Wych-Malbank Rotary in Nantwich has donated almost £10,000 after another successful charity auction.
The club, based at Richmond Village Nantwich, hosted its annual Big Birthday Bash on the anniversary of the club’s formation.
More than 50 people attended a wine tasting event in Nantwich to help raise more than £1,000 for Chance Changing Lives charity.
The “Whose Wine is it anyway” event was hosted at Richmond Village Nantwich by Wych-Malbank Rotary.
A member of Wych-Malbank Rotary Club in Nantwich became a Good Samaritan after hearing an urgent plea from a local resident in need.
The resident was desperate and unable to afford carpets to cover his bare floorboards due to suffering from ill health.
Nantwich-based Wych-Malbank Rotary Club has donated a total of £10,000 in last eight months.
Recent donations have been awarded to St Luke’s Hospice Winsford and Myeloma UK, and a further £3,000 has gone to local charities and groups.
Members of Wych-Malbank Rotary Club have donated £500 to charity Daisy’s Dream for its work in Cheshire East.
Sarah Hampton, fundraiser for the charity, accepted the cheque from John Poulson, President, Wych-Malbank Rotary Club.
Wych-Malbank Rotary members in Nantwich have toasted the success of a recycling initiative called “Handmade in Nantwich” which raised almost £1,700.
They invited members, friends, and Facebook followers to get busy and make items from household cupboards and garden sheds that they would donate for sale online or at the market.
The Rotary Club of Wych-Malbank Nantwich has donated funds raised to seven local causes totalling thousands of pounds.
The club, set up a year ago, formed its own charities “Dream Team” to decide would benefit from any monies raised by the club.
The Rotary Club of Wych-Malbank has formally formed as the fifth Rotary Club for Crewe and Nantwich.
It follows in the footsteps of the Bentley Club which began in 2016, and is known as a Satellite Club.
By Jonathan White
The Lodge of Wych Malbank helped raise £1,600 at a hog roast fund-raising event at Corner Farm in Wybunbury.
The money has been given to Bloodwise, formerly known as Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, and the Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
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