thank you Tring and all the other clubs that have given support over this past year.

What does the future hold for School – Aid? At the end of January 2005 they have to move from their premises and are desperately seeking a warehouse in the same area, or nearer London. Can you help?

If you want to know more about School – Aid, have items or contacts that may be able to support our work please contact.

Les Lee

01494 785076 or leslee@zen.co.uk

The next container will leave in January for Cape Town. This will hopefully contain two pallet loads for Sparrow Village, the Berkhamsted Bulbourne  Rotary Club Project and the District 26 Inner Wheel Overseas Service Project.

Does anyone know of a suitable warehouse facility??  

School-Aid's website is www.school-aid.org

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